Re: [WISPA] Posting limits and other
Where do you live? Felix A. Lopez wrote: Marlon, The good ol MDS 900 MHz radios... Other - Since I am new I would be better at being a secretary or something like that. I enjoy coordinating eduational meetings, business development, webinars, and facilitating events; lobbying etc. For example, I was the executive secretary for the STLE West Coast while at Chevron. I recently attended a WiNOG conference and thought that would be interesting to help facilitate. WiNOG is Wireless Network Operators Group and topic are germane to wireless operators first and foremost. For example, I just helpd Douglas County PUD folks brainstorming and solved stuff on VLANing, tagged and untagged, element management systems, etc. So, if all you folks are busy running your WISPs and providing internet access to our rural compadres (and urban ones too), I am more than happy to become a secretary. By the way, I have MBA, BA, and two years towards an MSEE. I am a US Citizen, like listening to Neil Young, and son of a WWII veteran (he is still around). Felix --- Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome Felix! Sounds like you've been around the block a time or two. Very cool. Did you know that there is an associate WISPA membership level? It allows you to be involved, sit on the board etc. I hope you'll be more involved here. I think that many of the issues that affect us are likely to also affect the SCADA folks these days. PLEASE tell me that you didn't do like the SCADA goofballs here in Odessa and put omni antennas at every site! Even the ones that only see ONE other site. I'm gonna have to work a LOT harder than I should have if I ever put in 900mhz. Hell, I already have gear at half of their sites, they should have just used my wireless system to do the SCADA collections. Our uptime is very very good. All they ended up with is a bunch of money to overbuild an existing network! laters, marlon - Original Message - From: Felix A. Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits? Marlon, I just joined this list and agree with your recommendations to supplment with a part time job. Prior to my current position, I worked at a winery on swing shift from 4 pm to 12 midnite and did my consulting work in the day time. Whew. And later I got hired by a big company in fixed wireless infrastructure with one of the larger manufacturers. By the way, I had a chance to visit Ehprata Washington when I visited the Grant County PUD folks. Very nice up there. I am originally from the rural area of Kings River, California, near the Kings Canyon National Park Hwy 180 Sierra Foothills. Worked for the US Forest Service, PGE in Power Distribution and Energy Conservation, Chevron in clean diesals, and now involved in RF networks wireless. We used wirleess in power distribution for our SCADA networks albeit in narrowband. Broadband provides interesting opportunities for the enterprise. The rural areas of San Joaquin Valley still searching for wireless. One of my friends is putting up a system. Using his own money. I always thought a lease program is ideal for wireless because of the change in generation of equipment. For example, Canopy is now Canopy Advantage. And other manufacturers are going to new generation. Good luck to you all here on this list. I am also involved in WiMax (or I should say pre-WiMax). Felix Lopez --- Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With 11 customers I HIGHLY suggest you get a part time job. Something flexible if you can. Taking that financial stress off will help you do a much better job. I drove tractor, did consulting, speaking, equipment sales, wrote articles etc. Whatever I could to make extra money. If I'd not have done those things, I'd have failed in this business for sure. Costs were too high and I had too much debt stacked up. And my wife works part time half the year so she's not a lot of help in feeding the family. marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits? I will admit that I have a lot of potential, but potential doesn't mean dollars now. More than once I've looked at finding a part time job (again) so I have some money to invest in my operations. I need more equipment. I need more marketing. I need developers. I have no or little money to pay for the above. ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits? Yeah, but you have all kinds of things going on. I see you on all the various lists looking for everything from
Re: [WISPA] Posting limits and other
That's cool stuff Felix! I'll bet our current secretary would love to see a replacement on the board. grin Board applications are on the www.wispa.org home page. big grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)WISP Operator since 1999! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Felix A. Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits and other Marlon, The good ol MDS 900 MHz radios... Other - Since I am new I would be better at being a secretary or something like that. I enjoy coordinating eduational meetings, business development, webinars, and facilitating events; lobbying etc. For example, I was the executive secretary for the STLE West Coast while at Chevron. I recently attended a WiNOG conference and thought that would be interesting to help facilitate. WiNOG is Wireless Network Operators Group and topic are germane to wireless operators first and foremost. For example, I just helpd Douglas County PUD folks brainstorming and solved stuff on VLANing, tagged and untagged, element management systems, etc. So, if all you folks are busy running your WISPs and providing internet access to our rural compadres (and urban ones too), I am more than happy to become a secretary. By the way, I have MBA, BA, and two years towards an MSEE. I am a US Citizen, like listening to Neil Young, and son of a WWII veteran (he is still around). Felix --- Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome Felix! Sounds like you've been around the block a time or two. Very cool. Did you know that there is an associate WISPA membership level? It allows you to be involved, sit on the board etc. I hope you'll be more involved here. I think that many of the issues that affect us are likely to also affect the SCADA folks these days. PLEASE tell me that you didn't do like the SCADA goofballs here in Odessa and put omni antennas at every site! Even the ones that only see ONE other site. I'm gonna have to work a LOT harder than I should have if I ever put in 900mhz. Hell, I already have gear at half of their sites, they should have just used my wireless system to do the SCADA collections. Our uptime is very very good. All they ended up with is a bunch of money to overbuild an existing network! laters, marlon - Original Message - From: Felix A. Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits? Marlon, I just joined this list and agree with your recommendations to supplment with a part time job. Prior to my current position, I worked at a winery on swing shift from 4 pm to 12 midnite and did my consulting work in the day time. Whew. And later I got hired by a big company in fixed wireless infrastructure with one of the larger manufacturers. By the way, I had a chance to visit Ehprata Washington when I visited the Grant County PUD folks. Very nice up there. I am originally from the rural area of Kings River, California, near the Kings Canyon National Park Hwy 180 Sierra Foothills. Worked for the US Forest Service, PGE in Power Distribution and Energy Conservation, Chevron in clean diesals, and now involved in RF networks wireless. We used wirleess in power distribution for our SCADA networks albeit in narrowband. Broadband provides interesting opportunities for the enterprise. The rural areas of San Joaquin Valley still searching for wireless. One of my friends is putting up a system. Using his own money. I always thought a lease program is ideal for wireless because of the change in generation of equipment. For example, Canopy is now Canopy Advantage. And other manufacturers are going to new generation. Good luck to you all here on this list. I am also involved in WiMax (or I should say pre-WiMax). Felix Lopez --- Marlon K. Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With 11 customers I HIGHLY suggest you get a part time job. Something flexible if you can. Taking that financial stress off will help you do a much better job. I drove tractor, did consulting, speaking, equipment sales, wrote articles etc. Whatever I could to make extra money. If I'd not have done those things, I'd have failed in this business for sure. Costs were too high and I had too much debt stacked up. And my wife works part time half the year so she's not a lot of help in feeding the family. marlon - Original Message - From: Mike Hammett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits? I will admit that I have a lot of potential, but potential doesn't mean dollars now. More than once I've looked at finding a part
