[WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling

2006-03-21 Thread Dawn
All, Verizon successfully wins the forbearence ruling. Verizon did not even have to prove there case because this was defaulted on. This is a good thing for this industry or for Rural America? Commioner comments below. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-264436A3.doc http://

Re: [WISPA] Members List

2006-03-21 Thread Blake Bowers
Seems we are really dipping down. I knew what she was talking about, and although she did certainly end up with a double-entendre by mistake, I kind of figured the adult road would be the way to go. But, i digress... Victoria, I did the Air Force - we were the ones that softened up the OPFOR, a

RE: [WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling

2006-03-21 Thread chris cooper
So how does this affect rural America? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling All, Verizon successfully wins the forbearence rul

Re: [WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling

2006-03-21 Thread Dawn
Chris, As quoted from Michael Copps Statement; "Universal Service: By failing to act, the contribution base for universal service could be put in jeopardy. Rural America relies on the universal service fund to ensure they have telecommunications on a par with the rest of the country. Without i

Re: [WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling

2006-03-21 Thread Frank Muto
The FCC's Martin is giving away the store and is allowing a complete meltdown of the TA 96 Act. By far, this does not enhance competition as mandated by Sec 10 of the TA 96 Act. I'll agree completely with this statement below: "The chairman's action yesterday represents the height of irrespons

Re: [WISPA] FCC/Verizon forbearence ruling

2006-03-21 Thread Peter R.
The VZ Petition that was forborn was 04-440, the broadband petition that followed BellSouth's 04-405. VZ piled on for relief on the packet-switching services like ATM, Frame Relay, and IP VPN. My bet would be that any Special Access circuits will be subject to random pricing going forward. Bas

Re: [WISPA] Members List

2006-03-21 Thread Mark Nash
All those acronyms! I was in the Marines, too...MOS...Tuba Player. ;) We were the ones that...well...we played music and kept things shiny just in case... For those of you who are not up on your acronyms: MOS = Military Occupational Specialty. And for the record, tuba players are required to p

[WISPA] Muni wireless

2006-03-21 Thread Matt Liotta
I personally don't much care for Muni wireless as I would rather the government stay out of the ISP business. With that being said, Rome, GA announced that GTS had won the the contract to install a wireless system for the city. See http://muniwireless.com/municipal/bids/1102/ for details on the

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless

2006-03-21 Thread Dylan Oliver
Congratulations, Matt. Any comments/suggestions for dealing with municipal governments? How does the process differ from deals with businesses?Best,-- Dylan OliverPrimaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless A

[WISPA] Water tower install pics

2006-03-21 Thread Jason Hensley
Anybody have pics of their water tower installs?  I'm looking for both a railing mount as well as an epoxy mount if you have them.  Need something to show to my local city council.   Thanks in advance!!     Jason Hensley, MCP+IPresident Mozarks Technologies909 Preacher Roe BlvdWest Plain

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless

2006-03-21 Thread Matt Liotta
In this case, GTS is the company who is dealing with the City of Rome and won the deal. We simply convinced the integrator that we were the best option for providing backhaul. -Matt Dylan Oliver wrote: Congratulations, Matt. Any comments/suggestions for dealing with municipal governments? Ho

[WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers "WiMAX" backup

2006-03-21 Thread Jack Unger
Bell South said to be offering "WiMAX" backup for $30 per month in Las Vegas. http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25911 Two things would be very cool: 1. If "journalists" would learn to properly differentiate "pre-WiMAX" from WiMAX. 2. If more WISPs would offer wireless backup services

RE: [WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers "WiMAX" backup

2006-03-21 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
I've been watching this and been very curious about the perspective a Bell company could have about backing up their always-up wires. Is that really a concern anywhere... especially in a modern, below-ground, highly reliable infrastructure like is installed in Las Vegas? The only thing that work

Re: [WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers "WiMAX" backup

2006-03-21 Thread Jory Privett
I bet if you could get a listing of what and where it was actually installed you would laugh. They release these type of Press Notices to make sure their names stay in the public eye. I would bet that they have one or two small AP's setup to do some minor testing with that are not even availab

Re: [WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers "WiMAX" backup

2006-03-21 Thread Joe Laura
Jonathan, I could have had the Mayor downloading his e-mail with a 45 meg link in about 20 min if they would have given me access back in the city. I have always had un limited B/W beaming from a 30 story roof a few blocks from City Hall as well as many other pops. . All my clients that run on gene

RE: [WISPA] Article: Bell South Offers "WiMAX" backup

2006-03-21 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
Joe, that's really cool. I didn't know. I must congratulate you for all that. That is, indeed, very, very cool. I can see that the Hams will still be there in the event of nuclear war but I didn't know you had maintained such operational capabilities during all that. I'm amazed that CNN doesn'

Re: [WISPA] Water tower install pics

2006-03-21 Thread Anthony Morin
I'll snap some for you the next time I climb it.Jason Hensley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anybody have pics of their water tower installs?  I'm looking for both a railing mount as well as an epoxy mount if you have them.  Need something to show to my local city council.   Thanks in advan

Re: [WISPA] Article: BellSouth WiMax correction

2006-03-21 Thread Peter R.
First off, it wasn't offered in Vegas - that is where the TelecomNext show is this week, where BST announced that they will be lab testing WiMAX gear. They use propriety wireless gear in select test towns from Navini to offer broadband. And have now announced that the wireless would be for back