Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Travis Johnson
I'm not paying it out of my pocket... the company is... :) Travis Microserv Kevin Neal wrote: Call me cheap I guess. I have a $229/mo plan for my family of 4 (5 in a week or so). $7500 deductible. Next year my rate will drop, after the insurance company re-rates their HSA rates I'll be

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread MDK
It's my understanding that for purposes of insurance, the rules that govern 1099 work are being changed dramatically.The subcontractor status is mostly going to go away. This will mean that if someone runs his own business, but only works for you, bye bye status... and that includes

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Blair Davis
Then watch the work go away... They just keep trying to drive everything underground... MDK wrote: It's my understanding that for purposes of insurance, the rules that govern 1099 work are being changed dramatically.The "subcontractor" status is mostly going to go away. This

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
Now, now, now.. You know as well as I that any rule they make and any hurdle they put up on the front end, they also make rules and take down hurdles on the back end so that things only appear different yet remain the same. The goal of most politicians is to do nothing yet appear to be doing

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
I'm thinking of becoming a Mexican citizen then sneaking back here to work under the table for myself. It's only a plan at the moment. Waiting for word from the consulate. I'm not racist against Mexicans in any way, it's just that Canada was my first choice but somehow they had already

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Gino Villarini
Yeah. Its because all the old folks retire there Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:06 AM

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Yes, we in South Florida have some of the highest insurance rates (all types of insurance). There are many reasons, non of them that make a great deal of sense to me, but I have heard all kinds of excuses... The original point was, Health Care Insurance is a necessity. Health Care Insurance

[WISPA] Outdoor Rack

2009-12-06 Thread Matt
Does anyone know of a source for an outdoor rack for a tower site? Need to put rack mount UPS, rack mount GigE switch, POE, batteries and etc in it. Matt WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Rack

2009-12-06 Thread George Morris
Art Kelly at DCI is a good guy. They make all kinds of stuff, including shelters and cabinets for cellcos. Very responsive. Art Kelly DCI Sales Cell 847 840 5520 artkelly-at-divcon.net -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Ryan Spott
My Plans? I am going to create 4 new jobs and really stimulate the economy. Job 1: I am going to quit my day job. It is a high-paying job that provides benefits to myself and my family. This job can go to whom-ever wants it. Job 2: I will work full time for my company. Job 3: The growth of my

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread MDK
I'd agree with you...but, this admin is determined to break everything. Normally Congress wouldn't get this meddlesome, either, because they don't like big changes, but right now, the radicals are driving the agenda, because they're in charge... and using every sledghammer or bribery or

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Yeah, we did that with a $3000 per person deductible program a couple of years ago. But with three kids in sports and all of us riding dirt bikes it didn't work out very well for us. grin Wouldn't you know that that's the first time we'd ever had two MRI's in the same year! sigh We'll

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Nathan Stooke
Hello, I worked on a programming project for one of the guys that started WedMD years back. He was starting another company that worked with the insurance flow of paper work. He said several times that 70% to 80% of the insurance premiums we pay go to the middle man and not to pay for

Re: [WISPA] Bugs Install Issues - Internet Monitor

2009-12-06 Thread Mike Hammett
How's this going? Dennis has one available for sale at a discounted price until tomorrow. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Larry Yunker leyun...@wispadvantage.com Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008

[WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
OK, 3 times in the past week that I've noticed I could not get to www.google.com via the web, nor ping it, and DNS could not resolve it. I COULD ping and resolve google.com. I tried changing my DNS to OpenDNS and Public DNS (4.2.2.1) but had the same results. M firewall is an RB450G running 4.3.

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
I am having the same issue. We have a thread on Butch's MT list but it is just discussion. On 12/6/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: OK, 3 times in the past week that I've noticed I could not get to www.google.com via the web, nor ping it, and DNS could not resolve it. I COULD ping and

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
But a quick fix is to flush your MT DNS then your PC. Should have mention that before, sorry. On 12/6/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: OK, 3 times in the past week that I've noticed I could not get to www.google.com via the web, nor ping it, and DNS could not resolve it. I COULD ping

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Ryan Spott
My wife is from South Africa where they have a public health care system. One of the fastest growing industries is private healthcare. If you want better service or do not want to wait in huge lines or want to go to the newest hospitals you pay extra to visit the private services. That sounds

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
Ya, I think I mentioned it there already. I figured it may not be a Mikrotik problem so wanted to post here too. -RickG On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote: I am having the same issue. We have a thread on Butch's MT list but it is just discussion.

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
I'm quite confident it's MT. Introduced in 4.0. On 12/6/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: Ya, I think I mentioned it there already. I figured it may not be a Mikrotik problem so wanted to post here too. -RickG On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
Thanks Josh! I figured that out too but it didnt come back quickly but rather took a few mnutes. So I thought maybe it was coincidence and there is some other issue. The interesting part is that I changed my DNS settings on my PC so wouldnt that bypass any Mikrotik issues? -RickG On Sun, Dec 6,

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Seeing the same thing. Flushing the cache seems to fix it for a while. Looks like it's been a bug for a little while: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=2t=35891 I'm going to try the script mentioned to flush the cache every 15 minutes. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:57 PM, RickG

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Actually, I just noticed in MT that you can set the cache-max-ttl. So, I set it to 15 minutes. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Seeing the same thing.  Flushing the cache seems to fix it for a while.  Looks like it's been a bug for a

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
I was against mandatory insurance on vehicles but for reasons of liberty and not that it's an extra tax. Either way I'd have insurance on my vehicles. I would agree that the cost is too high which is for the same reasons our health care is so high. I too have been one of those people that begged

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Some people think it has to do with the max UDP packet size so I increased mine to 768. Now... only time will tell. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:13 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Actually, I just noticed in MT that you can set the cache-max-ttl. So, I set it to 15

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Brad Belton
The auto insurance vs. health insurance comparison is a flawed argument. The government doesn't force you to buy auto insurance if you don't need it. The government won't fine you and ultimately put you in jail for not buying auto insurance from them if you don't need it. Our government is

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
Where is that at? On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:13 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Actually, I just noticed in MT that you can set the cache-max-ttl. So, I set it to 15 minutes. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
I was going to say that and completely agree :) On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote: The auto insurance vs. health insurance comparison is a flawed argument. The government doesn't force you to buy auto insurance if you don't need it. The government won't fine

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
Same here. I'll report back if it happens again. Thx! On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Some people think it has to do with the max UDP packet size so I increased mine to 768. Now... only time will tell. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:13

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Brad Belton
I agree with your post pointing out the excessive waste and costs our current health system is plagued with. I believe health care reform is needed, but not by putting government in charge of it. Instead find the waste and the reason why two Advil costs $8 in a hospital. Allow for greater

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Brad Belton
I have the utmost respect for our first responders and volunteers like Ryan, but even the best of intentions can result in extreme waste and undue cost. Here is a local story I stumbled across the other day. Larry happens to be someone I know and a WISP. While his care flight experience was

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Paul C Diem
Correcting the waste is the exact opposite of what a government funded program will do. Honestly, I don't pay too much attention to the news anymore because is gets me too po'ed. Can someone answer a couple basic question I have about this: 1. If the high cost of health care insurance is being

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
And then there is this: http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/april/9-Patients-Account-for-Nearly-2-700-Visits-to-the-Emergency-Room--Study-Finds-.html -RickG On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote: I have the utmost respect for our first responders and

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread RickG
That's right - government cant be the answer. Your questions are viable. We need to speak up and many have but unfortunately either they are not listening or dont care. I've not found anyone that wants the government running health care or even an option. This includes many low wage earners I am

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Brad Belton
The answer to your first question is our government currently limits where insurance companies can offer their coverage. Open up the entire country to all health insurance companies and you'll see competition increase and prices decrease. This is economics 101, but our elected officials can't

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Paul C Diem
Rick, it seems like you've been mislead into thinking our government is still of the people, for the people. Paul C Diem pcd...@foxvalley.net -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 11:18

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Tim Sylvester
1. If the high cost of health care insurance is being caused by the insurance company executives raking in loads of money, why hasn't free enterprises created competition. If all the insurance company A is averaging a profit of $100 billion/year, wouldn't free enterprise generate a competitor

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Brad Belton
Vote 'em out! I'm speaking of any representative regardless of party affiliation that has voted for government run health care. They clearly aren't listening to the people they represent. Look closely at the incumbent's voting record and listen to the challenger's ideas during the primaries.

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-06 Thread Travis Johnson
That's the part I don't understand we get quotes every year from the three companies that can provide coverage in our area. The quotes vary by as much as 10%. We always go with the cheapest plan, unless it's not our current provider and we can get them to match the price. They often do.

Re: [WISPA] www.google.com

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
I set my max cache from 1w to 15m. On 12/6/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: Same here. I'll report back if it happens again. Thx! On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Some people think it has to do with the max UDP packet size so

[WISPA] It's too darn cold!

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
It's cold. I spent all day and most of the night working on a tower and my feet are frozen. Time for new boots and the rest of the winter gear.. Anyone have winter gear that they swear by and not AT? I use steel toed boots (lesson learned the hard and painful way) and usually buy

Re: [WISPA] It's too darn cold!

2009-12-06 Thread Shaddi Hasan
This is mostly from my list of gear I use for backpacking and biking during winter... maybe it'll be useful to you, though. First, my two favorite pieces of gear are a Windstopper fleece tobaggon and a pair of silk-weight windstopper gloves. Windstopper is a wind-proof, water-resistant fabric

[WISPA] Long Cat5 Run

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
Confusing info on the net so I guess I better ask. I need to run a Cat5 line near 320 feet. I know that over 300 could cause issues but if I put my PoE switch about 20 or 30 feet in and then run the rest of the way, will we be golden or will we risk attenuation? Seems to be confusion on

Re: [WISPA] It's too darn cold!

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
Thanks, Shaddi. Good list. Haven't thought at all about some of that. I'll look it all over. I forgot to mention it all has to fit under the safety harness as well! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Shaddi

Re: [WISPA] It's too darn cold!

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
Would you mind being my best friend and linking to what you're talking about? I would certainly love to give most if not all of your suggestions a try. I have never found anything to keep my hands warm - not with two hot pads and super thick gloves (which of course come off when I'm working up

Re: [WISPA] Long Cat5 Run

2009-12-06 Thread Josh Luthman
Voltage won't be a problem. http://www.wisp-router.com/poecalculator.php At 320 feet you should be OK with the Ethernet timing. I have done 340 with 48v Ceragon (that's AirMux FYI) gear. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 The secret

[WISPA] Cleaning N Connectors

2009-12-06 Thread Robert West
Another issue I find myself with... Dude gives me 4 2.4GHz Andrews 90 degree sectors. Cool! But I have to take them down if I want them. So I go to take them down. Hey! No LMR-400 on these things! Just naked N connectors... WTF?! Oh yeah, I put them up there but never got around to

Re: [WISPA] It's too darn cold!

2009-12-06 Thread Shaddi Hasan
Sure! I'm linking to men's versions of these but there are women's as well. Also these are just examples; you might be able to find better prices elsewhere (backcountry.com is generally good). Hat: http://www.rei.com/product/703274 Gloves: http://www.rei.com/product/766531 Baselayer: