I actually talked to the guys that are involved with this.
Several things now, is that they want to know if it is feasible, that is the
60 grand. Second, they want someone to do it, but mostly it is going to be
some big company, and they don't think that they can get a local company to
do it.
Dennis,
The reason given in the article for this was so the vendor could incur
the cost of building the network. For coverage of the whole county to
become a reality they need a company with the resources to do this.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Dennis Burgess - 2K Wireless wrote:
I actually
Dennis,
Thanks for taking the time to talk to the local government officials.
I can understand them paying 60 grand to see if it's feasible. I'm sorry
that they don't believe that a local WISP could do it. In an ideal
world, there would be a local WISP who is open-minded enough and
Jack Unger wrote:
To answer your second question, yes - if Dennis paid me to appear at his
City Council meeting to lobby for his company I would be happy to do
that. The only requirement would be that I talk with Dennis first to be
sure that I was knowledgeable enough about his company to
All,
If you are speaking of downtown St. Louis. They already chose ATT. But
on the other hand if you are speaking of St. Louis County then that is
an awful lot to take on considering they want the vendor to eat the cost
of the hardware.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
George Rogato wrote:
Jack
All,
Also I forgot to mention they want to cover the whole county. But if you
read the article you already knew that and I apologize.
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Dawn DiPietro wrote:
All,
If you are speaking of downtown St. Louis. They already chose ATT.
But on the other hand if you are
A few years ago I ran up a network design that would cover over 80% of my
whole country. Redundant feeds, high speed backhauls etc.
It would have cost around $1million. AND that would have purchased the
first 500 cpe units. It doesn't have to cost as much as people somehow seem
to keep
Hey Gang, After reading this thread for a few hours, I told myself I
would shut up and just go away, but I must say, after pacing around the
house for awhile and reviewing all of the things that I know in my
mind?, I must say something?(Not that anyone gives a rats behind?).
Look, what Patrick
Tim , Great post. I concur 100% with your statements, that's why I would
prefer, instead of more unlicensed space, a Wisp Only band with
coordination from a centralized organization and payable dues per
pop/channel or something similaronly for bona-fide wireless
operators
Gino A. Villarini
I wouldn't bypass the feasibility study, just the $90,000 to perform it.
The feasibility study may also be to see who is already there and what
impact it would have on existing providers.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Original Message -
What bothers me the most is the perception of many residential consumers.
I can;t count how many sales leads I'm getting now, where the prospect is
calling asking to buy service that they can just connect to without an
installtion.
And when I say its over $19 and has an Install fee, they
Live by example, gee does that I mean I cannot have that beer now (it is
still morning here) :-)
Serious,
I have no ant. pointing over the biggest town in our county, to much
noise. Local grocery store chain in the summer time powers up their
wireless cash register for the outside garden
Tom,
I'm just wondering who should perform the necessary feasibility study
for free?
jack
Tom DeReggi wrote:
I wouldn't bypass the feasibility study, just the $90,000 to perform it.
The feasibility study may also be to see who is already there and what
impact it would have on existing
There is one thing that I failed to mention, and I thought it very
important to point it out?. While I do see all of this happening at some
locations, I must say that it has not hampered my ability to deploy or
to operate my business?.. There is a HUGE difference between a hack and
a
I didn't say free, I said Not $90,000.
What should it cost to do a feasibilty study for a city?
Why does every city need to start from Ground Zero?
I'd rather $10,000-$20,000 go into a study with a competent engineer like
you, and the other $$70-80,000 go into actually paying an integrator to
The guys in the St. Louis area can correct me if I'm wrong but if my
memory is correct, St. Louis County does not include the City of St.
Louis (yeah, I know it sounds funny). As I recall, the two governments
are distinctly different. This proposal may apply only to the area in
the County
St. Louis County champions regionwide wireless Internet
By Clay Barbour
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
01/29/2007
WiFi users
CLAYTON — Tired of its provincial reputation, and hoping to gain an edge
in the marketplace, St. Louis County is seriously considering a plan
that could bring wireless Internet
Whats the prupose of the feasibilty study? Sounds like grant money. Would
the Earthlink, Google, or ATT use their own feasibilty study?
Or is this a non-technical feasibity study?
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Original Message -
From: Dawn
http://www.westendword.com/moxie/news/county-looks-at-implement.shtml
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/12/25/story13.html
Elected officeholders,their staff, and local business leaders are not
normally technology experts. They need help to understand how to proceed
to build
George,
Thats a good point. WISPs are maturing and as they grow they start to demand
name brand type gear that will let them scale, which inadvertently is
usually certified.
Thus larger providers using certified gear. With no disrespect meant, I
could argue that some of WISP's straying to
Interesting thread, very good points on all fronts.
I wanted to point out something, something that the guy who was talking
about consultants etc. You are correct in that many people who are
consultants don't know the real world implications. Us WISPs have first
hand knowledge of what these
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