Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-04 Thread can...@believewireless.net
ofit back into > >> the > >> business to build out the network, there fore increasing potential. And > >> then > >> Banks did not look at those network assets with a value, the same as > >> they > >> would if it was still real estate, so to speak,

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread J. Vogel
;> out twice. First the value of everything they already paid for >> depreciated >> in a big way and then the cash flow they are producing is buying less >> because of inflation. Hope that makes sense.. >> >> >> >> Thank You, >> Brian Webster >>

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread Chuck Bartosch
On Jan 3, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Chuck, I will contact you offlist. I have some question. Sure, be happy to answer whatever I can. > I have not tried SBA recently, and its time that I probably should, > before I > critisize the program. > > My point was... In past experience..

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread eje
8 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Another way of looking at it is that if deflation is occurring, and you have committed to pay for the CPE via leasing, you will be using future dollars that are worth more to pay for them, (e.g. at the time I commit

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread eje
-Mobile -Original Message- From: "Brian Webster" Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 15:26:37 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Tom, The points you make seem to drive home the point that some leasing companies and other consultants t

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread J. Vogel
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on > Behalf Of Tom DeReggi > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:23 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > > > Chuck, I will contact you offlist. I have some question. > I have not tr

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread Brian Webster
ispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:23 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Chuck, I will contact you offlist. I have some question. I have not tried SBA recently, and its time that I probably

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-03 Thread Tom DeReggi
Broadband - Original Message - From: "Chuck Bartosch" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:25 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > > On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > >> What I'd li

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread reader
ot;expert" contradicts every other expert on many things. - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 7:28 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Chuck Bartosch
On Jan 1, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Actually, Not sure the Government has the right to define "broadband". Any good contract defines for the purposes of the contract the terms that are used that don't have an obviously clear independent definition. The Government, if it's handin

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Chuck Bartosch
" companies to use it, because > that's how they make money. > > So again, how much shall we bet on this? :) > > Travis > Microserv > > rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: > ++++ > > > - Original Message - > From: "Travis Johnson&qu

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Tom DeReggi
Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "can...@believewireless.net" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Why worry

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Matt Liotta
ireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > - Original Message ----- > From: Travis Johnson > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > > > We have been chargin

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Tom DeReggi
ay, January 01, 2009 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow We have been charging the same for internet service for almost 5 years and just two days ago, we got double the new sign-ups on a single day of what we can do for installs. Business is booming in our area an

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Tom DeReggi
programs to foster Long term sustaining service to the public, after grant money is gone. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: To: "WISPA General List" S

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Mike Hammett
neral List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow We have been charging the same for internet service for almost 5 years and just two days ago, we got double the new sign-ups on a single day of what we can do for installs. Business is booming in our area and our industry.

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Jeff Broadwick
: Thursday, January 01, 2009 11:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:24 PM Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Travis Johnson
eing available. That's gone from "not thinkable" to "likely" in just 6 months. That's the wiser "bet", by a million times. ++++ - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" To: &qu

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread can...@believewireless.net
you in 6 > months? > > I would not bet the company on it. I absolutely would NOT depend on it > > for > > the next 18 months. Re-write your business plan. Have a contingency > plan > > in place. Have one for no credit being available. That's gone from > &

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Josh Luthman
you in 6 months? > I would not bet the company on it. I absolutely would NOT depend on it > for > the next 18 months. Re-write your business plan. Have a contingency plan > in place. Have one for no credit being available. That's gone from "not > thinkable&qu

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread reader
n times. ++++++++++++ - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > We have been charging the same for internet

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Travis Johnson
avis Johnson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow You can not grow in large scales without financing... and I don't understand why people are against it. Our last equipment lease wa

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread reader
- Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > You can not grow in large scales without financing... an

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Hammett
Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Tom DeReggi" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:24 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > And provided you

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Travis Johnson
ge - From: "Tom DeReggi" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Every WISP needs to ask themselves... Why are they not deploying more broadband? How come they have 500 custoemrs in

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread reader
- Original Message - From: "Tom DeReggi" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > > Every WISP needs to ask themselves... Why a

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread reader
gt; > This analogy has gotten some interesting conversations started with folks > from the middle east. > > - Original Message - > From: "Jeff Broadwick" > To: "'WISPA General List'" > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:15 PM > Subjec

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Tom DeReggi
area. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Whitespaces

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Tom DeReggi
To: WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow I happen to agree with muddyfrog... I built my network with NO money from the gov. My 'competition' has taken gov money, lots of it One of them

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Hammett
From: "Tom DeReggi" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:13 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Yeah, but the secret to getting more spectrum is not asking for it, nor > proving need. The secret is identifying spectrum

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Tom DeReggi
To: ; "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Let us hope that with the push for more broadband accessibility we get > more > spectrum!!! > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > D

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Tom DeReggi
ss, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "David E. Smith" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Josh Luthman wrote: > >> We have all

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
iddle east. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Broadwick" To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > "Government" is not a monolith, and to condemn it out of hand is

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Jeff Broadwick
ffects you. Possible, but unlikely. Happy New Year! Jeff -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Mike Hammett
31, 2008 12:59 PM To: ; "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > Let us hope that with the push for more broadband accessibility we get > more > spectrum!!! > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayn

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Josh Luthman
st > 78 Centennial Loop > Suite E > Eugene, OR 97401 > 541-998- > 541-998-5599 fax > http://www.unwiredwest.com > - Original Message - > From: > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congre

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Mark Nash
t.com - Original Message - From: To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > I'm very, very, very tired of absolute and total incompetence of > government > being given my money and used

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Jack Unger
t; Jeff > > _ > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jack Unger > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:40 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > &g

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Jeff Broadwick
g they can reduce the interest rate to the borrower. Regards, Jeff _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:40 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow ***

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Don Renner
List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow Crossroads has shut things down for now due to money supply. Apparently with the banking crisis their banks have delayed releasing funds to them for deployment. My project for them was shut down back at the end of August. Thank You

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Blair Davis
I happen to agree with muddyfrog... I built my network with NO money from the gov.  My 'competition' has taken gov money, lots of it One of them put up a $40K AP cluster, 900MHz, smack in the middle of a 900MHz PtP link I have, (running since 2001), and then complained to me when they had

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Brian Webster
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on Behalf Of jp Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow I'm all for having someone else pay for expensive infrastructure, but I hope that if the feds go forward

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Jack Unger
***  Everybody brings JOY to this list. Some by entering, some by LEAVING  *** rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: I'm very, very, very -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Cisco Press Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread reader
gt; UnwiredWest > 78 Centennial Loop > Suite E > Eugene, OR 97401 > 541-998- > 541-998-5599 fax > http://www.unwiredwest.com > - Original Message - > From: > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:12 AM > Subject: R

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Josh Luthman
78 Centennial Loop > Suite E > Eugene, OR 97401 > 541-998- > 541-998-5599 fax > http://www.unwiredwest.com > - Original Message - > From: > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may h

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Mark Nash
PA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow > >From the article: > > "The big cable providers also want to target "underserved" areas, where > there is only one broadband provider or t

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread jp
I'm all for having someone else pay for expensive infrastructure, but I hope that if the feds go forward with something like this, it's done differently than the RUS system. It's easier to do business my way and pay a tiny bit more for money from a bank, than to do all the RUS planning and pape

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread reader
you get government involved , EVERYONE will lose. - Original Message - From: "Josh Luthman" To: ; "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow >

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Josh Luthman
Let us hope that with the push for more broadband accessibility we get more spectrum!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread chris cooper
And your chainsaws- going to need to cut some mighty big holes in the air to fit all the needed spectrum into Chris That article states they want to define "broadband" as 5Mbps, and some folks suggest 10Mbps. Get your forklifts ready! David Smith MVN.net -

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread Josh Luthman
Cable wants it to be that way - that's why I'm worried cable buys the decision makers. They did note that DSL is stuck in the 1 and 1.5 meg range, though... I do agree with the comment that the highway needs to be built large the one time it is initially built, but not everyone can afford to use

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2008-12-31 Thread David E. Smith
Josh Luthman wrote: > We have all had the pleasure to earn a customer that has three kids nagging > at him for a PC and Internet access with that extra bonus check from work, > but think of the countless older couples or less fortunate families that > could really use the help catching up with the