Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
To bad we can't LIKE a post. -- Original Message -- From: Jack Unger jun...@ask-wi.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:46:40 -0700 Sent via the WebMail system at avolve.net ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
I'll keep this post politically neutral. 1. I know little about Mosaik Solutions. Their website advises that one thing they do is cellular coverage mapping. See http://www.mosaik.com/about-us/history/. They apparently provide many other services as well. See http://www.mosaik.com/ 2. Just because Homeland Security is supposedly "requiring" law enforcement info FROM Mosaik does not mean that YOU are "required" to give YOUR law enforcement contact information to Mosaik. 3. Our government now encourages public and private companies to enter the "homeland security" business and to begin collecting information on fellow American citizens. In some cases, the government uses private companies to gather and report information about American citizens that the government itself is not authorized to gather directly. Many companies apparently believe it's good business to get paid by the government to spy on their fellow American citizens. "Homeland security" is now a huge, ever-growing business. See https://www.google.com/search?q=%22homeland+security%22+businessie=utf-8oe=utf-8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-US:officialclient=firefox-a 4. It is ILLEGAL for you as an individual to lie to the government and/or to law enforcement but it is PERFECTLY LEGAL for government and/or law enforcement (or private companies working as an arm of the government) to lie to you. jack On 4/10/2013 3:14 PM, Adam Greene wrote: Anyone else receive a Law Enforcement Contact Verification email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our companys organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. Im not liking it almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
Rick, If you have a contact, yes, it would probably be in our best interest to find a little background on these emails. DHS, and requirement in the same email, requesting contact info, doesn’t give me that warm fuzzy feeling.. Call me paranoid, but I don’t feel comfortable with blanket information gathering for no good reason. Richard From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:41 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? I don’t believe I met Paula Denbow at WISPAmerica, but I did help her Admin Asst. get her registered. American Roamer joined WISPA in July 2009. They changed their name to Mosaik a few years ago and dropped membership for a year. They just rejoined as a Vendor Member a few months ago. I did have a conference call with a few of the team before they rejoined. They do a lot of demographic type mapping and statistical evaluation of industries. I wish I could remember more, but my mind is fried with WISPAmerica last week. If you guys want, I will reach out to Paula and express your concerns about this letter. Maybe she can give me a better explanation so I can relay it back to the list. Where there is a Wisp, there is a way!http://www.wispa.org/where-there-is-a-wisp-there-is-a-way Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.orgmailto:rharn...@wispa.org adm...@wispa.orgmailto:adm...@wispa.org (Trina and Rick) From: wireless-boun...@wispa.orgmailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.commailto:cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.netmailto:maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.orgmailto:Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.commailto:cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.orgmailto:Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
+1 Yeah since I went to their home page an it said nothing about DHS Iwas not inclined to input. Steve Barnes General Manager PCS-WINhttp://www.rcwifi.com/ Howard LLC From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strittmatter Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Rick, If you have a contact, yes, it would probably be in our best interest to find a little background on these emails. DHS, and requirement in the same email, requesting contact info, doesn’t give me that warm fuzzy feeling.. Call me paranoid, but I don’t feel comfortable with blanket information gathering for no good reason. Richard From: wireless-boun...@wispa.orgmailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:41 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? I don’t believe I met Paula Denbow at WISPAmerica, but I did help her Admin Asst. get her registered. American Roamer joined WISPA in July 2009. They changed their name to Mosaik a few years ago and dropped membership for a year. They just rejoined as a Vendor Member a few months ago. I did have a conference call with a few of the team before they rejoined. They do a lot of demographic type mapping and statistical evaluation of industries. I wish I could remember more, but my mind is fried with WISPAmerica last week. If you guys want, I will reach out to Paula and express your concerns about this letter. Maybe she can give me a better explanation so I can relay it back to the list. Where there is a Wisp, there is a way!http://www.wispa.org/where-there-is-a-wisp-there-is-a-way Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.orgmailto:rharn...@wispa.org adm...@wispa.orgmailto:adm...@wispa.org (Trina and Rick) From: wireless-boun...@wispa.orgmailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.commailto:cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.netmailto:maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.orgmailto:Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.commailto:cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.orgmailto:Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
I have reached out to my contact at Mosaik. She is on the road this week and we are scheduled to talk next week. Rick From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strittmatter Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Rick, If you have a contact, yes, it would probably be in our best interest to find a little background on these emails. DHS, and requirement in the same email, requesting contact info, doesn’t give me that warm fuzzy feeling.. Call me paranoid, but I don’t feel comfortable with blanket information gathering for no good reason. Richard From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:41 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? I don’t believe I met Paula Denbow at WISPAmerica, but I did help her Admin Asst. get her registered. American Roamer joined WISPA in July 2009. They changed their name to Mosaik a few years ago and dropped membership for a year. They just rejoined as a Vendor Member a few months ago. I did have a conference call with a few of the team before they rejoined. They do a lot of demographic type mapping and statistical evaluation of industries. I wish I could remember more, but my mind is fried with WISPAmerica last week. If you guys want, I will reach out to Paula and express your concerns about this letter. Maybe she can give me a better explanation so I can relay it back to the list. http://www.wispa.org/where-there-is-a-wisp-there-is-a-way Where there is a Wisp, there is a way! Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.org adm...@wispa.org (Trina and Rick) From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
I have received 2 today.. Not sure what is up.. Here is the content of the messages.. Richard Law Enforcement Contact Verification Dear Sir/Madame, We are performing our quarterly audit and update of information we have on record for organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security. At this time we have no information listed for your company. Mosaik Solutions, formerly American Roamer, would appreciate any help you can provide in filling out the information listed below. If you are not the correct contact, please forward this email to the responsible parties, or forward their information to me. Please feel free to contact me at Mckinnely.Bentley@Mosaikmailto:Mckinnely.Bentley@Mosaik.com or at my office number 901-377-8585 with any questions you might have concerning this email or the information requested for Homeland Security. Thank you for your time and participation on this matter. Law Enforcement Contact Name: Title: Office Phone: Ext: Mobile Phone: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: Address 1: Address 2: City: State: Postal Code: Alternate Contact Information Name: Title: Office Phone: Ext: Mobile Phone: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: McKinnely Bentley Research Coordinator Mosaik Solutions Formerly American Roamer T +1 (901) 377-8585 ext 4013 * F +1 (901) 377-8189 6423 Shelby View Drive, Suite 101 * Memphis TN 38134 Mckinnely.Bentley@Mosaikmailto:Mckinnely.Bentley@Mosaik.com | Mosaik.comapplewebdata://1034FD73-5AA2-4EDC-862B-AE88B943E013/Mosaik.com | Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mosaikglobal | Twitterhttps://twitter.com/MosaikGlobal | LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups/Mosaik-Solutions-formerly-American-Roamer-3405599?home=gid=3405599trk=anet_ug_hm CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipients or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail by unauthorized recipients is strictly prohibited. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Mosaik Solutions, LLC. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Mosaik Solutions, LLC accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Adam Greene Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 5:14 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Anyone else receive a Law Enforcement Contact Verification email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company's organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I'm not liking it ... almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? ** ** Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. ** ** I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
I don’t believe I met Paula Denbow at WISPAmerica, but I did help her Admin Asst. get her registered. American Roamer joined WISPA in July 2009. They changed their name to Mosaik a few years ago and dropped membership for a year. They just rejoined as a Vendor Member a few months ago. I did have a conference call with a few of the team before they rejoined. They do a lot of demographic type mapping and statistical evaluation of industries. I wish I could remember more, but my mind is fried with WISPAmerica last week. If you guys want, I will reach out to Paula and express your concerns about this letter. Maybe she can give me a better explanation so I can relay it back to the list. http://www.wispa.org/where-there-is-a-wisp-there-is-a-way Where there is a Wisp, there is a way! Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.org adm...@wispa.org (Trina and Rick) From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bob Moldashel Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification? Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a “Law Enforcement Contact Verification” email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our company’s “organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security”? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. I’m not liking it … almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com “We Keep You Up and Running” Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Law Enforcement Contact Verification?
Mosaic and Mosaik are very different. Mosaic is the rural telco in northern Wisconsin. I just retired from there. They did VoIP over 700mhz Wimax in 2006 and do AWS and 700mhz LTE today with VoIP. For a small company they're very advanced. My guess is Mosaik is trying to sell some solutions for new compliance issues being imposed by DHS. I've heard of them. Did you know you might be storing years of what sounds like Netflow data so they can mine it? We were pondering the best approach some time ago. On 04/10/2013 06:55 PM, Bob Moldashel wrote: Mosaic was at Wispamerica. Who/what are they? On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: phishy phishy phishy On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Adam Greene maill...@webjogger.net wrote: Anyone else receive a Law Enforcement Contact Verification email from Mosaik Solutions (formerly American Roamer) requesting our companys organizational contacts responsible for interacting with Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies, as is required of us by the US Department of Homeland Security? Seems strange to me that a private company would contact me out of the blue, implying that they are an official intermediary of the US Government. Im not liking it almost sounds like a phishing scheme. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- -- SCS Clay Stewart CEO, Tye River Farms, Inc., DBA Stewart Computer Services 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com We Keep You Up and Running Wireless Broadband Programming Network Services ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
