So I wonder what Butch thinks about MikroTik? :-)
Mac -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:00 PM To: wireless@wispa.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] Our First WISP Consultant Vendor Member - Butch Evans I am sure many of you know a friend of mine, Butch Evans, who has been here helping for as long as I can remember on all the WISP lists out there. Butch is one of my favorite people in this industry. He is not just a good consultant, he is a good person who genuinely cares about the people as much as the work. He is a friend and I am very happy to be making his introduction here today. Butch has helped WISPA by serving on our nominations committee and CALEA committee and has supported our efforts to build WISPA since the beginning. He signed up as an Associate Member a while back and has now upgraded his membership to a full Vendor Membership in WISPA. This makes him our first WISP Consultant Vendor Member I believe. You are one of the truly good ones Butch Evans and I thank you for making this step up in WISPA. Here is some background information about Butch in his own words: In January of 1994, I began working as an ISP with a small company in rural south east Missouri. I have been (since then) either an employee of or partner in 4 ISPs. The ISP business is a passion for me. I have spent countless hours reading and "tinkering" with my network. During the period of 1994-2006, I have become quite proficient with network designs that make an ISP network behave as it should. In 2001, I began using Mikrotik RouterOS on my network to build out my infrastructure. This software (in my opinion) fills nearly every need that most small ISPs or other small businesses could ever need for a routing infrastructure. I began working on a curriculum to train other ISPs about this software in 2003 as part of a partnership with WISP-Router that we called WISP-Training. The WISP-Training organization has trained HUNDREDS of WISPs, small business, hobbyists and government employees to use the Mikrotik software. I am 1 of only 2 certified Mikrotik RouterOS trainers in the United States. In February 2006, I went full time in consulting and training. My time is dedicated to assisting WISPs in building, troubleshooting and designing their networks. As much as I misss being an ISP, teaching has become a real passion for me. I now have 2 fully developed training courses and will (by the end of the year) have another 2. I have training partnerships with several WISP equipment resellers and am working to develop further relationships in this area. Butch Evans Consulting is passionate about the WISP industry and our goal is to see your business succeed through proper network design, education and management of existing resources. -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ My calendar: http://tinyurl.com/y24ad6 Training Partners: http://tinyurl.com/smfkf Mikrotik Certified Consultant http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
