This list has been hijacked AGAIN by a few folks who send never ending emails-day and night- please stop, your killing the usefulness of the whole thing.
Marty ___________________________________________ Marty Dougherty CEO Roadstar Internet Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-554-6620 www.roadstarinternet.com "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." -Walt Disney -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 10:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT Babble I wonder how many wisps who would usually discuss their infrastructure and talk about their issues and performance of the equipment they are using, etc, no longer say a word on this list because of the fear mongers who have them running scared? We used to have lots of wisps discussing this stuff in detail, not any longer. Matt Liotta wrote: > This has become a ridiculous thread. Dawn's customer experience is > irrelevant in this case. Plenty of operators who have lots of customers > (including me) understand and agree with the position presented. Don't > kill the messenger! The FCC makes the rules; not Dawn or me or any of > the other folks who have made accurate statements regarding > certification. Use of certified equipment is required by law. Many > people break laws for a variety of reasons, but that doesn't change the > law. For example, everyday I drive over the speed limit and occasionally > I am fined for doing so. > > -Matt > > Brad Belton wrote: >> "How would the number of customers I had on my network have any >> bearing on >> this discussion?" >> >> >> Well, it's a lot like having a medical intern weigh in on what a >> resident is >> more qualified to answer. Certainly the intern is not to be considered a >> dummy, but the intern's general lack of tenure, real world experience and >> overall knowledge can not be considered equal to an experienced resident. >> >> Questioning your ISP experience and specifically your fixed wireless >> experience is certainly relevant to this discussion. Anyone that has >> scaled >> their operation beyond a few dozen or even a few hundred clients knows >> the >> difficulty and complexity is compounded. It is quite a different >> animal to >> run an ISP with several thousand users behind it as compared to a few >> hundred. >> >> No offense is intended Dawn. I enjoy reading your posts and agree >> with your >> FCC Certification Crusade, but until you have walked a mile (or more >> in many >> cases) in the shoes of those you are speaking of many will rightly >> question >> what you offer here as the gospel. >> >> Best, >> >> >> Brad >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Dawn DiPietro >> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:37 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT Babble >> >> George, >> >> As I said in my post wireless providers do not get to decide what has >> to be certified this is up to the FCC and if there are any questions >> they need to be clarified not argued against which seems to be the >> norm among some on this list. >> >> How would the number of customers I had on my network have any bearing >> on this discussion? >> >> Regards, >> Dawn DiPietro >> >> >> George Rogato wrote: >> >>> Dawn, >>> >>> Just how many wisp customers did you have in your short career as a >>> wisp? >>> >>> Why is it that some people who don't actually participate in running >>> a wireless service want to come in and try to tell us how to run our >>> wisps? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dawn DiPietro wrote: >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> I have come to the conclusion that there are some on this list that >>>> think FCC certification is up for debate. There may be a need for >>>> clarification in some cases but like it or not the FCC has the final >>>> say in what can and cannot be certified. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Dawn DiPietro >>>> >> >> > -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/ -- 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/
