A lot of times, flipping a house is nothing more than putting on a fresh coat of paint.
---------- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Update from the FCC on 3.65Ghz and CBP > Hmmm, didn't realize flipping houses was an ethical gray area... > (gosh, buy a distressed property, gut and redo the kitchen and bathroom, > give it some landscaping- and make some dough. That is unethical? You > know > some of the original colonies of the new world had rules against charging > interest and making a profit. They were not too successful. Adam Smith > had > some things to say about the subject.) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:09 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Update from the FCC on 3.65Ghz and CBP > > >>I know that a certain number of us ARE going to build a network for the >>sole >> purpose of suckering...errr, selling it to someone else. >> >> Now, I have severe ethical disagreements with this notion. It reminds >> me >> of "flipping houses" or "speculative oil investing", perhaps? >> >> Now, to build a business SOLELY for the purpose of selling for a huge >> chunk >> of money to someone larger, of planned consolidation seems >> self-defeating. >> yes, you might profit, but wha have you really done productively? >> >> Still, there are many of us who are NOT intending to "build to sell". >> We're not in the business of flipping customers to someone else. In >> that >> case, overspending for the return on your dollar makes little sense. I'm >> not sure if ANY hardware platform makes sense in this industry. If we >> run >> the numbers, does it actually havea positive return? I suspect not. >> >> Still, for those of us who aer NOT in the business of polishing up a turd >> to >> sell to someone else ( You have no idea how long I've waited to use that >> term, since I read it a few years ago!), the investment and prices don't >> make any real sense... >> >> >> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> <insert witty tagline here> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Update from the FCC on 3.65Ghz and CBP >> >> >> A number of WISPS are moving to this platform as they find that >>> the higher end equipment is worth more on a buyout. >>> >>> Lets put it this way. If you have a network to sell, how much more do >>> you >>> think you will get if you have Cisco instead of Mikrotik? Nothing >>> against >>> them, but the quality of your infrastructure is heavily weighed during a >>> buyout. If you don't agree, check the many spam's on this and other >>> lists >>> from the guys buying networks. Some won't even look at you if you don't >>> have Canopy or better equipment. >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> 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 Wants You! Join today! > 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 Wants You! Join today! 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/
