Matt, you said you needed to provide a reason why you did not suggest Aperto. Would it not be preferrable to provide a real reason, not something that is based on a weak deduction, e.g. Aperto issues few PRs so they must not do any business?
We are not nearly so large as my friends at Alvarion to be sure (who uses PRs sparringly, in a manner I support and respect). But we are also far different then the three small publicly-held companies under very severe financial survival diress (as in they have publicly announced they are searching for options in order to survive) who need to issue customer PRs. I'd also argue that we are right-sized for the 3650 space -- big enough to have some of the best scientific minds in WiMAX (look at our patents and role in creating the 802.16 standard), yet small enough to actually REALLY care about the business of North American WISPs, not just carriers. Aperto should be on any and everyone's list going in to the WiMAX game. In other words, check us out before checking us off. I think you know me fairly well and that I'd not tie my horse to any firm I did not deeply respect and think more than capable. Regards, Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of mlio...@r337.com Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors > We have several customers in the market with trials or actually deployed. > I > cant help if they all havent gotten their FCC licenses *duck*, or > fully executed in their plans. Remember as well, not EVERYONE uses > 3.65ghz, and many customers use 5.8 or 5.4. > Actually you can help. As a participant in the 3650 ecosystem you should be highly interested in everyone playing by the same rules. After all, if 3650 gets ruined you'll have a hard time selling 3650 radios. > As far as Tolly marcus being employed by aperto, he does work as a > contractor for Wireless Connections in sales, but is actively engaged > in deploying his networks throughout his focused regions. Its not all > however, 3.65ghz. We don't actually make a press release every time we > win an operator account either, nor do any other manufacturers. > Additionally, in 3.65ghz, I don't believe alvarion is shipping a fully > implemented true "e" > system but rather a modified D system with diversity and MRC. > That may be, but Aperto did issue a press release for one customer. And, it turns out that customer only has one radio authorization. Further, you mention Tolly Marcus, but what about you? Did you not represent yourself at WiMAX World as a Zing employee? What are people supposed to think given the situation? Did Zing pick Aperto based on merit or an employee relationship? Does Zing have more than one Aperto radio deployed? Either they haven't deployed many radios or they have done so illegally. Both possibilities seem to make them a poor choice for Aperto to use as a representative customer. This is especially true given both Patrick and your statements regarding how little Aperto issues press releases. Shouldn't that mean the press releases actually issued are more important? > Remember as well we didn't release 3.650 product until about 6 months > after Redline, so you cant expect there to be a lot out there for you > to find in the FCC database. As well, we have a lot more history, more > products, and actually more carrier customers than Redline does > internationally and in the US. If you would like a list of our US or > international customer base, feel free to hit me off list. > Sure I'll take a list. > Finally I find that many operators recommend what they buy: in your > case you bought a bunch of Redline. Most folks would never make a > reccmeondation for another solution esp when they work for a > publically traded company, that would look pretty bad wouldn't it? You > have your Bias, and will likely stick to that. With the same thing in > mind, your business model is quite unique in the market as you sell > large PTP connections and not multipoint connections to small business > / consumer. Redline may be a good fit for you then. > Please > however don't make any judgements on our product when you have never > tested it, deployed it, received a quotation, or talked to one of our > many customers. > You must not have read my post thoroughly. I specifically pointed out that I don't have any direct experience with Aperto. However, I needed to provide a reasoned response as to why I didn't suggest Aperto as a WiMAX vendor. -Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! 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