LOL, I remember someone listed tools for the truck but didnt see that! -RickG
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Josh Luthman<j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the work > truck too? Geez, this things getting full =) > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach: >> Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a >> crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the >> crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way. >> My favorite outage happened just the other day. One of my towers went >> completely out. This tower has always been sensitive to power outages >> during electrical storms but there were none in the area. The >> equipment is located in a shed so I went in, first eyeballing the >> shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked >> down at the power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around >> the cord which was now unplugged! >> -RickG >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lists<li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote: >> > LOL. >> > I had several support calls today. I tried to trouble shoot, but not the >> > usual problems. >> > My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my >> > Blackberry around noon. Customers were going down left and right. No >> > storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems. So >> we >> > jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on >> which >> > several businesses connect to. All the while customers connecting and >> > disconnecting. >> > Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise looming >> in >> > the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio lifting >> an >> > AC off the roof. I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property >> > management. >> > Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected. >> > >> > Victoria Proffer >> > CEO >> > StLouisBroadband.com >> > ShowMeBroadband.com >> > 314.974.5600 >> > SBA Certified WOSB >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> > Behalf Of Rick Harnish >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM >> > To: 'WISPA General List' >> > Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather >> > >> > This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the other >> > day. >> > >> > >> > >> > The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why he >> > called it Dark Internet asked what he meant. He said he only has >> Internet >> > when it is dark out. Well, this call was made during the day and >> obviously >> > his Internet was not working at the time. The technician could not see >> the >> > client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE. >> The >> > customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on the >> > POE. While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am >> doing, >> > I need to turn on the lights. Miraculously, when he turned on the light >> > switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working >> > again. >> > >> > >> > >> > Imagine that! >> > >> > >> > >> > Rick Harnish >> > >> > >> > >> > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On >> > Behalf Of Ken Hohhof >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM >> > To: Motorola Canopy User Group >> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather >> > >> > >> > >> > This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago. Some of >> > the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they >> are >> > too wet. That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to >> where >> > it will be too late to plant anything in those fields. Not the usual >> crops >> > of field or soybeans. They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas. I >> > guess they could always plant hay. Our biggest business customer is a >> > fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be >> like, >> > if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a >> couple >> > days then they can't handle all the orders. They do all the custom >> > fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server. I was just >> out >> > to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I >> finally >> > had to put a switch inbetween. Not a negotiation problem, just plain >> > strange. >> > >> > >> > >> > Unfortunately lightning and tornados are not limited to spring. The last >> > few years we have been hit in June/July, even a really bad lightning >> storm >> > at Christmas time. We have had tornados and microbursts that have picked >> up >> > silos and dropped them on the opposite side of a barn. >> > >> > >> > >> > The storm a couple days ago I had one customer router blow, and one old >> > Tranzeo radio. >> > >> > >> > >> > I also had a customer call today because they went to Florida for the >> month >> > of March, they have been back since the beginning of April, and their >> > Internet has not worked since then. I actually left a phone message for >> > them in April, they are an older couple anb honestly I was worried they >> had >> > died or something. Oddly, another Tranzeo customer. All they had to do >> was >> > power cycle the radio. But waiting 2.5 months before calling? >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> > From: Steve D <mailto:bigd...@gmail.com> >> > >> > To: Motorola Canopy <mailto:motor...@wispa.org> User Group >> > >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:10 PM >> > >> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather >> > >> > >> > >> > As I was reading this very thread, the first big boom of thunder of the >> year >> > shook my office! >> > >> > -Steve D >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Dylan Bouterse <dy...@corp.power1.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > That sounds like an average afternoon here in Central Florida. We dread >> "the >> > season". Fortunately today has been rather calm..so far. >> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Climate >> > >> > "Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State", but severe weather is a >> common >> > occurrence in the state. Central Florida is known as the lightning >> capital >> > of the United States, as it experiences more lightning strikes than >> anywhere >> > else in the country." >> > >> > L >> > >> > Dylan >> > >> > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On >> > Behalf Of Doug Clark >> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:52 PM >> > To: Motorola Canopy User Group >> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Its been thunderstorms and massive rain here, I have been fielding non >> stop >> > calls >> > >> > with blown routers and ethernet cards :o( >> > >> > >> > >> > -------Original Message------- >> > >> > >> > >> > From: Matt Larsen - Lists <mailto:li...@manageisp.com> >> > >> > Date: 6/10/2009 3:44:24 PM >> > >> > To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> ; Motorola Canopy >> > <mailto:motor...@wispa.org> User Group; w...@part-15.org >> > >> > Subject: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather >> > >> > >> > >> > Storm #2 rolling in today.... >> > >> > >> > >> > We've already had three tornado warnings and at least one on the ground >> > >> > within three miles of my house. Amazingly enough - nothing is down >> > >> > other than one site that had a brief power outage. New 9 mile 19ghz >> > >> > link on 2' dishes faded from -48 to -70 for a while and then came back >> > >> > within a few minutes. Seems like we have had rain and lightning almost >> > >> > every night for the last two weeks. I can't help but feel that we are >> > >> > very fortunate that we have only had to replace a couple of radio units >> > >> > since it all started. >> > >> > >> > >> > This is the most rain we have gotten here in probably ten years or so. >> > >> > Anyone else seeing weird weather so far this year? >> > >> > >> > >> > Matt Larsen >> > >> > vistabeam.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.60/2166 - Release Date: >> 06/10/09 >> > 05:52:00 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -Steve D >> > >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.61/2167 - Release Date: >> 06/10/09 >> > 18:30:00 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ---- >> > WISPA Wants You! 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