Exactly! So instead, they want to squander it and hope to get cash from selling or big license fees. A little bit backwards, don't ya think. So they give out a few billion bucks and it still doesn't cover 50%. If they would even just light license good spectrum we'd be all over it with no stimulus cash needed and the benefits would pay off tremendously for everyone, not just the WISP operator. But then again, it would quickly be monopolized by the new Wal-Mart division, WISP-Mart. They would import cheap bandwidth from China, putting our domestic bandwidth factories out of business. The electrons wouldn't last as long and the information would be inferior........... On second thought, maybe it's just better this way.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barriers to WISP growth Imagine WISPs using 700mhz to service their customers. No stimulus package needed. 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, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gino Villarini <g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > Bingo! > > Sent from my Motorola Startac... > > > On Oct 8, 2009, at 12:15 PM, "Robert West" <robert.w...@just- > micro.com> wrote: > > > I think the major barrier to wisp growth is lack of quality, NLOS > > spectrum. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > > On > > Behalf Of Marco Coelho > > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:21 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barriers to WISP growth > > > > Patrick, > > > > Not being one for gov money.... > > > > We have excellent credit. We have that because we only expand at a > > rate the will allow funding (new business) to cover our costs. So the > > cycle goes: > > > > 1. Build out X number of Towers. > > 2. Market X number of Areas. > > 3. Install Customers to X*Y until well funded. > > > > Repeat. > > > > I think a lot of the companies that take stimulus money are going to > > go under in the long run. They will go like the dot-coms. Build > > build Build.... Ah shit no revenue! > > > > That being said, we are vertical, all workers work for the company. > > That is the only way you can control quality. Good employees are very > > hard to find. For every 100-200 applications/resumes, maybe 10 are > > worth talking to seriously. You're lucky to find 1 that is worth > > hiring. > > > > Always a ray of sunshine! > > > > Marco Coelho > > Argon Technologies Inc. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:25 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick, > >> > >> #1- Labor: There is very little skilled resources here. > >> #2- Funding: Especially for labor. Normal financing channels are > >> available but I will not take on too much debt at one time. > >> #3- Time: There is little extra time to dedicate towards expansion > >> versus daily operations. > >> > >> Notes- > >> Employees: Too small to enjoy such a "luxury". > >> Stimulus: I don't believe in it and did not apply. > >> Technologies: Proprietary equipment are a bit too expensive unless > >> you > >> buy CPE in 100 packs. Even then, the AP's are still expensive. > >> > >> -RickG > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Patrick Leary <ple...@apertonet.com> > > wrote: > >>> > >>> Regardless of your tech choice -- Moto, 802.11-based, WiMAX or > >>> other, I > >>> am interested to know what are the greatest barriers to growth and > >>> why? > >>> > >>> Some possibilities: > >>> Is it funding and if so, are your normal channels for money frozen > >>> or > >>> otherwise gone? > >>> Is it competition? If so, how specifically. > >>> Are you constrained from hiring due to high cost of employee > >>> benefits > >>> (e.g. health insurance)? > >>> Are you stalled waiting for response from your stimulus application? > >>> Are you stalled trying to defend against someone else's stimulus > >>> application that would include your market? > >>> Are the current technologies too expensive or technicall > >>> inadequate to > >>> deliver what you need to compete? > >>> > >>> Patrick Leary > >>> Aperto Networks > >>> 813.426.4230 mobile > >>> > >>> > >>> > > --- > > --- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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