That is something the promotions committee is working on. Member only vendor provided webinars, vendor discounts, etc.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "George Morris" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:07 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing > WISPA appears to be American WISP-centric Ralph. How many members are > based > outside the USA? > > What does WISPA do for non-American WISPs other than run a very good > public > mailing list that provides some decent discussion on the business in > general > terms? > > Please take a look at the WISPA web site and list 1 thing on it that is of > specific benefit for a WISP outside the US? > > What percentage of WISPA membership dues are spent on efforts to influence > the FCC? > > I'm not saying any of this is bad, just that the value equation is not the > same if you are not based in the US. > > George > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Ralph > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:49 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing > > Wisps is wisp-centric. There is no excuse not to support your > organization. > > On Nov 8, 2009, at 4:08 PM, "George Morris" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Amen. It would be a very handy thing to maintain that list of >> speedtest >> servers centrally somewhere, perhaps within WISPA. >> >> We don't belong to WISPA because its FCC centric which really >> doesn't help >> us much. Much of the dues go to getting the FCC to move in a given >> direction >> which isn't of much direct help for Canadian WISPs. >> >> If we had some services of this kind that were maintained by the WISPA >> team/members that would change my mind in a heartbeat. >> >> George >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Mike >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:01 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Metered Billing >> >> I have (hopefully) all the speedtest ips in the allow list. They run >> speedtest real fast, but download video for an hour and it will >> throttle you. Find those speedtest IPs and let em run. Perception >> is everything. Give them the perception they get that all the time. >> >> Mike >> >> At 12:25 PM 11/8/2009, you wrote: >>> No, but they expect to get their speed every time they get on and >>> they are >>> great at running speed tests. I understand we are int he business >>> of shared >>> bandwidth but the equipment can only handle so much. It goes back >>> to proper >>> ratios. When you do the numbers properly, it doesnt make financial >>> sense. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Jayson Baker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Not everyone uses 6Mbps all day long. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:52 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thats one way to utilize bandwidth shaping but how do you " >>>>> guaranteed > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
