I think it's probably a case of the ISP wanting to get it feet wet and prove itself. The'll do it right, get some press, and apply for a bigger project in another round.
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:12:33PM -0500, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Yes, that is a very good point. BUT... He can use the profit from the > deployed network to pay those auditing fees. > > I'd be more concerned about the statement that service was for a community > of 600 and he might need to build to serve everyone. > $106k is a bit tight to cover 600 people. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Wu" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:33 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] StarOS Operator gets Stimulus Funding > > > >A precondition to accepting stimulus money is to submit to an annual 3rd > >party CPA audit (which generally costs $10-15k / year) -- he's probably > >going to lose money on the deal... > > > > Oops... > > > > -Charles > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:36 AM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] StarOS Operator gets Stimulus Funding > > > > Hi, > > > > I have to say I'm not impressed... $106,000 loan could have been gotten > > with a leasing company, without all the government ties and restrictions. > > > > Travis > > Microserv > > > > > > Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > >> Aloha Broadband, a WISP in Hawaii that runs 100% StarOS, was one of the > >> first 18 companies to receive broadband stimulus money. Looks like the > >> total scope of the project was also a lot more reasonable than some of > >> the other ones. > >> > >> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgqG0W8KNsbeVueTYPRDKYHqy8twD9CLQMJ02 > >> > >> > >> Matt Larsen > >> vistabeam.com > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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/ > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: > > 5/15/2009 6:16 AM > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
