Thanks Tom! ~V~
-----Original Message----- From: Tom DeReggi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 11:33 AM To: [email protected]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Talk about A Geeks Geek ... Victoria, That is really good feedback to hear. Good Job! Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "St. Louis Broadband" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 11:40 AM Subject: [WISPA] Talk about A Geeks Geek ... > Thank you WISPA for posting the article about yesterdays Rural Summit: > http://www.wispa.org/?p=2458 > > I actually felt like a 'groupie' yesterday when I met Aneesh Chopra, the > first CTO of our nation and advisor to President Obama. > I read about Aneesh last year on O'Reilly Radar: > http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/04/aneesh-chopra-great-federal-cto.html > Yesterday I was fortunate to meet and speak with him. He is the 'Geeks' > Geek' for sure, and let me tell you WISPA, he knows all about us! > > When I told him that St. Louis Broadband was a member of WISPA, he > immediately asked what our 'cost per houses past was' I stated, $847, but > that includes a NOC and a first class data center. He then stated to > Administrator Adelstein "...These are the people you should fund. These > WISPA folks know how to make it work and make it work for less..." (I > don't > know if he was referring to our project directly but I do know he was > referring to the 'know how' and 'pioneering spirit' of our members. > > I also took this time to tell him that the FCC is all wet in their > reporting > that the WISP can only deliver up to 1.5 Mbps (as reported on broadband > stimulus documentation). I stated that the reason they are relying on > this > number is because most 'rural WISPs' can only afford costly T1 service and > that is why the number was low. I also gave him the information on a lot > of > the good products WISPs use, i.e., Motorola, Dragonwave. He was very > impressed. > > Just know WISPA that we are on the White House radar ;-) > > Best, > Victoria Proffer - President/CEO > StLouisBroadband.com <http://stlbroadband.com/> > ShowMeBroadband.com <http://showmebroadband.com/> > 314.974.5600 * Fax 573.747.4756 > Follow us on Twitter.com @stlbroadband > St. Louis WISP since 2003 > SBA Certified WOSB > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and > may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended > recipient, > be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail > or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, > please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting or > destroying the e-mail and any attachments without retaining any copies. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2916 - Release Date: 06/04/10 01:25:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
