Thanks Stuart! It was an honor and a privilege to have this opportunity! ~V~
-----Original Message----- From: Stuart Pierce [mailto:spie...@avolve.net] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 1:19 PM To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Talk about A Geeks Geek ... That's awesome V, I for one appreciate you taking up the torch at the opportune moment. It goes further than just WISP intentions with what an inroad you have made in opening up a dialog between WISPA and the government. Stuart ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "St. Louis Broadband" <li...@stlbroadband.com> Reply-To: li...@stlbroadband.com, WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:40:59 -0500 >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. > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at avolve.net 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
