That may be the single biggest hit for our team yet. Thank you Jerry
_____________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of St. Louis Broadband Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 8:41 AM To: 'WISPA General List' 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 << File: ATT00001..c >> 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. << OLE Object: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
