Victoria, All I can say is WOW, nice job... and he really said that about WISPA? WOW!
Forbes ----- 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/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
