Ive said good things about CO staff in the past. Check the archives. One of the CO staff work for Intelliwave previously. I know for a fact that he understands WISPS, wants us to succeed and really cares about getting broadband to rural subscribers. Chris Cooper Intelliwave LLC -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:38 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Connected Nation Rules Were you paid to say that or do you honestly feel that? That would definitely be a first praise to my ears. On Jan 15, 2011 9:26 AM, "David Hannum" <oujas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow - it's amazing how different everyone's experiences with CN has been. > We've had just the opposite of most of the folks posting here. We've had > great support for our wireless efforts . . . everything from design and > engineering to going out and finding us money to do special projects with. > If we can understand that at the root, they HAVE TO BE technology > independent, they do have some very good wireless folks, Chip Spann and Bart > Winegar among them. As for the meeting that Robert was refering to, here in > Ohio they (Connect Ohio) have a grant that, to my way of thinking, helps me > or any other provider. They are offering training for folks who are not > versed in the Internet to drive adoption. Then, then in exchange for > providers offering some discount to the folks who participate in the class, > they will advertise your services, and encourage folks to subscribe. That's > what was presented to Robert. I don't see why he was so offended by that > proposition. > > Again, it's all in your perception. All I can say is that we have found > that they can be very helpful and are very willing to help. Do we take > every suggestion or service they offer? No way. But just because we can't > use something they offer does not make them bad. I can say without > hesitation, that I've not found them to be in the hip pocket of the telcos > or big boys at all. They've been very supportive of our efforts here. > > Dave Hannum > New Era Broadband, LLC > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> wrote: > >> You know at the time I saw the email, I was surprised. However, >> nobody on this list knows about the joke of a deal CN is like Rick and >> I do. After the millions of dollars in tax revenue and all this >> mapping, that public information was removed from their website. >> Millions of tax paying dollars down the drain. Because of the >> potential WISPA problems, I won't tell you how I really feel. >> >> On Saturday, January 15, 2011, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> wrote: >> > The problem was the lack of maturity and how bad the content makes WISPA >> look. >> > We have our opinions. We are people. But we, as adults and businesses >> or representatives, need too display a level of advancement. >> > On Jan 14, 2011 9:39 PM, "Blair Davis" <the...@wmwisp.net> wrote: >> > >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Chuck >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- >> 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/ >>
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