I did my coverage with Connected TN about a year ago and have not heard from them since except for a revise.
Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Hogg To: WISPA General List Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Connected Nation Rules I didn't say that, but it is well known. Second, Connect Kentucky came to me and asked us to be a partner to Connect Kentucky. I said sure, send over the paperwork. It was a minimum $10k to be listed on the associates part. $50k to be a partner. Do they honestly think I can afford either? Guess who was partners? HughesNet, WildBlue, Bellsouth (AT&T), Time Warner, Windstream, Insight... so when a customer in my area called them to see about access, even though I fully cooperated with CK, went to EVERY meeting, provided them with full mapping data and showed them how to use Radio Mobile, they referred them to HughesNet or WildBlue. They knew I had that area covered, it was very blatant, but because I didn't pay them the money, they referred them to an inferior product, satellite service. They were provided with MILLIONS!!! to do mapping for Kentucky. The maps they did were immediately removed and taken offline as soon as their funding ran out. It was done in spite of the Kentucky Government. The TAX PAYERS OWN THAT DATA, and they stole it from us all. Guess what happened another year later? Another company was hired to do THAT EXACT SAME MAPPING again, and yes, they got MILLIONS again. I tried MULTIPLE times to work with them, and MANY MANY MANY open ended promised were made by them. None of this is opinion, it's all FACT. Ask MANY MANY MANY people around the US that are under a Connect program. Most will show their displeasure. Regards, Chuck On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM, David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote: Chuck said: "It is well known that CN is a marketing and lobbying front for the Bells." I would agree with that it is a well known "opinion" by many on this list. However, from what we've seen, they lobby as much, if not more, for independent companies like most of us are. They lobby for Broadband in general - they don't play favorites at the high level. However, they have some very knowledgible, dedicated wireless guys. And if you work very much with them, you'd see that wireles is all those guys are about. Dave Hannum New Era Broadband, LLC On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Fred Goldstein <[email protected]> wrote: At 1/15/2011 08:25 AM, Chuck Hogg 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. I'm not a member (yet) so take that as a disclaimer. This is the public forum, not official correspondence. It is well known that CN is a marketing and lobbying front for the Bells. Bob's satire was harmless, reflective of their value to independent ISPs, wireless and otherwise. If CN is whinging, let them, because it hit home. Bob's contributions have at times been a high point of this list. Not everything has to be somber. >On Saturday, January 15, 2011, Josh Luthman ><[email protected]> 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. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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