FYI, we tell them we'd like to leave our equipment for 30-45 days so that
they can get a taste of their Verizon bill.  Typically we get the call, My
bill was $120+ this month, can I get your service turned back on?

Regards,
Chuck


On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Josh Luthman
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Just because it's available to them doesn't mean they're aware of it.  I'm
> almost certain people don't check before switching to 4G.  They see it's 50
> mbps and faster than your WISP's 5 or 10 mbps and then get stuck in a
> contract for 2 years.  I put it on the bill so they see it every time they
> click on their invoice.
>
> I should mention most customers are automatically billed, so while they do
> get their bill via email, they may choose to simply ignore it.
>
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
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> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:42 PM, heith petersen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>   Are others doing this on their billing as well? I don't think I am
>> going to have a big issue with Verizon. Fortunately our new billing system,
>> I think, will show their usage, even though we do not offer capped
>> services. They can always look at their portal, but a lot of people still
>> are insistent on calling the office to say "charge my card" as opposed to
>> going online and hitting "pay now". I guess you have to hit them in the
>> face with it some time.
>>
>>  *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:13 PM
>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Fw: FW:
>>
>>  Oh that's the first time you've seen it?  Ya, kinda odd looking for
>> sure.  It's one of the reasons I started including customers' bandwidth
>> usage on the bill.  They see they've done 20 or 30 gigs (at least) and then
>> when they see HomeFusion is 5-10 gigs plus a kidney to get all the way up
>> to 20, they don't bother (this is speculation on my part).
>>
>> My guess is that they've got several higher gain sectors instead of one
>> omni.  Also I think the reason it is coax is to get power and figure out
>> which one of the sectors gets the best signal.
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:09 PM, heith petersen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>   Looks like a friggin dryer vent to me. I have not seen this before,
>>> that's my confusion. Its alien to me. Usually I have smarter customers that
>>> ask me how much data they are doing. Other dump me, then get an outrageous
>>> bill from Verizon when they watched 15 movies on the Netflix and realize I
>>> am not that bad. We recently installed a 450 pointed right at this
>>> neighborhood and are running tests with a banker customer. Looking real
>>> good, and I am ready to pump out more speed to these customers
>>>
>>>  *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:46 PM
>>> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Fw: FW:
>>>
>>>   Looks like a 4G cantenna to me.  What's the confusion?
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:43 PM, heith petersen <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>   I had a customer cancel our service a few weeks ago in a town an
>>>> hour away from me. My billing lady got the impression that she was going to
>>>> use her 4G service. She lives out of town a mile where we are the only WISP
>>>> or service around, aside from satellite or cell service. Our equipment was
>>>> laying by her house as she was away for the day when we were there, but
>>>> stated that the new equipment was mounted in our old spot. So my tech took
>>>> this picture and it said Cantenna on the bottom of it. Its not like the
>>>> Cantenna I have seen in the past. I am real positive that I do not have
>>>> another WISP in the area. Do some WISPS use these devices? The closest
>>>> business is a John Deere dealership, and I am fairly certain their IT would
>>>> not allow external usage of their network, and all of the houses in the
>>>> area use our service. Anyways just curious if any one had any ideas of what
>>>> they could be using this for. I have had other customers cheat WiFi from
>>>> their neighbors with different Cantennas, but I would use a UBNT device to
>>>> re-distribute the service, if that's whats going on
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> heith
>>>>
>>>>  *From:* [email protected]
>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:32 PM
>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>> *Subject:* FW:
>>>>
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