How do they get out of the contact?  ETF?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Feb 23, 2014 8:57 PM, "Chuck Hogg" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> 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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