Re: [WISPA] Email, Postini, and setting up open source mail servers

2008-05-28 Thread Tony Weasler
seful because they allow you to separate your inbound, outbound, scanning, mailboxes and storage without having to buy 5xN servers. You simply add machines when you run low on resources in your existing pool. This is a lot more text than I originally intended to write, but hopefully someone

[WISPA] Inmarsat launches new broadband service to Eurpoe, Africa, and Asia...

2005-12-08 Thread Tony Weasler
I wonder what the latency is going to be. The second article mentions a usage cost of between $4-7/MB. They state that the smallest terminals are 1kg and "about half the size of a laptop." This won't be a competitor to existing broadband infrastructure, but if the latency is low enough it could

Re: [WISPA] marketing

2005-11-30 Thread Tony Weasler
Hi Dylan, Marketing practices depend on your business model and your customers. If you can only reach a few entities, it's usually best to go directly to them with your pitch. If you want widespread publicity, more traditional channels are usually most efficient: Radio, TV, billboards, etc. I

[WISPA] Anyone here have business service in Peoria, IL?

2005-11-30 Thread Tony Weasler
I wanted to see if anyone here could serve any of these 4 locations in Peoria before I pass them to a duopolist. http://tony3.com/locations.jpg I'm looking for ~$100/mo ~1Mbps symmetric connectivity for each location. If you're close to these numbers let me know and I'll see what I can do. They

Re: [WISPA] OT Hard Drive Failure

2005-11-27 Thread Tony Weasler
Yes, it should probably rattle. If you got it to work at all, there probably isn't any damage that you could detect by shaking it :) Dell uses a few different brands of hard drive in their notebooks. The Fujitsu and Toshiba drives that I have seen all rattle. In fact my Toshiba says "RATTLE NOIS

Re: [WISPA] OT Hard Drive Failure

2005-11-27 Thread Tony Weasler
Hi Brian, I've been in your situation before and I understand how bad it sucks. Fortunately, I had a week-old backup, but I did try data recovery anyway to see what they could recover. I sent it to Data Recovery Services in Dallas (http://www.datarecovery.net/). I evaluated about 5 other comp

Re: [WISPA] NYCwireless Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge

2005-11-07 Thread Tony Weasler
A modern marketing mistake created this mess. A company started to sell a product that it was incapable of delivering: unlimited network access. Other companies followed suit and assumed that they would never be compelled to make good on their promise. Now, instead of admitting that they were wr

Re: [WISPA] Should content providers pay for standard access to consumers?

2005-11-02 Thread Tony Weasler
On 11/2/2005 3:41 AM, Tom DeReggi created: [...] > Sounds like a good plan. You can do that at gigabit speeds, because > people that know they need to buy gigabit speeds understand the > business. Residential End users on the other hand do not. I actually do it at tens-of-megabits-speed for (mos

Re: [WISPA] Should content providers pay for standard access to consumers?

2005-11-01 Thread Tony Weasler
This is a situation where additional regulation will only help those adept at manipulating the regulators. (Additional comments inline) On 11/1/2005 10:10 PM, Tom DeReggi created: > The truth is services like VOIP and IPTV are going to challenge end > user's connections, and they are going to lear

[WISPA] Should content providers pay for standard access to consumers?

2005-11-01 Thread Tony Weasler
--- MarketWatch Quote --- "How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them," said Ed Whitacre in a BusinessWeek Online interview. "What they would like to do is use my pipes for free. I ain't going to let them do that." He argue

Re: [WISPA] Wiltel and Level 3

2005-10-31 Thread Tony Weasler
Given WilTel's relatively lower pricing than other similar carriers and L(3)'s previous spat with Cogent, I predict that this will further limit the low cost options available to smaller ISPs. I have a feeling that the carriers' previous habitual overspending will come back to bite us with higher

Re: [WISPA] DSL gets Naked

2005-10-31 Thread Tony Weasler
The FCC press release[1] specified that DSL be provided independently within 12 months of the merger for a period of two years. There was no mention of price restrictions or parity of connection offerings. Almost all of the other merger restrictions expire three years after the merger. - Tony [

Re: [WISPA] Will this bother WISPs?

2005-10-27 Thread Tony Weasler
It looks like I'm about 75ms rtt away from you and at ~1mbps... not bad for a jaunt through WCG's network which adds about 70ms to the trip. My local outgoing connection was 100mbps to AS4323. - Tony On 10/27/2005 5:08 PM, George created: > my test site: > > http://www.oregonfast.net/speedtes

Re: [WISPA] Cogent - Level3

2005-10-06 Thread Tony Weasler
Hi George, Is this what you are referring to? http://www.verio.com/about/newsroom/pr/index.cfm?fuseaction=press&Year=04&id=249751102013222 Cogent and Verio do have business relationships and that is probably one of the reasons why they chose to use them as a transit provider. I don't think that i

Re: [WISPA] Cogent - Level3

2005-10-06 Thread Tony Weasler
On 10/6/2005 1:03 PM, Tom DeReggi created: >> To set the record straight, no peering agreements were violated >> between L3 and Cogent. > > I heard otherwise, however I can't prove that. Cogent on their own web site said that agreements were not violated: "Level 3 terminated its peering with Cog

Re: [WISPA] Cogent - Level3

2005-10-06 Thread Tony Weasler
To set the record straight, no peering agreements were violated between L3 and Cogent. There is also no confirmed evidence that L3 is blocking Cogent traffic through Cogent's Verio transit (which Cogent pays $$ for.) It appears that Cogent is unwilling to use this route because it would force the

Re: [WISPA] For those who have commented - Way to go!

2005-10-04 Thread Tony Weasler
I am also seeing only 240 and the two filings that I posted today are missing... in fact, I only see one filing from 10/4 and I know that there were at least 4 there earlier. My filing a few days ago that was missing this morning appears to have re-appeared as well. Something strange is going on.

Re: [WISPA] For those who have commented - Way to go!

2005-10-04 Thread Tony Weasler
gt; http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts?ws_mode=retrieve_list&id_proceeding=04-186 > > > George > > Tony Weasler wrote: > >> Mine was also removed. I think that it was because in my first filing >> I didn't check the 'late-file

Re: [WISPA] For those who have commented - Way to go!

2005-10-04 Thread Tony Weasler
Mine was also removed. I think that it was because in my first filing I didn't check the 'late-filed' box and I didn't change it from "COMMENT" to "STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD." The moral of the story is: keep a copy of anything that you send to the government. Fortunately, I did and re-submitted i

Re: [WISPA] Martin's call for more radio frequency spectrum for emergency responders

2005-09-28 Thread Tony Weasler
amples are too generic because they don't take into account different types of deployments (fixed wireless vs. mobile access.) They are also too specific because they limit the data to figures that can't be easily derived from aggregate information like financial statements. -- Tony Weasle

[WISPA] Why ILEC regulation is different from Cable and WISP regulation... WAS: Re: FCC & DSL - WBIA ACTIONRecommendation

2005-08-05 Thread Tony Weasler
Charles, Given your position on this issue, I have to believe that your comments are partially tongue-in-cheek. The telcos have had a government-mandated monopoly for over 50 years where they were allowed to collect monopolistic profits to build the grand network that they possess today. They