Re: [WISPA] 900MHz Omni and gain

2006-11-07 Thread Travis Johnson
The Pacific Wireless horizontal omni is a good choice however, they are about $900 each. We start our small sites with omni's and then sectorize them with two 180 degree horizontal sectors as the subs increase. Travis Microserv Brian Rohrbacher wrote: Problem is I might only get 10-15 su

Re: [WISPA] Bob M - Are you there?

2006-11-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Title: Message Charles, Does that mean you won't be at ISPCon? Travis Microserv Charles Wu wrote: I'm going to be in the NYC area this week -- would love to finally meet you   -Charles   Ping me w/ your contact info   --- WiNOG

Re: [WISPA] "The Gremlin," redux

2006-10-28 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, You may have covered this before, but I probably missed it in your original post. What equipment are you running for each of the different frequencies (2.4ghz, 900mhz, 5.8ghz, etc.). Is it possible the 2.4ghz AP's are just not able to handle the high packet loads (broadcast storms, virus

Re: [WISPA] Are you making money?

2006-10-18 Thread Travis Johnson
eeded another type of gear. If I bought 250 $149 CPEs 6 months ago, I'd have 250 CPEs still sitting on the shelf. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "W

Re: [WISPA] Are you making money?

2006-10-17 Thread Travis Johnson
So to answer the previous question #3, no you will not be making tons of money - you will be eating your shirt :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:24 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WIS

Re: [WISPA] Are you making money?

2006-10-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Although he has spent some time and efforts, many of his numbers are WAY off: $50 installs (contract labor) customers paying $360 for installation $40 per month ARPU (for a startup WISP is not realistic today with $15 DSL) Just taking the installation numbers away completely changes this

Re: [WISPA] Re: Crown Castle / Global signal

2006-10-11 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Did I miss something? You said $250 per month, they came back with $400 per month and you executed the lease? :( Travis Microserv Rick Smith wrote: I dunno man, I called Global one day, and said "I want space on that tower, I'll pay you $250 a month for two antennas" and they got me a

Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle / Global signal

2006-10-09 Thread Travis Johnson
y and growth. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle / Globa

Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle / Global signal

2006-10-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, The problem is that cell carriers (at least in my area) pay $500 - $2,000 per month to be on a tower... the same towers that I pay $100 - $250 per month. If you owned the towers, which customer would _you_ rather have? :( Travis Microserv D. Ryan Spott wrote: It seems we (people on thi

Re: [WISPA] Outsourced installations

2006-10-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We stopped doing site surveys almost 4 years ago. We were spending way too much time and having to send someone to the location twice seemed like a waste. (some of our coverage area is a 2 hour drive each way) We now have coverage maps and tell people "we no longer do site surveys. Based

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-10-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon Hi, Don't you have to have like a -65 or better signal to get 2x rate? Travis Microserv Gino A. Villarini wrote: Not the case, 14 mbps is 2x mode, but the

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-10-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:03 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ve

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-10-04 Thread Travis Johnson
L PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon Another quick question... If you are running a Canopy Advantage AP and you use regular Canopy SM's, can the AP still deliver the 14Mbps of bandwi

Re: [WISPA] Find the Fastest ISP

2006-10-02 Thread Travis Johnson
This is one of the worst speed test programs I have ever seen. It basically downloads the front web page from several different sites (apple.com, msn.com, microsoft.com, yahoo.com, etc.) and times each download, and then averages them. My PC at work is a P4/2.8ghz with 1GB of RAM. I am connect

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-09-28 Thread Travis Johnson
L PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon Another quick question... If you are running a Canopy Advantage AP and you use regular Canopy SM's, can the AP st

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-09-28 Thread Travis Johnson
on the same tower. I can't write out whats in my head on this getting a little late in the night but if you wanted to I could talk to you over the phone and explain it. Send me an email to anthonyw (at) broadband-mn.com and Ill give you my cell phone number or give you a call. Anth

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-09-27 Thread Travis Johnson
t write out whats in my head on this getting a little late in the night but if you wanted to I could talk to you over the phone and explain it. Send me an email to anthonyw (at) broadband-mn.com and Ill give you my cell phone number or give you a call. Anthony Will Broadband Corp. Travis

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-09-25 Thread Travis Johnson
rs in-line Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, I'd like to go back to the specs on different radios just so I can compare for myself... Trango 2.4ghz: 5Mbps auto ratio 8 non-overlapping channels 10mhz spectrum per channel -90 Receive level 15 mile range (without a grid) External connector an

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon

2006-09-25 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I'd like to go back to the specs on different radios just so I can compare for myself... Trango 2.4ghz: 5Mbps auto ratio 8 non-overlapping channels 10mhz spectrum per channel -90 Receive level 15 mile range (without a grid) External connector and dual-pol integrated antenna $879 AP (WISP

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-25 Thread Travis Johnson
airwaves for others that are playing in the same sand box. Canopy pricing: AP = $898 (Advantage $1554) Single pricing CPE = $267 (Advantage $402 ) 25pack pricing Add $40 a unit for 15 mile range (stinger or beehive dish all FCC certified) CPE = $216 (Advantage $324) 100 pack prici

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-24 Thread Travis Johnson
eehive dish all FCC certified) CPE = $216 (Advantage $324) 100 pack pricing Add $25 a unit for 15 mile range (stinger or beehive dish all FCC certified) Anthony Will Broadband Corp. Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to reflect more the direction of this discussion (Trang

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-23 Thread Travis Johnson
h Trango you can only get 5 /5 ... Gino Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, Because you will run out of upload capacity and the sector will be "full". We sell up to 2Mbps connections (2Mbps down and 2Mbps up)... so I would have to go to 50/50 split, meaning only 3.5Mbps download capacity...

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-23 Thread Travis Johnson
D] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:11 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] vendor specs The biggest reason we use Trango is because we sell our wireless service as symmetrical. Even on the residential level, if they purchase 512k they get 512k down and

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-23 Thread Travis Johnson
The biggest reason we use Trango is because we sell our wireless service as symmetrical. Even on the residential level, if they purchase 512k they get 512k down and 512k up. So, if I use Canopy, I have to do a 50/50 split, which means even the Advantage product only provides 7Mbps of "usable" b

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-22 Thread Travis Johnson
l FCC certified) CPE = $216 (Advantage $324) 100 pack pricing Add $25 a unit for 15 mile range (stinger or beehive dish all FCC certified) Anthony Will Broadband Corp. Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, I changed the subject line to reflect more the direction of this discussion (Trango vs.

Re: [WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-22 Thread Travis Johnson
.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] vendor specs Hi, I changed the subject line to reflect more the direction of t

[WISPA] vendor specs

2006-09-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I changed the subject line to reflect more the direction of this discussion (Trango vs. Canopy vs. Alvarion)... ;) This is just off the top of my head, and I would love to see more data on any of these radios: Trango 5830AP - $1,079 retail Dual polarity 10Mbps (auto up/down ratio) Easy

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Fixes Problems with Backhaul Links

2006-09-22 Thread Travis Johnson
want it now. I need it now. This is a time to market business, where there is a domino effect of disaster tied to waiting. So when a company like Alvarion or Valemont come out with a product that will do the job, and I no longer have to wait, I see no reason to wait. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL

Re: [WISPA] PTP Link Recommendations

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
nistration www.nwwnet.net -- Original Message --- From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WISPA General List Sent: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:57:21 -0500 Subject: Re: [WISPA] PTP Link Recommendations > Travis Johnson wrote: > > > P-com 38ghz wit

Re: [WISPA] PTP Link Recommendations

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
: Travis Johnson wrote: P-com 38ghz with DS3 to ethernet converters. 1ms ping times, 45Mbps full-duplex (90Mbps total). Total equipment cost less than $3,000. Check on ebay. As long as it doesn't rain. :) Seriously, I've got two pair of these, and while they're roc

Re: [WISPA] PTP Link Recommendations

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Scott, P-com 38ghz with DS3 to ethernet converters. 1ms ping times, 45Mbps full-duplex (90Mbps total). Total equipment cost less than $3,000. Check on ebay. Travis Microserv Scott Reed wrote: I have a potential customer that is looking to replace a fiber link with wireless.  Need be

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Fixes Problems with Backhaul Links

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
I think in all fairness, we need to put a major factor to radio selection out on the table too... price. Trango retail pricing: Trango Link10-EXT's are $1,500 for a complete link. Trango 5830AP-EXTs are $1,095 Trango 5830SU-EXT's are $729 Trango FOX are $149 Alvarion pricing (not sure if this i

Re: [WISPA] Lack of Competition Leaves U.S. 16thAmong IndustrializedNations

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, Shouldn't that actually be "wirelesscommuting" or "wificommuniting" or "wommuting"? :) Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I think what we really need is more telecommuting. That will help drop out dependence on petrol, reduce the loads on the roads, save hour

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Fixes Problems with Backhaul Links

2006-09-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, I hate to say this, but I think you missed the boat on your three $500/mo subs. Trango still offers a 5830-EXT unit for $729 (retail) that would have allowed you the external antenna that was so critical for these links. Why did you not spend the $700 and have them paid for in less than

Re: [WISPA] MT Lockups

2006-09-19 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We had the exact same problem about 6 months ago... our only solution was to replace the SBE card with an ethernet card and use a DS3 to Ethernet converter on both sides. Since that change (everything else the same), the problem stopped. Travis Microserv Ed Spoon wrote: Has anyone exp

Re: [WISPA] Initial V3 results

2006-09-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Lonnie, So what kind of speeds can be had with the WAR 533mhz boards and this new V3 software with CM9 cards? Travis Microserv Lonnie Nunweiler wrote: Recently we released the new V3 code for X86 PC Architecture. I thought it was worth sharing the speed results for our new Atheros driver.

[WISPA] MT on WAR

2006-09-06 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I think someone (Brad?) posted this a while ago, and I don't know if there was ever a response or if I just missed it? Is it possible to put Mikrotik on the WAR 533mhz boards that Star-OS is selling? Has anyone done it? Thanks, Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.or

Re: [WISPA] 73 mile link

2006-08-25 Thread Travis Johnson
You are probably talking about 6ft - 8ft dishes on each side to get those type of speeds. I have a 73 mile link that I get 12Mbps. Travis Microserv Mario Pommier wrote: Gentlemen, Is this even doable?: 74 mile point-to-point link. Very Clear LOS to mountaintop. Thinking of a 40Mbps

Re: [WISPA] WHY?

2006-08-24 Thread Travis Johnson
Scott, We now receive about one supeona per month for information from federal and state agencies. The last one was a guy in his 30's trying to setup a "meeting" with a 13 year old girl. I was able to provide the information because we log all of that already. It's hard to go back and get traf

Re: [WISPA] WHY?

2006-08-24 Thread Travis Johnson
quot; can be done. Nor have I any location to keep such data secure. - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] WHY? Hi, Although I

Re: [WISPA] WHY?

2006-08-23 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Although I am totally against this, we are already doing this (and keeping a year's worth of history). Keep in mind we move about 110Mbps of traffic average. We setup a linux box (p4/2.8ghz with 1GB of RAM and a 200GB drive) about a year ago and installed IpAudit. This single box is able t

Re: [WISPA] Marlon at work...

2006-08-19 Thread Travis Johnson
: Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WISPA General List Sent: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:54:34 -0600 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Marlon at work... > Sure looks like he's more than 10ft off the ground with no fall > protection... don't let OSHA see that... ;) > > Also, no

Re: [WISPA] Marlon at work...

2006-08-19 Thread Travis Johnson
Sure looks like he's more than 10ft off the ground with no fall protection... don't let OSHA see that... ;) Also, no hard hat... that alone is a $1,000 fine per incident (been there, done that, have the T-shirt). Travis Microserv Mark Koskenmaki wrote: http://neofast.net/users/mark/pics/wp

Re: [WISPA] Trango help- New AP Firmware and 5800 SUs

2006-08-18 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes, you can upgrade the AP firmware and everything will still work fine. And there is no need to change the SU number either. We have many older 5800SU's attached to upgraded 5830AP's with no problems (all with SU numbers less than 500). Travis Microserv Tom DeReggi wrote: In order to suppo

Re: [WISPA] Trango Atlas success story

2006-08-18 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, What did you use to test the actual throughput of the link? Even on the bench with two laptops I was never able to get more than 35Mbps of actual tcp throughput. Travis Microserv Tom DeReggi wrote: The WAR/V3 would have given me profit. I probably would have only got 35mbps instead o

Re: [WISPA] Trango Atlas success story

2006-08-18 Thread Travis Johnson
problem, but it did not solve mine, which was to maximize profitabilty of the job. (of course I got labor fee, that helped). Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: [WISPA] Trango Atlas success story

2006-08-18 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, How would the WAR/V3 solution have worked any better than the Routerboard 532 solution? You had to know that the RB532 would only do about 20Mbps of actual throughput, so why would you quote that to begin with? Travis Microserv Tom DeReggi wrote: Just completed install for client, t

Re: [WISPA] 900 mhz AMS system

2006-08-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We just had this exact problem last month. We switched from veritcal to horizontal on our AP and I think we fixed the problem. I haven't heard on their latest reading, so I'm not sure. Travis Microserv John Scrivner wrote: Try flipping polarities of one of the systems if possible. If th

Re: [WISPA] Tower contract / Revenue Share / Discounted Services

2006-08-14 Thread Travis Johnson
Title: Tower contract / Revenue Share / Discounted Services Or even better is to just pay a flat monthly rate regardless of customers, etc. It's really none of their business how many customers you have on a tower, or how much they are generating, etc. We ONLY pay a monthly rental fee. Travis

Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s

2006-08-11 Thread Travis Johnson
s the issue though. Based on CharlesWU point, that the board supports a max of 14w, the 18V supply can meet the need appropriately.   Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband     - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson

Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s

2006-08-11 Thread Travis Johnson
arman *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *On Behalf Of *Travis Johnson *Sent:* Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:58 PM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s Maybe they p

Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: Durbin introduces bill toencouragehighspeedinternetaccess in rural areas]

2006-08-09 Thread Travis Johnson
just paying farmers not to produce.   Chris   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:37 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: Durbin introduces

Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: Durbin introduces bill toencouragehighspeedinternet access in rural areas]

2006-08-09 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes, I totally DISAGREE with the government paying people to NOT grow crops. What ever happened to supply and demand? I thought that was lesson #1 in Economics. Travis Microserv Cliff Leboeuf wrote: So David, I guess it is fair for me to assume that you don't agree the the government payi

Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: Durbin introduces bill to encourage high speed internet access in rural areas]

2006-08-08 Thread Travis Johnson
s; medical transcriptionists; virtaul assistants; voice over people; architects; programmers - all need broadband. And they would like to live in better America. That's how BB improves the economy. All from BB Properties mag. in 2005. - Peter Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, Can someone explain t

Re: [WISPA] [Fwd: Durbin introduces bill to encourage high speed internet access in rural areas]

2006-08-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Can someone explain to me how having broadband (instead of dial-up internet that EVERYONE can get) is going to create 61,000 jobs per year for the next 20 years? If it will create jobs from people doing more online, then it will decrease jobs from the brick and mortar businesses going out

Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s

2006-07-13 Thread Travis Johnson
c Dearman wrote: Where did you get that info from Travis? Links, source…etc?       Mac Dearman From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subj

Re: [WISPA] RouterBoard 532s

2006-07-13 Thread Travis Johnson
Maybe they pulled them off production due to the NOISE they are blowing all over the 50-450Mhz spectrum. :( Travis Microserv Kelly Shaw wrote: Anyone know of a source with RouterBoard 532s in stock?   I normally can get them from WispRouter but they won't respond to my phone call

Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid

2006-07-07 Thread Travis Johnson
not a model that works in MD / DC, even with Mountain top cell sites. Short range cells are required to survive the noise floor :-(   Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband     - Original Message - From: Travis Johnson To:

Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid

2006-07-07 Thread Travis Johnson
ones clear.   JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid Some are on mountaintops, some ar

Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid

2006-07-06 Thread Travis Johnson
, July 06, 2006 8:39 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid   You always amaze me Travis. Are you using Mountain Tops ?   JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf

Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid

2006-07-06 Thread Travis Johnson
speed). ;) Travis Microserv JohnnyO wrote: You always amaze me Travis. Are you using Mountain Tops ?   JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:41 PM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] High Gain 2.4ghz Grid

2006-07-06 Thread Travis Johnson
Title: High Gain 2.4ghz Grid We are doing 30+ mile shots with 24db grids into 9db omni's. Travis Microserv JohnnyO wrote: Looking for something with higher gain then 24dBi for a 12mile shot that we have to do with 2.4ghz. It's Near LOS and we're seeing -82 but the tree tops are

Re: [WISPA] $100 CPE?

2006-06-28 Thread Travis Johnson
t try this thing out. Different tools for different problems... It sounds like they are shipping these very soon too. On 6/27/06, Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That they are working on "developing" a new product that will have bugs, hardware issues, etc. for the first 6-12 mo

Re: [WISPA] $100 CPE?

2006-06-27 Thread Travis Johnson
That they are working on "developing" a new product that will have bugs, hardware issues, etc. for the first 6-12 months. Trying to get to $100 (without antenna, BTW). Trango has a $149 unit that is from a company that is established, it has a built in antenna, PoE, etc. and is ready to go tod

Re: [WISPA] Fw: Wireless In Washington

2006-06-27 Thread Travis Johnson
kicker though - 70% of our customers use less then 1gig per month useage.   JohnnyO -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Fw: Wireless In Washington

2006-06-27 Thread Travis Johnson
Mac, So if every user on your network did 5Gig of transfer per month, your network would be OK? ;) Travis Microserv Mac Dearman wrote: This very thing is why I implemented a 5Gig rule up/down aggregate for the month written in my TOS with a $10.00 per Gig over the l

Re: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Title: Message Stephen, Could you share retail pricing on your products? I don't see any pricing listed on your website. I'm sure many people (including myself) could be interested in getting more information, etc. but it's nice to see if the product is even close to the price range we are loo

Re: [WISPA] Looking for Trango Grommets and POE

2006-06-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, www.trangogear.com has PoE units (better than factory for less money). Travis Microserv Victoria wrote: Hi list. I have several 5800 Trangos that are missing the weather proofing Grommets and POE. If anyone can point me in a direction, other than factory, it would be greatly appreciated

Re: [WISPA] frame size and fps - was OT: about 70Mbps for under $ 6K

2006-06-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Charles, The other "advantage" I have been told about Nstreme is it incorporates the equivalent of ARQ into the protocol. The other hidden advantage is it makes it impossible for people to sniff the air for my signals unless they are using another MT with Nstreme box. :) Travis Microserv C

Re: [WISPA] VoIP Is About More Than Replacing The Phone

2006-06-20 Thread Travis Johnson
Hahaha my favorite was It Still Doesn't Work (ISDN). Travis Microserv Rich Comroe wrote: Nah. It's just a phone. Ordinary wired phones already offer more features than people want without VoIP. Ordinary phone service typically offers you a list of 25 features. People don't want em, s

Re: [WISPA] VoIP as a service offering - Skype, Yahoo, MS

2006-06-20 Thread Travis Johnson
Wow... my Qwest bill with Caller-ID, Caller Blocking, etc. is $38 per month total (including all taxes, surcharges, etc.). Travis Microserv Peter R. wrote: VZ Local/LD single Resi POTS line in Tampa, FL is $78 total bill. My CallVantage line is $41. Rich Comroe wrote: It was my impression t

Re: [WISPA] VoIP as a service offering - Skype, Yahoo, MS

2006-06-20 Thread Travis Johnson
standpoint. They are ready to do it now. -Matt Travis Johnson wrote: You may have the very best VoIP system with the least latency, highest call quality, etc but it still is not the same as a POTS line. The real test is when you call someone from a VoIP line to a cell phone... that&#

Re: [WISPA] VoIP as a service offering - Skype, Yahoo, MS

2006-06-20 Thread Travis Johnson
edicated" pipe (POTS). :) Granted, VoIP may be good enough for 99% of the people, but personally I guess I fall into the 1%. ;) Travis Microserv Matt Liotta wrote: On Jun 19, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: I don't believe there is any real money in it either... cell phones will be

Re: [WISPA] VoIP as a service offering - Skype, Yahoo, MS

2006-06-19 Thread Travis Johnson
I think the problem is most WISP's don't realize the extra support costs for VoIP. More support calls, longer troubleshooting time, etc... so really they are loosing money. I don't believe there is any real money in it either... cell phones will be the choice 5-10 years from now. VoIP is the b

Re: [WISPA] OT: about 70Mbps for under $6K

2006-06-16 Thread Travis Johnson
Matt, How do you fit more than 10-12 of those type of dedicated links on a single tower? Travis Microserv Matt Liotta wrote: We rarely use multi-point systems for customers and when we do they are either small businesses with very little voice and data needs or they are just data customers

Re: [WISPA] This is HUGE!

2006-05-30 Thread Travis Johnson
y. 2. Don't cut corners. 3. Don't piss off the customers. Pete Davis NoDial.net Travis Johnson wrote: Tom, There is no such thing as "average profit per sub after ROI period". Let me give an example: I lease all my CPE. It is a recurring monthly debt that will neve

Re: [WISPA] This is HUGE!

2006-05-30 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, There is no such thing as "average profit per sub after ROI period". Let me give an example: I lease all my CPE. It is a recurring monthly debt that will never go away. Even after 3 years, when I own the CPE, there will be new CPE that needs purchased... and thus new towers, new AP's, n

Re: [WISPA] SR5s and 36miles - INPUT NEEDED

2006-05-25 Thread Travis Johnson
Title: Message That works out to 22-23db output at the SR5 card (depending on cable loss from the card to the antenna). Travis Microserv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 30mile link, using the MTI dual pol’s panels, 23db, signals are -75dbm and 2/3rds of the link are over w

Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHzspectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan

2006-05-15 Thread Travis Johnson
rking issues ? Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 10:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subjec

Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan

2006-05-14 Thread Travis Johnson
TECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 7:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan Hi, It's not the city, but rather County and State. I h

Re: [WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan

2006-05-14 Thread Travis Johnson
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[WISPA] Re: Six public-safety groups support reallocating 700 MHz spectrum, but have yet to endorse Cyren plan

2006-05-14 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I'm not sure about other parts of the country, but here in Idaho they have been using 700mhz for city/county emergency services. Many towers have expensive ($100k) point to point links to feed the system, and then a full rack of equipment inside. The idea is that every emergency service w

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-11 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, We recently just upgraded our entire fleet... purchased brand new Chevy 4x4 trucks with automatic, air, cruise. We then installed 3 tool boxes in each truck bed and a single ladder rack. The trucks get 15mpg and are great in the snow. We also now have a "fixed" expense on the trucks, hav

Re: [WISPA] gas prices

2006-05-09 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, Are you really driving THAT much? I have 5 full-time installers (each in their own vehicle) and our network covers 200 miles N-S and 150 E-W and our gas bill was only $2,200 this last month. We did 104 installs. :) Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, J

Re: [WISPA] I need a cheap watchdog/reboot thingy

2006-05-09 Thread Travis Johnson
HI, We have used many of these, but they aren't sub-$100... http://www.digital-loggers.com/EPC.html Travis Microserv J. Vogel wrote: I seem to recall that someone posted a link to a sub-$100 ping watchdog/reboot unit on one of these lists recently, but I cannot locate the message I am thinki

Re: [WISPA] AT&T reselling Wildblue

2006-05-08 Thread Travis Johnson
So all the accounts are setup under your name and then you just bill the customer whatever price? Do you know if they have a reseller option or any information about it? Travis Microserv JohnnyO wrote: We're seeing 1.5mbps / 220kbps pretty consistently. We've been able to run VPNs and ter

Re: [WISPA] Save the Internet (Net Neutrality)

2006-05-04 Thread Travis Johnson
"WE" aren't going to be able to do anything. Do you have millions to lobby this (one way or the other)? We will sit back and watch what happens, just like we ALWAYS have to do. The smaller WISPs have never influenced anything political. It's the big players that make the changes. Travis Micr

Re: [WISPA] Save the Internet (Net Neutrality)

2006-05-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, The flip side is that you are selling a customer a connection. That is how YOU are making your money... why do you care what they run over it? Does it matter if it's IPTV or doing an FTP file transfer? However, I really don't think this is going to affect the "smaller" operators. This bi

Re: [WISPA] FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes

2006-05-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, This really isn't that hard. Put a fully manageable switch in front of your backbone router to the internet and mirror the port(s). Done. We do this already to gather stats and find infected customers. Travis Microserv Dylan Oliver wrote: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6067971.html

Re: [WISPA] A little help, or 20 questions... which ever you preferr

2006-05-03 Thread Travis Johnson
And, I have two of the WAR 533mhz boards for sale cheap on Ebay. Search on "WAR 533mhz". :) Travis Microserv George Rogato wrote: Assuming you are talking WAR board platform V3, the boards already come licensed, so no extra cost and you can populate from 1 to 4 cards per board. As for config

Re: [WISPA] What's next for the forward looking WISP?

2006-05-02 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, We started offering wireless in 1997. By your 1999 days, we had hundreds of customers installed and running with high speed service. It's possible your stats are a little skewed. Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/busin

Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-04-24 Thread Travis Johnson
You guys are all missing the point. If they contract with the local WISP, they don't get to "create new jobs" for the muni... instead, they are just helping a local business grow with local tax money. Welcome to politics in the wireless arena. :( Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2

Re: [WISPA] Broadband wireless world

2006-04-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes. Travis Microserv Matt Liotta wrote: Anyone going to Broadband Wireless World? -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-13 Thread Travis Johnson
, to test all the variations. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Best sy

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-12 Thread Travis Johnson
254 2.686 ms 1.965 ms 5.428 ms 4 10.10.12.4 5.469 ms 3.250 ms 4.501 ms 5 10.10.47.253 4.946 ms 4.415 ms 3.581 ms 6 10.10.51.254 6.077 ms 6.472 ms 8.063 ms 7 10.14.99.254 12.615 ms * 5.777 ms 8 10.10.29.1 6.569 ms 7.295 ms 7.686 ms lon-home:~/staros # Lonnie On

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-11 Thread Travis Johnson
’ PacWireless Dishes.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:28 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP   Hi, Does anyone know actual TCP throughput with StarOS on their

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-11 Thread Travis Johnson
Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lonnie, Is that TCP or UDP? Travis Microserv Lonnie Nunweiler wrote: Using the 533 MHz IXP-420 we can get an Atheros to just over 35 mbps of non compressible data and almost 90 mbps of compressible data. Lonnie On 4/11/06, Travis Johnson &

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-11 Thread Travis Johnson
Lonnie, Is that TCP or UDP? Travis Microserv Lonnie Nunweiler wrote: Using the 533 MHz IXP-420 we can get an Atheros to just over 35 mbps of non compressible data and almost 90 mbps of compressible data. Lonnie On 4/11/06, Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dan

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-11 Thread Travis Johnson
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:13 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP   Dan, We had this discussion a few weeks ago, although it may have been on another wireless list.

Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP

2006-04-11 Thread Travis Johnson
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:28 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Best system for a new WISP   Hi, Does anyone know actual TCP throughput with StarOS on their 533mhz boards in just a point to po

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