Re: [WISPA] salary
I do not think any WISPs here really know the answer to this. What is needed is an answer from an accountant. If anyone on here is a CPA and can share what the rules are I would be glad to see them. I do not believe that simply drawing profits from a S corp WISP as opposed to taking a salary is tax evasion. In a S corp you pay taxes for profits same as you do for payroll. Where you might have a problem is with unemployment insurance, social security, workmans comp, etc. Those are based on payroll. Profits are not in the calculation. Essentially you are dodging those when you do not take a salary. Scriv Charles Wu wrote: Zero. When the CEO is also the primary investor, and the company is an S-corp or LLC, why pay payroll tax, when you can just take a repayment of loan? The salary of the CEO can be meaningless unless also disclosed wether they have an equity position or not, and of what caliber. B/c when you get audited by the IRS (which for any small business, is just a matter of time), you will FINED for tax evasion... -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] salary Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:55 PM Subject: [WISPA] salary Hi, Just taking a quick survey... answer if you can, but be honest... ;) What is the salary of the CEO of your ISP? Even if you can share the percentage of that salary compared to annual gross revenue... Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061217/ap_on_re_us/northwest_storm While we experienced some very high winds, very little damage was done locally. Somewhat lesser windstorms are relatively common here in northeastern Oregon, and so there's not a large mass of damage that gets done by the "big" ones. +++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net - Original Message - From: "Mac Dearman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > I hate y'all are having storms and even worse that it has knocked y'all off > line at different towers. > > It's been "almost" intolerable here too: > > http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/71269?from=yest_bottomnav_undeclared > > > > Mac > > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Koskenmaki > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:19 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > > The storm here on Thursday night tore one of my sites down. > > ONE 2 foot dish and one sector, were not able to be supported by the > galvanized pipe just 7 feet. The wind bent it over at 20 degrees... and > then the guy wire snapped in the upwind direction, causing the whole thing > to snap off... The guys were below the sector, which was directly below > the dish, and it bent 2" pipe (I think it was 2, maybe 1.5"). Either way, > it bent over that pipe like nothing. The site had been through many 70+ > mph storms without even being tweaked. > > For comparison purposes, I set up a 1" pipe and jumped on the middle, > supported at the ends and could not bend it like that... (and I'm 275 > lbs ) > > The guy wire was tension wire sold for holding up orchard trees! The > pulling tension capability was way beyond 1000lbs. > > The site's still down, as yesterday, the wind was still screaming along at > 40 mph, and we would not even attempt to raise the masting. It's under 20 > feet above the barn roof, but we were afraid to get on the barn ourselves, > much less attempt to raise 18 feet of pipe, antennas, and guy wires into > place up on top of it. Hopefully by Sunday, the wind has died and it has > not snowed again :(. > > When we left at 4:30 last night, the wind was still at 30-40 mph and it was > well below freezing. > brr... > > > > +++ > neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington > email me at mark at neofast dot net > 541-969-8200 > Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net > > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Nash - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:02 PM > Subject: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! > > > > Wind storms came through last night. Power out at 6 sites this morning, > > various power companies. Started at 6 this morning...Put in 2 generators, > > purchased 8 marine batteries and patched them into my APC UPS units. 2 > > sites now still running on batteries, 2 on generators. Will be a late > night > > I think... > > > > George, I would imagine you guys had it worse out there on the coast... > > > > Mark Nash > > Network Engineer > > UnwiredOnline.Net > > 350 Holly Street > > Junction City, OR 97448 > > http://www.uwol.net > > 541-998- > > 541-998-5599 fax > > > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] salary
While I was digging around in incorporating advice books, I ran across some commentary about this. It seems that if you attempt to claim only income from your stock (assuming your stock pays dividends to you ) which is taxed less than wages or salary, the IRS will arbitrarily consider a specific percentage of it to be "salary" for tax purposes to raise your tax liability. Now, this is focused on small corporations, not public ones, where you as the majority stockholder, have the ability to choose how to "pay" yourself. I believe it applies to S corp and other small and privately held corporations with "working" or actively engaged in the business stockholders. Doing so ( paying yourself only dividends) will result in things like audits and a lot of scrutiny of your operation and personal tax issues from the IRS, too.But since the founders of Google cannot set their own wages and that is governed by a board of directors of a public corporation, they don't face quite the same set of circumstances. Frankly, as businessmen, we should lobby for the abolition of the IRS and income taxes. While I doubt Uncle Sam's appetite for money will go away, I've read that the cost of compliance with IRS rules and regs is often significant for businesses..., and as far as large corporations go, it's usually MORE than the taxes they pay. That, and that the way we buy and sell and conduct our business is influenced far too much by tax issues. Something that gets the IRS out of our accountant's business and lets us focus purely on business as business would be better. +++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net - Original Message - From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] salary > I do not think any WISPs here really know the answer to this. What is > needed is an answer from an accountant. If anyone on here is a CPA and > can share what the rules are I would be glad to see them. I do not > believe that simply drawing profits from a S corp WISP as opposed to > taking a salary is tax evasion. In a S corp you pay taxes for profits > same as you do for payroll. Where you might have a problem is with > unemployment insurance, social security, workmans comp, etc. Those are > based on payroll. Profits are not in the calculation. Essentially you > are dodging those when you do not take a salary. > Scriv > > > > Charles Wu wrote: > > > > >Zero. When the CEO is also the primary investor, and the company is an > >S-corp or LLC, why pay payroll tax, when you can just take a repayment of > >loan? > >The salary of the CEO can be meaningless unless also disclosed wether they > >have an equity position or not, and of what caliber. > > > > > >B/c when you get audited by the IRS (which for any small business, is just a > >matter of time), you will FINED for tax evasion... > > > >-Charles > > > >--- > >WiNOG Wireless Roadshows > >Coming to a City Near You > >http://www.winog.com > > > > > > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Tom DeReggi > >Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:51 AM > >To: WISPA General List > >Subject: Re: [WISPA] salary > > > > > > > >Tom DeReggi > >RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > >IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "WISPA General List" > >Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:55 PM > >Subject: [WISPA] salary > > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>Just taking a quick survey... answer if you can, but be honest... ;) > >> > >>What is the salary of the CEO of your ISP? Even if you can share the > >>percentage of that salary compared to annual gross revenue... > >> > >>Travis > >>Microserv > >>-- > >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >> > >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Overage plan help
Butch, how do you get the 10 min time factor to change the queue or BW limit? Looked thru MT stuff & don't see anything that would help with this automatic system. Would a scheduled script be involved? Any tips or pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, Marshall Rabbit Meadows Technology On 12/14/06, Butch Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: >customer's location via speakeasy! grin Maybe I'll see if Butch >can come up with something that will choke people back after 10 >minutes of anything over say, 2 megs, then slow them down down down >till they stop using the net for an hour or two. Wonder how hard >it would be to set up the MT boxes to do that? Not too hard for TCP for sure...For other protocols, it can probably be accomplished, but I've never tried that. -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ Mikrotik Certified Consultant (http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html) -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Need opinion
Carlos, the Cisco 1242's bridge, but need to be put in a NEMA box to be outdoor rated. You can get them for about $500 on the street. Now, before everyone jumps on, YES, they are more expensive than Mikrotik and some others, but they do bridge well. JT >-Original Message- >From: Carlos A. Garcia G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 08:21 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need opinion > >Thank u very much at the list the opinions that you gaved me has help me >a lot, as far as i could see it is that its better to work with 4 radio >bridges, not the las time i did that i use cisco 2.4 1310 bridge i have >to say that works very stable, but the solution for 5.8 its the 1400 as >far as i remember only one bridge has the cost of 4000 us, that much >more expensive that i tought so i have checked another products recently >i checked proxim QuickBridge.11 5054-R, who has used the proxim >equipments, any one with experience can tell me about it? > >Chad Halsted escribió: >> StarOS has the ability to run a VDS tunnel from any two StarOS V3 >> devices. That will enable you to run a 128 or 256 bit AES encrypted >> tunnel. If memory serves me correctly, Lonnie is able to get 15mbps >> or more out of that type of setup? >> >> If you're worried about interference, try x2 or x4 cloaking on the >> 5GHz bands. >> >> I'm getting ready to install a dedicated T1 replacement, the customer >> was worried about security. The ability to encrypt with AES won them >> over. >> >> I should have said 3 WAR boards, not RADIOS, sorry about the >> confusion. The amount of radios you use is up to you, but you would >> want atleast 4 radio cards for what you're trying to do. >> >> >> On 12/12/06, Carlos A. Garcia G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Ok, following your recomendations in order to set up the link without >>> using more than 3 radios what you recommend its to use th WAR from >>> Staros i have a wireless repeaters using cisco so the extra radios for >>> customers are not necesary (sorry my english) if i use this >>> >>> NOC war with one antenna and radio at 5.8GHz to connect with the middle >>> POP war dual 2 radios 2 antennas at 5.8GHz and finally the customer >>> POP war >>> and what about security the guy ask me to doit secure meaning not easy >>> for the folks. (he knows total security its an utopia a Guajiro dream!!) >>> >>> Lonnie Nunweiler escribió: >>> > My recommendation is to have a dual WAR board at the main POP. Use a >>> > 5 GHz antenna and radio to connect tot the middle repeater and have a >>> > 2.4 GHz with an omni at the main just to be able to connect any local >>> > customers. The biggest investment is the CPU board and time to >>> > install, and an extra radio and 15 dB omni is cheap. Even a couple of >>> > subscribers will make it pay. >>> > >>> > At the middle repeater I would use a dual WAR with 5 GHz radios to >>> > point to main and the remote end. If you want some local service at >>> > that repeater then use a 4 port WAR and throw a 2.4 GHz and 900 MHz >>> > card in it or both 2.4 GHz or 900 MHz. Your choice. >>> > >>> > The remote end is a copy of the main end with a dual WAR and 5 GHz >>> > input and a 2.4 GHz to an omni for local use. >>> > >>> > This arrangement will get you 20 to 30 mbps of sustained throughput as >>> > long as the middle repeater is no farther than 30 miles from either >>> > end. You'll also have a couple of revenue generating AP units at each >>> > end and potentially the middle. >>> > >>> > Lonnie >>> > >>> > On 12/12/06, Carlos A. Garcia G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> I have just recived an answer from chad saying that starOS its a good >>> >> choice, thanks chad ill check it, for your question yes i w'd like to >>> >> play, i have never deployed my routers, but i really would like >>> to, so >>> >> im like a newbie compared to the people in this list but im hungry to >>> >> learn the how to, thanks to everybody, this is an amazing list. >>> >> >>> >> Mario Pommier escribió: >>> >> > Carlos, >>> >> >that's your first item, your line of thinking seems accurate: >>> >> > >>> >> >Cisco, Proxim, Trango, Alvarion, StarOS, Mikrotik -- what >>> equipment >>> >> > will you choose and what is the advantage/disadvantage of each. >>> >> >Maybe your first perspective is: do you want to go with a >>> >> > "finished, packaged" product, or do you want to be able to "play >>> more >>> >> > with the tools and toys" out there? >>> >> >The type of computer person you are may be a good guide: do you >>> >> > deploy your own Unix/Linux based routers or do you buy Cisco >>> finished >>> >> > products? >>> >> >Hope that helps some. >>> >> > >>> >> > Mario >>> >> > >>> >> > Carlos A. Garcia G wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> >> Thank u very much, but the question it is, i do not know many >>> >> >> equipments, i have only work with cisco aironet, the last time >>> i do >>> >> >> something similar and get the cisco 1300 s
Re: [WISPA] salary
http://www.traderstatus.com/IRSsloppy.htm about Case: Montagne v. Commissioner, 04-4137 +_ _ Jan. 2003 Every year or so there seems to be some hot issues the IRS is looking at. This year the amount of *salary* taken by shareholder-employees is on the IRS hot list. This issue is not new, but seems to be one of the items that will be looked at closer by the IRS in 2003. Not knowing how to play the game can lead to an audit. Even knowing how to play the game may not prevent an audit, but will go a long way to avoid additional taxes and penalties. Background The issue of double taxation has long been a concern of taxpayers. Dividends paid to shareholders of a closely held business are includible in the shareholder's gross income and are not tax deductible. This issue is relevant if your PR firm operates as a C corporation. The IRS loves dividends and tries to inflict this pain on C corporations either voluntarily or involuntarily. For many PR firms, operating as an *S* corporation or LLC is the medicine to cure the double taxation issue. Nevertheless, switching to an *S* corporation or LLC can be expensive and may not be the best business model for all PR firms. In this case, the treatment of choice is to "clean" out taxable income by paying a bonus to the shareholder-employee(*s*). PR firms operating as a S corporation also have compensation issues. *S* corporations try to implement a tax-savings strategy of limiting compensation payments to shareholder-employees. Smaller compensation payments mean reduced liabilities for federal Social Security and Medicare taxes. Distributions passed through to shareholder-employees are not subject to the federal self-employment tax. Additionally, since *S* corporation taxable income passed through to shareholder-employees increases the tax basis of stock, distributions of corporate cash flow can usually be received income taxfree by shareholder employees. Reasonable compensation The IRS will be reviewing C corporation business tax returns to assess whether the compensation issue will reap tax dollars. Tax returns showing high officer compensation will be targeted. The IRS will attempt to argue that the *salary* paid was unreasonable for the services rendered and includes a dividend element. For example, assume a shareholder-employee's *salary* for 2002 is $800,000. The IRS could argue that a portion of the $800,000 is a disguised dividend. If $100,000 is considered a dividend, the shareholder-employee will still pay tax on $800,000, but the PR firm will lose the $100,000 deduction. How much is reasonable? How much can be paid as *salary* without raising the IRS' eyebrows? The position of the IRS is generally that "reasonable" compensation is equal to the amount paid by similar employers for similar services. The IRS has only to look at the various PR industry *salary* surveys to compile this information. For some closely held firms, the "eat what you can kill" theory will be the answer. If you were a sole proprietor and earned $800,000, operating as a C corporation and paying an $800,000 *salary* will work no matter how much the IRS complains. Any *salary* paid should qualify as "reasonable" as long as it does not exceed net corporate profits from the services personally rendered. Larger agencies Let's say you are the CEO of a 20-person PR firm and earn $800,000. Will this *salary* be reasonable? It may very well be; however, what if the O'Dwyer or Council *salary* surveys indicate CEO's salaries for this size agency are $300,000? In this case, the IRS will argue that your *salary* was actually derived in part from the labor of other PR professionals. In other words, you are no longer rendering all the services yourself. The IRS, with the help of the Tax Court, is now holding much better cards. Your chances of winning are no longer as solid. The new medicine The case is not as easy to cure, but certainly an ounce of prevention can go a long way to making sure the disease does not spread. You need to understand the questions the IRS will ask in order to arrive at what they consider to be a reasonable *salary*. These include: 1) Your duties; 2) The amount of time required to perform those duties; 3) Your ability and accomplishments; 4) The complexity of the business; 5) The gross and net income of the bus business; 6) Your compensation history, and 7) The firm's *salary* policy for all its employees. There are a number of steps you can take to make it more likely that the compensation you earn will be considered "reasonable" and therefore deductible by your corporation. For example, you can: Use the minutes to contemporaneously document the reasons for the amount of compensation paid. For example, if compensation is being paid in the current year to make up for a year in which it was too low, be sure that the minutes reflect th
[WISPA] latency
Hi- Is there a methodology for predicting latency in a link that is X miles long with y noise floor etc? Thanks chris -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!!
For us in little old Yakima we have a crumpled and twisted 50 foot tower that pulled the guy wire support concrete and all about 15 feet clean out of the ground while the tower was falling. It took six access points/antennas, of that we saved three of the radios and four of the antennas but it did hit the power line and the wait was two days for the power company. Do get back up we put in a wood pole and remounted all new equipment. We had the Canopy high end accounts back up in 4 hours and the rest of the 2.4 people up by days end. I had to go up about every 10 hours to change batteries until the power was back on. We have been blessed with good weather since the big storm so thank goodness for that. We measured 75 MPH gusts during the storm but of seven towers only had one crash and one with turned AP antennas. Then the customers with antennas that spun away from our tower started coming in. In all we have/are handling about 115 open tickets of which every staff member will be out in trucks Monday. I had to do Business Class customers all weekend since they have 24/7 response in their contract.One thing for sure using tripods or pole mounts are much better then some of the roof water pipe installs I found this week. Those always fail first. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] salary
Is this all such a big deal? You guys actually have profits!? Brian John Scrivner wrote: I do not think any WISPs here really know the answer to this. What is needed is an answer from an accountant. If anyone on here is a CPA and can share what the rules are I would be glad to see them. I do not believe that simply drawing profits from a S corp WISP as opposed to taking a salary is tax evasion. In a S corp you pay taxes for profits same as you do for payroll. Where you might have a problem is with unemployment insurance, social security, workmans comp, etc. Those are based on payroll. Profits are not in the calculation. Essentially you are dodging those when you do not take a salary. Scriv Charles Wu wrote: Zero. When the CEO is also the primary investor, and the company is an S-corp or LLC, why pay payroll tax, when you can just take a repayment of loan? The salary of the CEO can be meaningless unless also disclosed wether they have an equity position or not, and of what caliber. B/c when you get audited by the IRS (which for any small business, is just a matter of time), you will FINED for tax evasion... -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] salary Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:55 PM Subject: [WISPA] salary Hi, Just taking a quick survey... answer if you can, but be honest... ;) What is the salary of the CEO of your ISP? Even if you can share the percentage of that salary compared to annual gross revenue... Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Making progress one step at a time
Congrats! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:11 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Making progress one step at a time Just a quick note to let EVERYONE know that I stood up my first paying customer this week! The Tranzeo gear goes in real easy and so far (knock on my wooden head) works great! Thanks to all who answered all my stupid questions and helped me so far. Regards, Jim in Kansas City -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] latency
I belive there is a forumula, talk to a RF guy for that. In 2.4, figure 11 miles, less than 3ms average. Noise floor don't help, depends one usage, etc in the area. You can have two APs on the same channel, they will work, soon as you add more than a few users to the one AP,a single user on the other will quit working So.. Really jut the time it takes to get from point a to point b and back, then figure in some fudge. We maintain around 10-20 ms across 2 hop towers. Dennis -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris cooper Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:40 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] latency Hi- Is there a methodology for predicting latency in a link that is X miles long with y noise floor etc? Thanks chris -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] salary
Yes. We earn salary and profits. It is not as much as I would like but our company is profitable and has been for 9 years. Scriv Brian Rohrbacher wrote: Is this all such a big deal? You guys actually have profits!? Brian John Scrivner wrote: I do not think any WISPs here really know the answer to this. What is needed is an answer from an accountant. If anyone on here is a CPA and can share what the rules are I would be glad to see them. I do not believe that simply drawing profits from a S corp WISP as opposed to taking a salary is tax evasion. In a S corp you pay taxes for profits same as you do for payroll. Where you might have a problem is with unemployment insurance, social security, workmans comp, etc. Those are based on payroll. Profits are not in the calculation. Essentially you are dodging those when you do not take a salary. Scriv Charles Wu wrote: Zero. When the CEO is also the primary investor, and the company is an S-corp or LLC, why pay payroll tax, when you can just take a repayment of loan? The salary of the CEO can be meaningless unless also disclosed wether they have an equity position or not, and of what caliber. B/c when you get audited by the IRS (which for any small business, is just a matter of time), you will FINED for tax evasion... -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 1:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] salary Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:55 PM Subject: [WISPA] salary Hi, Just taking a quick survey... answer if you can, but be honest... ;) What is the salary of the CEO of your ISP? Even if you can share the percentage of that salary compared to annual gross revenue... Travis Microserv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Making progress one step at a time
I am glad to hear things are going well! Best of luck and way to go! Scriv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick note to let EVERYONE know that I stood up my first paying customer this week! The Tranzeo gear goes in real easy and so far (knock on my wooden head) works great! Thanks to all who answered all my stupid questions and helped me so far. Regards, Jim in Kansas City -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!!
You guys totally one-upped me on these...so thanks for making me feel not so bad!!! ;) Still got one site without power...have a generator charging the UPS. When the generator runs out of fuel, the UPS (SNMP card) e-mails us to tell us it has about 20 hours on battery for us to get gas into the generator. Mark Nash Network Engineer UnwiredOnline.Net 350 Holly Street Junction City, OR 97448 http://www.uwol.net 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax - Original Message - From: "Forbes Mercy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:33 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] DAY FROM HELL!!! For us in little old Yakima we have a crumpled and twisted 50 foot tower that pulled the guy wire support concrete and all about 15 feet clean out of the ground while the tower was falling. It took six access points/antennas, of that we saved three of the radios and four of the antennas but it did hit the power line and the wait was two days for the power company. Do get back up we put in a wood pole and remounted all new equipment. We had the Canopy high end accounts back up in 4 hours and the rest of the 2.4 people up by days end. I had to go up about every 10 hours to change batteries until the power was back on. We have been blessed with good weather since the big storm so thank goodness for that. We measured 75 MPH gusts during the storm but of seven towers only had one crash and one with turned AP antennas. Then the customers with antennas that spun away from our tower started coming in. In all we have/are handling about 115 open tickets of which every staff member will be out in trucks Monday. I had to do Business Class customers all weekend since they have 24/7 response in their contract.One thing for sure using tripods or pole mounts are much better then some of the roof water pipe installs I found this week. Those always fail first. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
