[WISPA] mobile radios

2006-12-05 Thread chris cooper
Does anyone have any knowledge of ruggedized mobile units for first responders? Ive looked at WR. Any others? Thanks Chris -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wirele

RE: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Smith
ditto, and now I've taken over 100% of the company from the one person that did help me along early on. We built a large network here in NJ - across 12 locations, and it covers 1000's of potential accounts with no access to dsl or cable. Now looking for someone to come in with some operating / ca

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Rick Smith wrote: We built a large network here in NJ - across 12 locations, and it covers 1000's of potential accounts with no access to dsl or cable. Now looking for someone to come in with some operating / capex capital and get some real growth going. Been in business plan mode for a week

RE: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Smith
exactly. I've had two "sales guys" over the years, neither one of them could understand the concept of "sell it where we've got it" I'm willing to bet you guys have all seen the same problem. coverage area's worth nothing unless you have the means and the people to sell customers there. -Or

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings => finance

2006-12-05 Thread Peter R.
I slapped this post up this morning about where to find capital: http://radinfo.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-raise-money-for-your-business.html BTW, Seth Godin's book, the Boot Strapper's Bible is available for no-charge download here: http://www.changethis.com/8.BootstrappersBible Regards, Pe

[WISPA] Wi-Fi deployment manager

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
We have an upcoming Wi-Fi deployment that involves around 50 Wi-Fi nodes installed at street level along with the associated backhauls of these nodes. We will be using gear from a vendor we don't have much experience with (They were selected for other reasons). Anyway, we are looking for a per

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings - Sales & Marketing

2006-12-05 Thread Peter R.
You say that you have a huge market to tap. What are you doing to tap it? What is your sales plan? What is your marketing plan? (Both are an integral part of your business plan). Is your website up-to-date, marketing your services? Letting people know who you are and where you are available? An

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Peter R.
Two common problems for all small businesses (1-99 employees): Hiring and pricing. Most price too low just to grab any revenue at all, even at a loss. The other is hiring, because how to you grow with out human resources? You need to hire slow and fire fast. Expectations have to be managed

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion vs Moto/802.11 network value

2006-12-05 Thread Brad Larson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dylan Oliver Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:34 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Alvarion vs Moto/802.11 network value Dylan, Here's a good example: Providers buying voip/data wisp's. On th

Re: [WISPA] mobile radios

2006-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Alvarion has a system specifically designed for this application. Patrick, your phone is ringing! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my o

RE: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Dustin Jurman
They absolutely will. Being an ISP you understand build out costs, some put a lot more into a site than others. We'd probably do things a little differently, maybe not. Here is what I do know. 1. They spare no expense at building sites, sites are solid. We share many sites with Fiber Tower. Very

Re: [WISPA] Biz Dev Proposal

2006-12-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I like what you are saying Robert. I'm just not sure how to implement what you are asking. I guess I'm not sure what you are asking for. Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

Re: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Matt Liotta
Dustin Jurman wrote: Being an ISP you understand build out costs, some put a lot more into a site than others. We'd probably do things a little differently, maybe not. Here is what I do know. WinStar's plan assumed a 10 year ROI on a site. In hindsight that seems rather foolish now, but back

RE: [WISPA] Industry failings

2006-12-05 Thread Dustin Jurman
Well I guess we all learned something different from Winstar. I can think of a bunch of other things, I surely have never thought that a 10 year ROI was a valuable lesson to be learned from them when they clearly made more grave mistakes. As far as American Tower is concerned, Fantastic! To have