[WISPA] Re: [WISPA Promotion] 2007 Internet Service Provider (ISP) Residential Satisfaction Study | J.D. Power and Associates

2007-09-21 Thread Martha Huizenga
What if we contact the Media Relations persons and ask about the study and if WISPs were included. We could educate them on our services etc and make sure we are included next time? George Rogato wrote: http://www.jdpower.com/corporate/news/releases/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2007210 We need to

Re: [WISPA] 2007 Internet Service Provider (ISP) Residential Satisfaction Study | J.D. Power and Associates

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Hammett
Wouldn't we be in their list of providers if they did? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: George Rogato [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007

RE: [WISPA] ISPCON - WHOSE GOING?

2007-09-21 Thread Rick Harnish
I believe at least 6 out of the 7 Board Members will be in attendance. We hope more of you decide to attend! ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA http://www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON - WHOSE GOING?

2007-09-21 Thread Matt Liotta
This will be my first ISPCON. -Matt Mac Dearman wrote: I thought I would see who is planning to attend ISPCON? We need to make a plan! very evil grin Mac ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on

RE: [WISPA] ISPCON - WHOSE GOING?

2007-09-21 Thread Jeff Broadwick
I'll be there. Scott Yoder (the brains behind our gear) will be making his first trip to a tradeshow...we don't let him out much. :-) Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CHUCK PROFITO Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:37 AM To:

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON - WHOSE GOING?

2007-09-21 Thread George Rogato
I'll be there Mac Dearman wrote: I thought I would see who is planning to attend ISPCON? We need to make a plan! very evil grin Mac -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISPA Promotion] 2007 Internet Service Provider (ISP) Residential Satisfaction Study | J.D. Power and Associates

2007-09-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
LOL, looks to me like they are only interested in talking about the bigger providers. Not a single regional player let alone local ones. I agree with you Martha. This report is likely way off the mark due to the lack of smaller provider's and their typically superior service levels. I

Re: [WISPA] ISPCON - WHOSE GOING?

2007-09-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
I wish I were going. Next year I think I can start hitting the shows again. Have fun guys, think of me! Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)WISP Operator since 1999! [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hmmm, I'll have to go check that out. One more big drive failure or fire around here and everyone is gonna want the service. laters, Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)WISP Operator since 1999!

Re: [WISPA] OT: Wasps

2007-09-21 Thread chuck
It isn't just towers either. I had a problem with my Dish from Dishnetwork 4 weeks ago. The guy who came out came prepared with bee-spray. Since I'd noticed them up there before, I asked about it. He said the dish had about 300 wasps that he killed by the time he was done with it, and he'd

Re: [WISPA] OT: Wasps

2007-09-21 Thread Jack Unger
See ?? Global Swarming... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It isn't just towers either. I had a problem with my Dish from Dishnetwork 4 weeks ago. The guy who came out came prepared with bee-spray. Since I'd noticed them up there before, I asked about it. He said the dish had about 300 wasps that he

[WISPA] Question

2007-09-21 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
I'm looking for something to replace VisualRoute, It works great, but the price has really gone up for the full featured version. What is comparable? What else is there? What do you all like? Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread rabbtux rabbtux
Marlon, have a link for it? On 9/20/07, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We use handy backup. It's not really popular yet. We may be over charging for space. The bitch of it is that people could totally screw our network up with all of the backups, even if they

[WISPA] Topeka KS

2007-09-21 Thread J. Vogel
Anybody serving Topeka KS area? I have a possible client for you. -- John Vogel - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vogent.net 620-754-3907 Vogel Enterprises, LLC Information Services Provider serving S.E. Kansas **

Re: [WISPA] Question

2007-09-21 Thread chuck
We've been using Intermapper (which I assume does something similar-I'm not familiar with VisualRoute). But, it's price has also shot up for us. We've been using it since probably 1996 or so, back when it was freeware from a group at Dartmouth. Great program. Chuck At 9:22 AM -0700 9/21/07,

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
www.handybackup.com I run it on my own system. It's nice stuff. They are actually owned by one of the really big outfits. Novastore or whatever it was that someone else mentioned. Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)

[WISPA] Google + fiber + pacific ocean

2007-09-21 Thread Jack Unger
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/google-plans-undersea-pacific-cable/ -- Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. FCC License # PG-12-25133 Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the WISP Handbook - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs True

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Frank Muto
We use Handy Back Up as well and have been very pleased with it. Actually as someone else said they now use WinZip over HBU, we use both depending on the job at hand. The sync feature on HBU works great for linking files from desktop to laptop or mirroring external storage drives.

RE: [WISPA] Question

2007-09-21 Thread Mac Dearman
I will testify that MikroTik's Dude has performed flawlessly for many months here. We ran Nagios, but we soon became immune to its alerts as so many (like 99% of the times) were false alerts. We downloaded and tried the Dude http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php and haven't looked back. If it sends

RE: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Mac Dearman
I think the real question I would ask - - going over a wireless link is: WHERE THE HECK IS THE SECURITY? I mean you are going to back up someone's books with no (encryption) (like blowfish) security? I am not talking WEP either! What about restoring the client's data? Is that something that

RE: [WISPA] OT: Wasps

2007-09-21 Thread Mac Dearman
Jack - (Global swarming) Have you started on the mixed drinks already? :) It is 5:0clock somewhere (like Holly Ridge Louisiana) Have a great week end everyone. Mac -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Friday,

Re: [WISPA] Question

2007-09-21 Thread Scott Lambert
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 05:19:34PM -0600, Mac Dearman wrote: We ran Nagios, but we soon became immune to its alerts as so many (like 99% of the times) were false alerts. That just means you didn't spend enough time tuning your config for your network. My wired WAN works great, for the most

RE: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Jeff Broadwick
If they need high security, set them up with a router capable of AES or 3DES. Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mac Dearman Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:24 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Ryan Langseth
I think Mac means more on the storage side. RBS sends encrypted files to the remote server. the type where if the key is lost, so are your files. And the files are worthless without the key. It is fine and dandy to have an encrypted network, but if the remote backup server has

[WISPA] Larger pole mount for Moto/Orthogon backhauls

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
List, I'm trying to mount a Motorola PTP 400 series backhaul (Orthogon Gemini) on a pole that is just ever so slightly too large for the mount that is included in the box. Is a larger pole mount made for this radio or am I stuck having to get a set of pipe standoffs and mount a smaller pipe

RE: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Brad Belton
Exactly...we're setting up a 1.25Gbps link for a client with line speed AES256 encryption. I believe the link meets and will be FIPS 140-2 compliant as well. However, even with this level of security on the link hardware it is always best to encrypt BEFORE the data leaves your network. Best,

Re: [WISPA] Re: OT: Wasps Please read the Answer

2007-09-21 Thread Felix A. Lopez
Great question. In addition to wireless, in college I also studied Entomology,Botony, Biology, and other related. Anyway, I had a great entomology professor from Ohio State. Wasps are of the family Vespidae of the great Order Hymenoptera (which also includes the ants and the bees). The answer

Re: [WISPA] Larger pole mount for Moto/Orthogon backhauls

2007-09-21 Thread Dylan Oliver
I've never seen a larger mount for the Gemini. I just use a pipe to pipe adapter. On 9/21/07, Patrick Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: List, I'm trying to mount a Motorola PTP 400 series backhaul (Orthogon Gemini) on a pole that is just ever so slightly too large for the mount that is

Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing remote backup for customers?

2007-09-21 Thread Frank Muto
HBU uses Blowfish, Cobian 8 has RSA-Rijndael or Blowfish or even WinZIP AES to encrypt on their side and keep it stored encrypted on our remote server. If it's stored unencrypted on our server, that's their problem since all we are doing is holding it for them. If they want a redundant copy of