Re: [WISPA] [SPAM-URL-BL] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Stuart Pierce
No, I'm Jack Rickard. -- Original Message -- From: John Scrivner j...@scrivner.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:20:56 -0600 I have had the pleasure of staying in touch with Jack Rickard, the founder of

Re: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
He's a good guy he is Very cool stuff. I loved the part about the led lights. If only the prices of them would come down out of the clouds! marlon - Original Message - From: John Scrivner j...@scrivner.com To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:20 PM Subject:

Re: [WISPA] [SPAM-URL-BL] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread lakeland
LOL. I remember that! Will the real Stuart Pierce please stand up! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Mike Delp miked...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:19:34 To: spie...@avolve.net; WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] [SPAM-URL-BL] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm trying to find some pictures of those shirts, but I can't seem to find any. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 8:43 AM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] [SPAM-URL-BL] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
No, *I'M* Jack Rickard! roflmao Stuart, you kill me. hehehehe Inside joke from an old WISPcon. Boy do I miss those layed back shows! marlon - Original Message - From: Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:43 AM

[WISPA] Help...Freeside malfuction

2010-01-29 Thread Ryan Ghering
Anyone that uses freeside, does anyone know of a way to MASS unsuspend customers? system FUBARD last night and I've got a few thousand suspended accounts right now.. -- Ryan Ghering Network Operations - Plains.Net Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879

Re: [WISPA] Help...Freeside malfuction

2010-01-29 Thread Josh Luthman
No knowledge of Freeside but try looking in the database and change some values. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. --- Albert Einstein On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:33 PM,

[WISPA] Network Maps

2010-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Since some of you don't seem to be aware of what's around you, I have included the following link. I indirectly came across this page today (I believe through Peter's Twitter) and I believe it's the best compilation of network maps throughout the US and around the world.

Re: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yeah, the price for electric cars still overides the gas savings in most cases. It will come down eventually, after the hype is over and RD is paid for. But they say the same thing about WiMax technology. I wonder which will become affordable first? :-) But .. I'm a big fan of electric cars

Re: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Tom DeReggi
Talking about Electric Cars and ISPs. There was another major Dot.Com guy that got heavilly into Electric cars. I just saw it on Discovery Channel not to long ago. It was like one of those Google, Yahoo, Utube, Facebook (after they cashed out) type of people. For the life of me, I cant

Re: [WISPA] Network Maps

2010-01-29 Thread Brent A Havens
Here is another option. http://www.indatelgroup.org We are a part of MNA (Missouri Network Alliance) Indatel focuses on rural markets. Brent A Havens Internet and Data Services Supervisor Mark Twain Rural Telephone Company Mark Twain Communications Company  (660) 423-5211 (660) 341-6221

Re: [WISPA] Network Maps

2010-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Yeah, I can never find their web site. I'll admit, though, that a lot of these networks are ILEC\RLEC networks and are really the networks people are trying to avoid because of their high prices. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] Where is Jack Rickard?

2010-01-29 Thread Aaron D. Osgood
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Re: [WISPA] Network Maps

2010-01-29 Thread Robert West
I've come across that one before but I found, at least in my case, that the best place for a fiber map is our county engineers office. They have to have maps of all utility installs since they take care of ditch cleanout and such. You just have to talk them into letting you see them. Bob-

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo

2010-01-29 Thread John Thomas
Strangely, our experience was the opposite, Hurricane Electric wanted about $500 more per month for 100 meg and a cabinet than our reseller did. John Andy Trimmell wrote: Resellers are a little bit more expensive actually and all of them don't have fiber already ran. It's ridiculous the

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo

2010-01-29 Thread John Thomas
Kinda sounds like a WISP, eh? As long as they aren't overselling it to the point quality suffers, who cares? We had to work at just doing a speed test on our 100 meg connection as most of the servers couldn't do 100 meg up and 100 meg down. We finally were able to do a ftp and get 95 meg/95

[WISPA] 3.65 options for PtP

2010-01-29 Thread rwf
I need to do a lot (20+) very short distance links in a medium sized city that has a highly RF polluted environment. 5.x GHz isn't an option. Is there a CERTIFIED product that uses the Ubiquiti 3.65 card that would give me some reasonably priced bridges? I don't know if there is anything

Re: [WISPA] omni upside down

2010-01-29 Thread John Thomas
We have mounted omnis upside down because an omni pattern tends to radiate from the base of the antenna upward. By turning the antenna upside down, it becomes slight better at receiving and sending. That, and Cisco 1500's make it easy to do... John RickG wrote: Thanks! Is there any

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo

2010-01-29 Thread Glenn Kelley
The best way to test bandwidth is to use simple tools like iPerf. Techs should load iPerf on their laptops as well. Iperf was developed by NLANR/DAST as a modern alternative for measuring maximum TCP and UDP bandwidth performance. Iperf allows the tuning of various parameters and UDP

Re: [WISPA] Side Mount to Wooden Utility Pole?

2010-01-29 Thread rwf
Only problem with those is that they are V E R Y light duty. Like for a small 5.8 panel or a Nanostation. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scott Parsons Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:40 PM To: 'WISPA General List'

[WISPA] AirGrids

2010-01-29 Thread Robert West
Installing some UBNT AirGrids this weekend. First thing I see is that when I assemble for horizontal polarity the LED strip is now facing UP, as in looking at the sky. Not able to see the power light from the ground or any RSSI. Second issue, we all know the water issue with the new bullets,

Re: [WISPA] omni upside down

2010-01-29 Thread RickG
Which antenna did you use? -RickG On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 6:03 PM, John Thomas jtho...@quarnet.com wrote: We have mounted omnis upside down because an omni pattern tends to radiate from the base of the antenna upward. By turning the antenna upside down, it becomes slight better at receiving

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 options for PtP

2010-01-29 Thread MDK
Absolutely. Your choice of WAR boards, running Star-OS, inside of the Arc Wireless universal enclosure, attached to an 18 db arc wireless panel. That IS the certified antenna, and the FCC happily accepts licensing these links (I know by experience). Total cost for both ends varies from almost

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo

2010-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
I want my provider to have no oversubscription within the metro area. Gear is too cheap not to. Beyond the metro, I expect oversubscription, but I also expect excellent performance. They can usually dump the traffic off to someone else within the metro, so they don't need 1:1 leaving the