Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Duncan Scott
For a while we were using WiBand, which I though was catchy. ~Duncan On 4/16/2013 4:56 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: > > So I was thinking that us as Wisp need a service acronym to market… > like WiFi, 4G, LTE and DSL…. And it hit me… > > Fixed Wireless Broadband… > > FiWi-B > > Promunced feewee bee?

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Scott Carullo
Or just SkyFi... whatever :) Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 From: "Scott Carullo" Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:12 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym Well, doesn't really matter to me and I haven

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Scott Carullo
Well, doesn't really matter to me and I haven't been part of this discussion, but SkiFi sounds reasonable. And I want my prize for making that up too... like SciFi but SkiFi - cause after all, it aint going through the ground ?? yes / no And my prize is? Some nucklehead is going to tr

[WISPA] Anyone service Minneapolis / Eagan area?

2013-04-17 Thread Scott Carullo
Hit me off list I need someone in area. Thanks Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Sharples
News to me. So far as I can see all we can do is load scripts into /etc/persistent, but once the unit has booted up there does not appear to be any way to affect what's displayed in html pages. There is still stubbed-out code that lets you add your own logo, but that has been disabled. What am

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Sharples
"What you are doing is exactly WHY Uniquiti pulled the SDK" As I read the agreement, it says you may not remove their logo or mess with their pages. Not clear why adding another tab with our functions would violate that. However, even if it did, why do they care? All it means is that we buy mor

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Matt Hoppes
BTW. Read section C of the SDK rules. What you are doing is exactly WHY Uniquiti pulled the SDK. On Apr 17, 2013, at 16:55, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I will do some examples: > > 1) autoprovisioning with our central billing > 2) more "intelligence" for example in the firewall

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Matt Hoppes
Nothing you've mentioned needs the SDK to be done. On Apr 17, 2013, at 16:55, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I will do some examples: > > 1) autoprovisioning with our central billing > 2) more "intelligence" for example in the firewall > 2.a) limit the rate of the ping packets > 2.

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Paolo Di Francesco
Hi Matt, I will do some examples: 1) autoprovisioning with our central billing 2) more "intelligence" for example in the firewall 2.a) limit the rate of the ping packets 2.b) auto download the list of "authorized network" to ssh into the device 2.c) upload "new rules" into the CPE to deliver new

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
Tom, To support our customers large and small we provisioned APIs into management system. With that you get really nice management by itself which automates equipment provisioning and management, as well as interfaces to connect with 3rd part software packages such as billing, CRM etc... Howeve

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Matt Hoppes
"The details are proprietary" that, I believe, is part of what Ubiquiti is trying to stop. I'm also not aware of any way that the lack of SDK would prevent this. You can upload html files to the directory and load them up in the web server. On 4/17/13 4:27 PM, Tom Sharples wrote: > The d

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of theSDKprogram?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Sharples
I guess I should have specified "equivalently-costed" alternatives ;-) Does Alvarion offer an SDK? Tom S. - Original Message - From: Patrick Leary To: Tom Sharples ; WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:01 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardw

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Sharples
The details are proprietary, but in general we need to add a page to the GUI that lets our clients auto-configure and manage certain aspects of connected third-party IP cameras and related sensors etc. Tom S. - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: We

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Mike Hammett
Yes, what are you trying to do? That will determine not only what other avenues there are within UBNT, but what other vendors are an option. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Matt Hoppes" To: "Tom Sharples" , "WISPA Ge

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Patrick Leary
Many have called this the "BWA" industry for years. Broadband Wireless Access. Don't pigeon hole with the word "fixed" just as all the world has embraced "mobile" -- it makes us look like dinosaurs...even if I resemble that comment. Patrick Leary Alvarion 727.501.3735 From: wireless-boun.

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDKprogram?

2013-04-17 Thread Patrick Leary
well sure! ... :) Patrick Leary Alvarion 727.501.3735 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sharples Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 3:55 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDKpr

Re: [WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Matt Hoppes
Why don't you start by telling the community what exactly you can't do now that there is no SDK? Maybe it's a simple work around Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 4/17/13 3:54 PM, Tom Sharples wrote: > Hello all, > We're being forced to loo

[WISPA] Alternatives to Ubiquiti hardware after death of the SDK program?

2013-04-17 Thread Tom Sharples
Hello all, We're being forced to look at alternatives to UBNT now that they've killed off the SDK program, and I imagine some of the larger WISPs that rely on the ability to heavily customize feature-sets feel the same way. Any suggestions as to where we should be looking? Thanks, Tom S. ___

Re: [WISPA] Market data on growth of WISPs in the US ???

2013-04-17 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm not sure I'd believe any numbers you showed me. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Brough Turner" To: "Principal WISPA Member List" , "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:56:48 AM Subje

Re: [WISPA] Market data on growth of WISPs in the US ???

2013-04-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
On 4/17/2013 11:56 AM, Brough Turner wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know where I could get the data for a graph that shows, per > year, the growth in the number of WISPs and the growth in the number of > subscribers served by WISPs? > > Forward looking forecasts from "market analyst" firms would also

[WISPA] Market data on growth of WISPs in the US ???

2013-04-17 Thread Brough Turner
Hi, Does anyone know where I could get the data for a graph that shows, per year, the growth in the number of WISPs and the growth in the number of subscribers served by WISPs? Forward looking forecasts from "market analyst" firms would also be cool (however bogus such things are), but histo

Re: [WISPA] Fixed Wireless growing faster than Cable and DSL

2013-04-17 Thread Bret Clark
Well as they say about statistics...there is always one to prove any argument! On 04/16/2013 11:07 PM, Sean Heskett wrote: Damn statistics! On Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Brian Webster wrote: Remember when looking at stats like this that the cable and DSL industries have been doing this

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Robert Clark
Coming soon FiWi Second Generation Just like cells Phone company's 2g 3g 4g From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:02 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym +1 for FiWi

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Bret Clark
If trademark was a problem then you wouldn't be seeing a gazillion commercials from AT&T and Verizon touting their 4G networks. That's really becoming just an umbrella term anyways so it's best for us small guys to piggy back off of what consumers are becoming familiar withremember with wha

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Brough Turner
Gino, I don't think so..., at least not in the US. There are many compound word registered trademarks that start or end with "4G" but the only active entry I find for "4G" by itself is this one which is not in the field of communictions: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4006:6y

Re: [WISPA] Waterproofing the NanoBridge

2013-04-17 Thread Greg Osborn
We do the same. If you are looking for a good deal on them, the best I've ever found is at Happy Terminals. About $0.60 each after shipping when you buy 100. http://happyterminals.com/product_info.php?products_id=1019

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Gino Villarini
4G is a trademark of the 3gppp... Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 5:23 AM To: wireless@wispa.o

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Bret Clark
Best to just stay with standard acronyms and say you're deploying technologies based on 4G or to expand a bit Fixed-4G technologies...let the Cell phone carriers do the marketing leg work while us little guys reap the benefits. Technically if your deploying 802.11n then you meeting the majority

Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym

2013-04-17 Thread Coenraad Loubser
+1 Loving FiWi. ("We use Wi-Fi to turn the industry on its head!") Coenraad Loubser WISH Networks (Pty) Ltd. 2nd Floor, Merriman Place, Cnr. Merriman & Bird Str, Stellenbosch, 7600, ZA Office: 087 805 7480 Cell: 073 772 1223 Skype: Wish_Support Email: coenr...@wish.or