Re: [WISPA] Insurance once again

I had the same issue. After going to a LOCAL, REPUTABLE AGENT we ended up saving money and can beat on his door when/if there are issues! On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Marco Coelho wrote: > > Apparently Liberty Mutual has misplaced their testes and has sent us a >

Re: [WISPA] Friday funny (was: Looking for startup suggestions)

Reminds me of a famous line in a movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNdw4DaUM8 Tom Fadgen On Friday 03/02/2017 at 3:37 pm, Eric Tykwinski wrote: Laughs… That’s a typical salesman response if I’ve ever heard one… Sad but true, if you’ve got an engineer in house, always request an

Re: [WISPA] Friday funny (was: Looking for startup suggestions)

Laughs… That’s a typical salesman response if I’ve ever heard one… Sad but true, if you’ve got an engineer in house, always request an engineer at the other end so they can talk shop. I’ve usually had help getting demo equipment from most vendors, but I’ve been out of the WISP bus for a

Re: [WISPA] Friday funny (was: Looking for startup suggestions)

Conversation with John from MikroTik at Broadband Wireless World Las Vegas in 2005... Me: How many clients can you support on a single AP with a 20MHz channel, etc... John: The maximum configurable station count is 2007. Me: Yes, but how many does it _actually_ support? John: 2007. Me: Have you

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Don't believe anything any vendor says, if they say 100 users, make sure of that. Etc. Dennis Burgess - Network Solution Engineer - Consultant MikroTik Certified Trainer/Consultant - MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCINE For Wireless Hardware/Routers visit www.linktechs.net Radio Frequiency

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Penny wise pound foolish. Yes don't get caught up in the holy grail of wireless hype. On Fri, February 3, 2017 1:20 pm, Jay Weekley wrote: > Or that. Or get caught up in bleeding edge, "holy grail" sales hype. > > > Don Spaulding wrote: > >> Similarly, don't choose a product line just because

Re: [WISPA] Insurance once again

This happens all the time. No matter what your 'agent' says, make sure the carrier actually covers ISPs and tower climbers. These two companies FOR SURE cover this: Chubb Hanover Keefe On 2/3/2017 12:07 PM, Marco Coelho wrote: Apparently Liberty Mutual has misplaced their testes and has

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Or that. Or get caught up in bleeding edge, "holy grail" sales hype. Don Spaulding wrote: > Similarly, don't choose a product line just because it's expensive. > > On Feb 2, 2017 7:48 PM, "Jay Weekley" > wrote: > > Don't choose

[WISPA] Insurance once again

Apparently Liberty Mutual has misplaced their testes and has sent us a non-renewal notice with reason code being they no longer insure ISPs. No losses for a decade. Any suggestions out there? We're talking about bulidings, towers, liability, etc. Thanks in advance. -- Marco C. Coelho

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Question I have for myself. What kind of ROI are you looking for in a tower location? On Feb 3, 2017 9:06 AM, "Don Spaulding" wrote: > Similarly, don't choose a product line just because it's expensive. > > On Feb 2, 2017 7:48 PM, "Jay Weekley"

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Wait a year or 2 if you can lots of cool new stuff coming out in the near future that will have you way ahead of the game if you start with it if not make sure upgrading is in your budget plan within the next 2 years On Fri, Feb 3, 2017, 10:06 AM Don Spaulding wrote: >

Re: [WISPA] Looking for startup suggestions

Similarly, don't choose a product line just because it's expensive. On Feb 2, 2017 7:48 PM, "Jay Weekley" wrote: > Don't choose a product line just because it's cheap. > > Chadwick Wachs wrote: > > We are a small co-op WISP and one of our goals was to publicly > >