Apples vs Oranges
On a high level:
Facebook creates demand (top of funnel) as it is a more contextually driven
native experience (think stumbling into relevant offers as you scroll
through your news feed)
Google captures demand (middle of funnel), as it is based off of some
derivative of search
I haven’t been doing it for WISPs, but I spent close to $1 million in FB ads
last month for various CPG related initiatives
There are a few new products that we’re using to start to drive offline
in-store sales, between that and the shift towards mobile, been actually
thinking about how to
While I can’t speak directly for PowerCode, I suspect that if you got an
unsolicited voicemail from them that they probably have someone monitoring this
list.
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Chris Fabien
Sent: Wednesday, August
I have a dissenting opinion...
It all comes down to a simple economics in the end. Who can most cost
effectively provide broadband.
A cellular network is built for coverage
Additionally, large companies, from a scale and operations perspective, will
tend to put the same equipment
Microserv
On 10/1/2011 9:41 PM, Charles Wu wrote:
Unfortunately, I just found out that I'm not going to be able to go =(
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.orgmailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Broadwick - Lists
Sent: Friday, September 30
Unfortunately, I just found out that I'm not going to be able to go =(
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Jeff Broadwick - Lists
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:07 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] 7 days till Vegas
I
Its nice to see products comming out like APEX9, enabling $6900/link pricing
standard, which are fully feauture rich to latest standards.
You're a little high on the price - it's $6500 for a full link (and that's the
rack rate for a single link =)
That price includes high power (e.g., +28 dBm
You can send it to me to take a look at...
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Gino Villarini
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 11:01 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] ANyone with RFP writing experince for some Draft review
We are in
Comcast Corp., facing a growing threat from online video services, is fighting
fire with fire.
The country's largest cable-service provider soon will start testing a new way
to deliver its television channels, co-opting the same technology standard that
upstart Internet rivals have used to
A little bird told me that ATT may divorce its legacy landline copper business
as a merger condition with T-mobile...thoughts / comments? What about Frontier
taking over the landline world?
-Charles
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Sabre Industries makes 150' freestanding monopoles. I suspect they're cheaper
than freestanding lattice towers.
Really? Every monopole I've every priced seems to be 25-30% greater than a SSV
of comparable wind load, not to mention you end up spending 50-70% more on the
foundation
Plus,
From WISP to high-tech farmer to being profiled on CNN; gotta give the guy
some credit...
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/04/16/podponics/
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Those that are enlightened have figured out that there's enough money in the
credit card processing that you shouldn't support it for free
Alex Goldman wrote a story on this a few years ago:
http://www.ippay.com/index.php?q=ispcon_ippay_08
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
So, frustrated with my Comcast this morning (looks like the neighbors are
pounding away on Netflix and I'm barely able to get 1 Mb on my speedtest) - I
just turned on the MiFi router in my HTC Thunderbolt, and I'm getting 10 Mb
down / 4 Mb up while streaming Pandora in the background (and my
when I have to upload or download a
big file via FTP or whatever.
It generally gets throttled to dial up speeds or worse.
~V~
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Wu
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 9:21 PM
To: WISPA
,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com
www.Broadband-Mapping.com
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Wu
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 7:37 AM
To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA
LTE latency is about 60-100 ms
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Gino Villarini
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 8:13 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update
Yes, wimax latencies on d
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com
To: paolo.difrance...@level7.it; WISPA GeneralList wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW
It is my understanding that Verizon
, Charles Wu wrote:
Just got my HTC Thunderbolt, and Ookla tested 20 Mb down, 24 Mb up at
Speedtest.Nethttp://Speedtest.Net to my handset
-Charles
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% percent of the time because it's based on screwy test
algorithms.
On 04/01/2011 11:05 PM, Charles Wu wrote:
Just got my HTC Thunderbolt, and Ookla tested 20 Mb down, 24 Mb up at
Speedtest.Net to my handset
-Charles
Just got my HTC Thunderbolt, and Ookla tested 20 Mb down, 24 Mb up at
Speedtest.Net to my handset
-Charles
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We can help...and IP Pay allows for you to share in the revenue also =)
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Jerry Richardson
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:30 PM
To: motor...@afmug.com; WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] PCI compliant hosting
I
Hi Eric,
Did you know that with IP Pay's Partner Program, you can make money off of the
QSA services (e.g., Control Scan) and your customer's gateway / merchant
account?
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Eric Rogers
Sent: Thursday,
It looks like a success-based voucher technologically neutral system for USF
Reform/CAF is what's being proposed by the RCA (Rural Cellular Association)
http://rca-usa.org/press/rca-press-releases/five-things-the-fcc-can-do-to-accelerate-broadband-deployment/914048
Perhaps WISPA should/could
Here are my thoughts
What I think would be a good idea (both pro-competitive and reasonable) to all
would be a capped competitive voucher system based on aggregate line count
So, say for a given region/study area 10,000 households
To qualify for the voucher, you would have to deliver a
For Q4 2010
North Central Telephone Cooperative received ~$1.2 million in high cost support
Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative received ~$1.2 million in high cost support
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of
Before a large carrier will do business with you, a bunch of things need to be
squared away - here's a checklist that we follow and present when marketing
our towers
Required documents for Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, ClearWire, Cricket,
Lightsquared and Sprint to co-locate on an existing tower
This is an issue that we are aware of and actively working to resolve - it is
our goal to have a resolution for this in the next couple of months
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Chuck Hogg
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:24 AM
To:
We deal direct with L3 and XO - what do you want to know?
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Scott Carullo
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:20 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] VoIP Services with XO, L3 or Global Crossing
If
I think L3 standard is $25k / month or something…
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Jon Auer
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:32 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] VoIP Services with XO, L3 or Global Crossing
Direct?
What kind of
Word on the street is that there are a few more award announcements coming out
tomorrow...
-Charles
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We worked with a bunch of Indian tribes in the Grand Canyon several years back
- we learned that you shouldn't give them terms, cause if they don't pay, since
they're a sovereign nation, you can't sue them...your only recourse is declare
war
-Charles
From: motor...@afmug.com
We do
We brand it under MitoTec - https://www.mitotec.com
What do you want to know?
-Charles
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Justin Wilson
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:12 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Desktop Virtualization as a
Misspelling in web link: http://www.mitotec.com (removed s)
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Charles Wu (CTI)
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 8:14 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Desktop Virtualization as a Service
We do
We brand
A few comments / thoughts
1. From our experience doing shows, the 500 mile radius drive in crowd will
wait until the last possible minute to book - heck, many will decide the day
before whether or not they can attend - in addition, we've found that almost
30-40% of your sign-ups will come in
Have you talked to Sparkplug? They have a wireless backhaul middle-mile
network that goes from Phoenix down to Yuma -- they basically cover all of AZ
-- let me know if you want contact info for someone there
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
Lol Blake...beat me to the punch =)
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Blake Covarrubias
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:31 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Bottom Line
Jason,
Have you
There's an organization out there called CISPA - California ISP Association
www.cispa.org
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Alex Perez
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:21 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] West
, if they took advantage of
it..
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies
I'm using
While leasing is a viable option, I would seriously take a look at the programs
the SBA has to offer
I'm in the process of finalizing an SBA 504 loan for $400k
You need to put down 10%, but if that's not a problem, it's perfect for this
space as it specifically deals with hard asset
Does such a thing exist? Basically need fax lines at remote office locations,
and would prefer dealing with a single source (perhaps a CLEC) rather than
multiple companies
-Charles
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nationwide POTs Aggregator
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 19:45 -0500, Charles Wu wrote:
Does such a thing exist?
If it doesn't, will we see a new CLEC from CTI? :-) Seriously, I can't
imagine that such a thing isn't possible. I am not certain, but I'd
imagine that all those DSL
: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:16 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nationwide POTs Aggregator
FaxBochs (sp?) or efax (Venali)
On 5/25/10, Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com wrote:
Looking to solve a faxing issue (that's being caused by VoIP) -- so probably
don't want a VoIP solution
So what sort of pps ratio are you getting on VL? Are you selling voice over
multipoint? How many *lines* are you putting out on a CPE and supporting
reliably -- 5? 10? 20?
Also, could you send me that 500+ page pdf? Can't seem to find it anywhere on
Alvarion's site
-Charles
-Original
Any Alvarion VL users out there? We're inheriting several towers, and curious
about performance -- in particular with voice and contention
-Charles
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Hi Scott,
To make sure you're getting the best service, I would start by first making
sure that whomever you're thinking of going with is registered with the FCC and
the NSMA -- otherwise, you're just going through a middle-man
Congrats
Out of curiosity -- was your last mile BIP or BTOP?
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Baird
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:09 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus
Ping
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COMMERCE DEPARTMENT'S NTIA AND USDA'S RUS ANNOUNCE ONLINE TOOL FOR PROSPECTIVE
BROADBAND STIMULUS APPLICANTS
BroadbandMatch Intended to Help Prospective Applicants for Recovery Act
Funding Find Broadband Project Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2010
NTIA Media Contact:
A precondition to accepting stimulus money is to submit to an annual 3rd party
CPA audit (which generally costs $10-15k / year) -- he's probably going to lose
money on the deal...
Oops...
-Charles
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
Once you get to say 1000+ customers, things like having the staff for
service calls and time to repair for customers are often more important
than the brand of radio or the original cost of the radio. We do spend
more on payroll than radios, despite deploying lots of expensive gear.
Keeping
If not... then I don't think a WISP (as we probably define it) is ever
really going to be profitable with it.
Off the top of my head, I know of 5 WISPs that are still deploy pre-WiMAX
systems in the 2.5 GHz band and are doing quite nicely (and they aren't
Clearwire / Digital Bridge type
I find these comparisons of products like Ubiquiti / Mikrotik vs. Motorola /
WiMAX products to be somewhat unrealistic -- it seems to me that it's like
comparing something that's hypothetical and looks good on paper and hoping
that it will actually work
Here's my question; sure, on paper, the
, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com wrote:
I find these comparisons of products like Ubiquiti / Mikrotik vs.
Motorola / WiMAX products to be somewhat unrealistic -- it seems to
me that it's like comparing something that's hypothetical and looks
good on paper and hoping
Speaking of which, did anyone notice the results of the latest BRS Auction (#86)
Licenses went for an average of $0.03 / MHz POP
That means if 60 MHz covering 100,000 people (as defined by Census 2000
numbers) would have gone for $180k -- with the small business 35% credit - that
means a WISP
LTE has already won and .16e will find only small, limited life and even
less
mass development.
Do you see any point in small BRS/EBS (MMDS/ITFS) license holders deploying
802.16e in these frequency bands?
Hi Blake,
I'd say the question boils down to who's going to foot the bill for the
Hi Rick,
In the context of being an e-commerce merchant (e.g., someone who sells books,
toys, things online), everything that you bank and Authorize.Net is telling you
is true -- what's happening is that you are being lumped into the category of
card-not-present credit card processing -- which
I think IP Pay queries the issuer to determine what the proper expiration
date and updates it. Maybe I'll get Charles over here to say what his
service does. ;-)
We basically have three product features for WISPs/Telcos/CableCos/Service
Providers that really set us apart from the normal
FWIW - RUS is sending reps in the field to see if areas are truly underserved
/ unserved
So, if there's a app in your market that you think shouldn't exist -- I'd take
a second to reach out to your local RUS office
-Charles
The Freeside guru that many have turned to is Jeremy Davis (contact info
below) -- I'd suggest giving him a call
Jeremy Davis
Maximum Technologies, LLC
Office 318.303.4725
www.maximumtech.us
jere...@maximumtech.biz
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
NARUC 121st Annual Convention:
11/17/09
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
5th Floor - Ballroom D
National Broadband Stimulus Update
Larry Strickling, Director of NTIA and Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator of the
USDA Rural Utility Service provide an update on the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act
There was some big news out of today's Senate Commerce Committee oversight
hearing on the BIP/BTOP programs, which just ended. Copies of the prepared
testimony by the RUS, NTIA and OMB witnesses are attached but, as usual, the
best information came out in the oral testimony.
The big news
Are you aware that Keyon is a publically traded company; I would start with
that data
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=KEYO.OB
-Charles
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:48 PM
Posting to multiple lists -- apologies if anyone gets this twice
At some point last evening, RUS and NTIA released a modified version of the
BIP/BTOP applicant mapping tool, which now provides public access to applicant
mapping data. Right now, nothing has been loaded in terms of public
BIP applicants don't have to deal with this political dog-and-pony show (er.,
BS =)
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of St. Louis Broadband
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:42 PM
To: li...@stlbroadband.com;
It's worth noting that the rules are a little different for middle mile
applicants than last mile applicants
e.g., for the middle mile -- one has to pre-set their wholesale bandwidth rates
and stay in accordance with the NOFA's non-discrimination rules per the
application
Keep in mind, if
In our case, our competitor applied for a shade under a million bucks to
provide middle mile into the area, as in to bring cheaper broadband to the
masses. That doesn't sound like it will benefit us, the cheaper broadband
is for their system.
If it's a middle mile application, they would be in
Well...operators in 2.5 GHz can put out up to 2 kW (E.g., 2000 Watts) EIRP at
the tower site, have a noise floor of -100 dBm which allows them to take full
advantage of more advanced technology, and in some cases, have access to almost
200 MHz of spectrum
Compare that to 900 MHz, where you're
They either lie or they legitimately dont know what they are doing.
Or maybe you don't know what is possible with licensed spectrum =)
For example, in the 2.5 GHz band, there are over 30 6 MHz channels available
(e.g., almost 200 MHz of spectrum) -- we have one customer that owns/leases
almost
Hi David,
While I applaud your efforts in being involved with the broadband stimulus, it
is my understanding that MVN.net is/was applying for stimulus funds for Round 1
-- maybe I'm missing something, but I can't figure out how you'd be able to
over-come the conflict of interest clauses?
Commerce and Agriculture Announce Strong Demand for First Round of Funding to
Bring Broadband Jobs to More Americans - Nearly 2,200 Diverse Applications
Submitted for Share of $4 Billion in Funding to Expand Broadband Access and
Adoption
Full story available here:
Kevin,
It's worth noting that there are actually 2 separate wireless tracks / shows
within IT Expo
Ours (that we're doing with WISPA), is called WiNOG @ IT Expo -- track /
seminar info is here:
http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/west-2009/attendees/w09-winog-at-itexpo.htm
-- it is a track
Our old WISP had a tower on the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet (200+ foot
monopole) with plenty (100 Mb+) of bandwidth
I believe BOB (the guys that bought my WISP) still operate that site
http://www.bobbroadband.com
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
Hi,
A 5200 SM operates in 5.2, not 5.8
The difference between 5.2 and 5.8 is FCC rules
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Jason Wallace
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:01 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject:
/ebay/new/5200sm-dish/5200sm-dish.htm
Jason
Charles Wu wrote:
Hi,
A 5200 SM operates in 5.2, not 5.8
The difference between 5.2 and 5.8 is FCC rules
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Jason Wallace
Sent
With that in
mind, WISP need to think of ways that they can tap the government money
without losing their local focus. WISPs might seriously want to consider
forming cooperatives in which a group of WISPs within a geographic region
enter into a joint venture to expand overall capacity. Then that
You've read the NOFA...Now What?
Join us for a Webinar on July 17
[http://img.gotomeeting.com/g2mimages/webinar/themes/business/button_registerNow.gif]https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/455299394
Well...it's better than the idea of reassigning people from the fish and
wildlife to read BTOP applications (we've been talking to NTIA, and I kid you
not, this was one of the ideas thrown out)
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
As a non-bank financial institution, we (IP Pay side) are investigating the
possibility of offering this product to help pay off newly qualifying debts
to the CTI side of the business =)
Would there be any interest in the WISP community?
SBA ARC Loan Program
If your small business is stressed
There are a bunch of companies that will outsource it for cheap -- for
example...I know IKANO is reselling a branded gmail interface (e.g., you get
all the functionality of Gmail and GApps but with your domain)
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
Dynamic route redistribution if your network is sufficiently complex and you
have customers that you are servicing bgp to that you want to protect from
intra-network failure
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of
Yep, me too. Right out of the starting gates over 10 years ago, straight with
S-Corp. Too much stupid s**t too be sued over by being a service provider.
For instance... Oh, your child saw porn? Maybe you should be watching over
your child instead of trying to screw me out of every penny I own?
We (IP Pay) have a pre-integrated / written module for Magento =)
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:47 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Magento Commerce
Has
My iphone has a SIP client that can do this
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of George Rogato
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:12 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?
Is there a cell phone that can
due to just organic moving activity...so assuming 20%
market share, market equilibrium would be 20,000 subscribers
Not necessarily a bad thing =)
That said, I'd be curious to talk about secret sauce methods to convert
customers from the competition
-Charles
Charles Wu wrote:
Hi Scott
a good chance they just don't work out =)
-Charles
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability
Hi Scott,
Regarding debt
the secret
sauce so I can be better prepared for that day.
-RickG
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Charles Wu c...@cticonnect.com wrote:
All I can say is if you are holding back on doing more installs because
you can't afford it, you need to find some financing and get installing.
Once that customer
Hi Marlon,
I think it's appropriate to make a few definitions and distinctions on things
so everyone is on the same page
Specifically, for purposes of making my point, I define
Proprietorship: A commercial activity engaged in as a means of livelihood or
profit
Business: A unique system of
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital
Availability
Answers in-line.
insert witty tagline here
- Original Message -
From: Charles Wu
I've never found a lender willing to lend against using the in-place used
equipment as colladeral.
It is the biggest double standard.
I find it highly ironic that they'll use a car for colladeral that looses
50% of its value the day it leaves the lot, and has a rate of failure and
risk of
Lease, lease, lease.
Agreed that leasing is a great option, but in looking at my numbers these past
few months, I've noticed that the amount of leasing that we do is a fraction of
what we used to do 12 months ago (if it wasn't for the Motorola 3% program, I
don't think we'd be doing any
/ Financing / Capital Availability
Option 3
Gino A. Villarini
g...@aeronetpr.com
Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Wu
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009
With all the hype being generated by the stimulus bill, we have been approached
by a multitude of third party financial organizations that have a renewed
interest in potentially financing rural broadband...now, specifically, for
WISPs, in the past, equipment leasing has been a very popular
People read the comments, its scary, like this one...
Internet providing is like having an infinite tank of free water. ISP's pay
for the pipes to get it to your house. You pay them based on the size of the
pipe. Now they want to charge you based on the amount of free water you use
each month.
You're using Nlayer these days?
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 6:53 AM
To: sc...@brevardwireless.com; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] I need a few people to run
I have power supplies (plenty of those 48 VDC power bricks actually)
Ping me offline
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Randy Cosby
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:25 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA]
Hi Greg,
The issue with VoIP over shared wireless is contention for time slots -- which
translates into jitter and pps
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of os10ru...@gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 5:00
Even in the most competitive urban markets, if you're selling VoIP + Data as a
combined offering, I'd bet that your ARPU is at least $200+ / month
Heck, from our experience, we find that voice revenues are generally 2-4x data
revenues -- so if a business is paying $75 / month for a business
Hey Matt,
You're back? Or do you just need a break from changing diapers?
-Charles
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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of mlio...@r337.com
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 7:13 AM
To: scubac...@gmail.com; WISPA General List
I do see Travis's point about the longer range shots, however. I've
got a 35, 45 and 65 mile shots with StarOS and they work just fine but
only put out about 18-25meg at those distances. That's enough for me,
but I can see where you would want more capacity and I suppose that
within that
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