[WISPA] Muni wireless recruitment

2006-08-28 Thread Matt Liotta
All, I have been hearing reports about problems at the various muni wireless network deployments. More recently, I have heard a number of local hams have been contacted by recruiters looking for help with problem muni wireless networks. Has anyone on the list been contacted? Seems like local

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless recruitment

2006-08-28 Thread Matt Liotta
John Scrivner wrote: I have not been contacted and really have never heard what you are talking about. Can you tell us more about what you are seeing and who is reporting this? There doesn't seem to be anybody going on record yet, but there have been negative reports coming out of Anaheim,

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless recruitment

2006-08-28 Thread Sam Tetherow
Matt Liotta wrote: Personally, I see the recruitment efforts as acknowledgment that running a large wireless network isn't as simple as the radio vendors make it out to be. Go figure, you mean we really can't be replaced by slightly trained monkeys? ;) Further, I don't see how Earthlink

Re: [WISPA] Muni wireless recruitment

2006-08-28 Thread John Scrivner
Thanks for the clarifications. That all makes sense to me. I can say that in some cases (not in your obviously) a muni-deployment can still be a network you own and operate. I have spoken to people in my town and in others who want a wireless network but do not want to own it, operate it, or