Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

>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 leasin

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

nding / 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,

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

as :-). but yet lendors won't put equivellent value on >>>> wireless gear, that holds its value, Ebay boasting easilly 50% after 3-4 >>>> years of use, even after fully depreciated. >>>> I'll never understand the lending market. >>>> >>>> To

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

You'll churn 1% / month (50) - but there's a market of "new adds" of 1,000 customers every month 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 a

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

loyment trying to get them trained up and productive -- and then, there's a good chance they just don't work out =) -Charles - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton o

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

Hi Rick, I applaud your effort -- I totally emphasize and understand your perspective, as 8 years ago, I was a one man shop working out of my college dorm room trying to get a business started There is an unfortunate reality that the one-man band is not a sustainable long-term operation -- for

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Stimulus Allocations?

ead boondocks). Even here, I eventually expect >competition to enter my market. It would be nice to know the "secret >sauce" so I can be better prepared for that day. > >-RickG > >On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Charles Wu wrote: >>>All I can say is if you ar

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

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 pro

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

My iphone has a SIP client that can do this -Original Message- 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

Re: [WISPA] Magento Commerce

We (IP Pay) have a pre-integrated / written module for Magento =) -Charles -Original Message- 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

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

>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 o

Re: [WISPA] OSPF and BGP for Internal Network

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 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Gi

Re: [WISPA] OT, pesky email stuff

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 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireles

[WISPA] SBA ARC Loans

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 stresse

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Seeks Volunteers to Review Broadband Applications

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) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Beh

[WISPA] Your FREE Webinar Invitation: Join us for "You've read the NOFA...Now What?"

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] [http://img.gotomeeting.com/g2mimages/webinar/themes/business/default

Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW.....

>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

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Distance

Hi, A 5200 SM operates in 5.2, not 5.8 The difference between 5.2 and 5.8 is FCC rules -Charles -Original Message- 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: [WIS

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Distance

www.ojbox.com/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 > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wirele

Re: [WISPA] Joliet, IL bandwidth

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 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:

Re: [WISPA] ITEXPO West 2009

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

[WISPA] Stimulus Round 1 Application Update and some interesting analysis from the WiNOG Grants Cooperative

on their stimulus applications should be happy =) -Charles [cid:image001.jpg@01CA2724.D36D1DD0]<http://www.ippay.com/> Charles Wu<mailto:c...@ippay.com> President c...@ippay.com<mailto:c...@ippay.com> cell: 773-870-0962 * office: 847-346-0990 x2500 16W235 83rd Street,

Re: [WISPA] Letter from BTOP

BIP applicants don't have to deal with this political dog-and-pony show (er., BS =) -Charles -Original Message- 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; 'WIS

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

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 some

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

>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

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

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 l

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

>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 al

Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects

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? -Char

[WISPA] BIP/BTOP Mapping Tool Online

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 notices

Re: [WISPA] Who to use to license a 11ghz backhaul link?

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 http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=licensing_1&id=micro

[WISPA] Alvarion VL Users

Any Alvarion VL users out there? We're inheriting several towers, and curious about performance -- in particular with voice and contention -Charles WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Users

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 M

[WISPA] Nationwide POTs Aggregator

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 WISPA Wants You! Join today! htt

Re: [WISPA] Nationwide POTs Aggregator

PA General List 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, bu

Re: [WISPA] Nationwide POTs Aggregator

: 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 wrote: > Looking to solve a faxing issue (that's being caused by VoIP) -- so probably > don't want a VoIP solution

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

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 acquisition

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

if they'd except "forcasted Jobs". Although, "Loans cannot be made to businesses engaged in speculation" does not support that. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu"

Re: [WISPA] Leasing Companies

d benefit many Rural WISPs, if they took advantage of it.. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Le

Re: [WISPA] West Coast WISPA activities?

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 Coas

Re: [WISPA] The Bottom Line

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 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireles

Re: [WISPA] The Bottom Line

Lol Blake...beat me to the punch =) -Charles -Original Message- 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 SparkPlug.

Re: [WISPA] What are the Challenges?

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 th

[WISPA] Service Request

Can anyone cover 2233 Wolf Front Rd Van Alstyne TX 75495 Let me know -Charles WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Completes Initial Round of Debt FinancingTransaction

Hey Mike, Congrats on the Did you get my message earlier this week? I've need a bunch (initial trial of 50,000 / month ramping up to 10+ million / month in the next 12 months) of short, inbound-ONLY toll-free calls at 2400 baud converted to IP, and need either per-call or per-second typ

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Completes Initial Round of Debt FinancingTransaction - Sorry about that

supposed to be offlist... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Charles Wu Sent: Fri 4/11/2008 8:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Rapid Link Completes Initial Round of Debt FinancingTransaction Hey Mike, Congrats on the Did you get my

Re: [WISPA] Leasing company...

Have you checked the WISPA vendor member list =) http://www.isp-planet.com/fixed_wireless/equipment/distributors/cti.html -Charles From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:20 PM T

Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave Horizon, with fiber

Yes it does...it's a separate part number though (different interfaces on the radio...and need to run a separate cable for power, b/c glass doesn't carry electricity very well =) -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.w

[WISPA] Thoughts on WiNOG in Chicago (Big Show this Fall)

As some of you may (or may not) know, we used to organize large trade shows several years ago...at its height, WiNOG had over 500+ attendees with 50+ exhibiting sponsors (I still have pictures of Rick Harnish and Mac Dearman @ the inaugural WISPA meeting in Chicago almost 3+ years ago =) In 2006

Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave antenna pattern for RM

Actually...if you're willing to accept Class B status under Part 101, you can even get a 2' in 11 GHz NOTE: Class B is still MILES ahead of anything unlicensed -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Ori

Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave antenna pattern for RM

ase elaborate about a Class B? This is new to me. - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave antenna pattern for RM > Actually...if you're willing

Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave antenna pattern for RM

ks. at 18 GHz, a Class B should be fine. - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave antenna pattern for RM > To summarize, it details to the amou

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

Even thought this thread is a bit old, couldn't help but add my 2 cents (as there seems to be a resurgence of "puff" in this space) DISCLAIMER: I am also a vendor of various WiMAX 802.16d systems - so feel free to apply your necessary 'BS' filter Benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz 1. Spectra

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

>So, what down converted 802.11a systems are there for 900? Mini-PCI: Ubiquiti Zcomax Vendor Solutions: Tranzeo Alvarion Vecima/WaveRider Wu-Wu Special* *We are doing some exploratory investigation =) -Charles - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

>And these are as robust and immune from interference as Canopy? C'mon Chuck...you know better =) -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu"

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

tions that will help you innovate and grow your business. -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Chuck McCown - 3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what down converted 802.11a sy

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

past, but proportionally the SBCs and Chips with fast enough processing power, are inexpensive today.). I thought it rather interesting to see the N/MIMO mpci cards comming out (Ubiquitit SR71). It won't be long before the OEM 4 array antenna N class APs are on the Towers streets and into M

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

>Wu-WU Special? Or the "Mr. That Said" Special? Hehe... Maybe it's a subliminal message to get you to contact me off list =) -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com --

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

What about Trango? Charles Wu wrote: So, what down converted 802.11a systems are there for 900? Mini-PCI: Ubiquiti Zcomax Vendor Solutions: Tranzeo Alvarion Vecima/WaveRider Wu-Wu Special* *We are doing some exploratory investigation =) -Charles - Original Message

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rogelio Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents Charles Wu wrote: > Even thought this thread is a bit old, couldn't help but add my 2 cents (as

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

(900mhz)... but as you mentioned, the products have been discontinued. > Which really leaves me wondering what Trango is going to be selling? > Their 5 year old product is getting slow, and is still very expensive. :( > > Travis > > > Charles Wu wrote: >> Travis,

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

u mentioned, the products have been discontinued. Which really leaves me wondering what Trango is going to be selling? Their 5 year old product is getting slow, and is still very expensive. :( Travis Charles Wu wrote: > Travis, > > The Trango 5830 / 900 / 2400 were up/down-coverted

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

n Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 3 Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:53 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents ----- Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, J

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

profit than a few AP's and SU's, but I am only ever going to buy a "few" of the $10k radio sets, compared with literally thousands of SU's over the years. Travis Microserv Charles Wu wrote: Trango is a very opportunistic company ran by a smart and opportunistic indivi

Re: [WISPA] top 10 benefits of Wimax in 3.65ghz - my 2 cents

MM5 was going to be 5ghz along with an MM2 (2.4ghz) and MM9 (900mhz)... but as you mentioned, the products have been discontinued. Which really leaves me wondering what Trango is going to be selling? Their 5 year old product is getting slow, and is still very expensive. :( Travis Charles Wu wrot

Re: [WISPA] Nanostations - question

So, seeing the activity on this latest thread regarding Nanostations has peaked my interest...so, to satisfy my own curiosity, I decided to do some research on Nanostations (I'm making a lot of assumptions here, so please correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm a relative newbie to this segment of the

Re: [WISPA] Nanostations - question

ate. I will still use the tranzeo cpq-15, (think it replaced by the sl2 now), and the cpq-19 as needed. Charles Wu wrote: > So, seeing the activity on this latest thread regarding Nanostations has > peaked my interest...so, to satisfy my own curiosity, I decided to do some > research on Na

Re: [WISPA] Tower Climber Salary

We pay a starting "tower climber" (he can climb and screw bolts) who shows up to work on-time everday, has a solid driving record, and a clean drug test -- $30-35k / year with full benefits including health, dental, 401k, etc depending on his level of experience -- even if he is Comtrain certifi

Re: [WISPA] Tower Climber Salary (insurance, etc.)

Keep them classified as "general install technicians" that spend less than 10% of their time on a tower (which is true for most WISPs) To have true workman's comp / insurance for full-time tower crews -- you're insurance bills will jump to the tens of thousands of -Charles --

Re: [WISPA] 3.650 Wimax in the field

That's a lot easier *SAID* than done... Especially when you factor in frame rates / etc (as one configures those depending on the type of traffic) --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From

[WISPA] WiNOG September 29-30 Conference - Venue Question - please vote

WiNOG Chicago – September 29-30, 2008 Scheduled the same week of WiMAXWorld 2008, WiNOG will augment the WiMAX World program by providing focused sessions detailing fixed 802.16d WiMAX deployment experiences in the 3.65 GHz band. In order to keep the cost of the event as low as possible (we are

Re: [WISPA] WiNOG September 29-30 Conference - Venue Question - pleasevote

g Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:59 PM Subject: [WISPA] WiNOG September 29-30 Conference - Venue Question - pleasevote WiNOG Chicago – September 29

Re: [WISPA] Pathloss 4

I'll be more than happy to sell you my copy =) Uh...think that answers the question... -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

Re: [WISPA] polling

Anything that's WiMAX --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:59 PM To: [EMAIL PRO

Re: [WISPA] Pathloss 4

: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pathloss 4 I'll take a copy of your excel file Charles. ;-) - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pathl

Re: [WISPA] VoIP Deployments....I'm serious

John, I was under the impression that PowerCode (the billing platform you use) has some sort of "VoIP Partnership" plan? Why not just go with them? -Charles From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McDowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fr

Re: [WISPA] VoIP deployments?

plitting into 2 camps 1. SIP trunk only providers (so they can set their demarc at the Asterisk PBX) 2. Managed Service Providers (guys who not just do VoIP, but support networks, PCs, computers, apps, everything) It's actually a pretty interesting discussion to get into... -Charles Charles

Re: [WISPA] VoIP deployments?

Tom, Bandwidth is generally not the issue with VoIP...it's pps and jitter buffers G.729 is in that 8k / stream range too -Charles Charles Wu President [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 773-457-0718 * office: 773-667-4585 x2500 16W235 83rd Street, Suite A, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 * tel: 773.667.458

Re: [WISPA] VoIP deployments?

Mike, Not trying to sound like a jerk here, but it's not the VoIP...it's your network Properly deployed...VoIP works fine (however, network construction standards are MUCH STRICTER than what most data-only WISP networks currently support) -Charles Charles Wu President [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [WISPA] VoIP Deployments....I'm serious

" (many, actually do both =) Anyone game for 50 second minutes? -Charles Charles Wu President [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 773-457-0718 * office: 773-667-4585 x2500 16W235 83rd Street, Suite A, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 * tel: 773.667.4585 fax: 773.326.4641 -Original Message- From: [EMAI

Re: [WISPA] Press Release - Link Technologies and Ask-Wi.Com Announce Online Wireless Training -- doesn't this need to go through the board?

t" of approved Sponsor "SPAM" Has there been a change in policy? I've got plenty of press releases I'd love to post =) Charles Wu President [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 773-457-0718 * office: 773-667-4585 x2500 16W235 83rd Street, Suite A, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 * tel: 7

[WISPA] Windows Developer

Looking for someone who has expertise in Visual Studio (VB, c#, c) -- with a specific emphasis on dll / active x programming Please ping offlist Charles Wu President [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 773-457-0718 * office: 773-667-4585 x2500 16W235 83rd Street, Suite A, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 * tel

RE: [WISPA] Bragging on Mikrotik

Jon, Trapeze Networks (http://www.trapezenetworks.com) has a solution that works with 3rd party Aps and allows for seamless roaming / mobility across VLANs / broadcast domains Did you forget everything you learned a few weeks ago? -Charles --- WiNOG Wire

RE: [WISPA] 300Mbps Wireless

Orthogon/Motorola 300 is 300 aggregate (and that's air rate - if you measure throughput w/ 1500mtu TCP packets, you're at about 260-280 Mb) And to get that speed - it requires the requisite SNR to support 256QAM modulation on BOTH H&V within a 30 MHz channel -Charles

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Fixes Problems with Backhaul Links

What I'm learning is that as my business grows, the abilty to change and move (channel options) is becoming less important that the abilty to effectively battle it out. The reason is that if every time I hiot noise, I move away from the channel, eventually others take those channels., until th

RE: [WISPA] vendor specs

If you're serving the residential market, and price is the big concern, it's worth noting that Canopy has a $40 / customer "residential rebate program" that's been going on for almost 2 years now It's also worth noting with Canopy that you need to add ~$10 / unit for power supplies (they are sold

RE: [WISPA] vendor specs

om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Wu Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:19 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] vendor specs If you're serving the residential market, and price is the big concern, it's worth noting that Canopy has

RE: [WISPA] vendor specs

Keep in mind...although, as techies, we love to get into a "my @[EMAIL PROTECTED] is bigger/better then yours" debate, the simple fact is that there's no "magic bullet" solution that will make your WISP succeed. Heck, the ones that I see fail or stagnate are generally the ones who spend all their

RE: [WISPA] vendor specs

Matt, You guys are argueing about irrelevant topics If memory serves me correctly, you provide non-oversubscribed wireless DIA (leased line replacement) for SMB/Enterprises in a Tier1/2 urban market and sell for $200-400 (if not higher) ARPU Travis provides massively oversubscribed residential b

RE: Motorola membership (Re: [WISPA] vendor specs -- Jon)

As one of Canopy's largest ACSPs in the US, I know all the people at Canopy We have been talking about WISPA -- and are putting something together for a sponsorship Stay tuned... -Charles --- Operating Manager - CTI I'm back... WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Co

RE: [WISPA] WDS PtMP

>2) My primary goal in the original post was to learn the difference between >Wifi Station/client and Wifi WDS at the protocol level on how the protocol >makes communications. For example, can they both do CTS/RTS? Unless the WDS >protocol is fully understood, its not possible to design network

RE: [WISPA] Covad Expands Broadband Wireless Network With DataFloAcquisition

I love this... [quote] "Broadband wireless allows the company to provide higher-capacity services. It can offer 100mbps on unlicensed band and 10mbps on licensed bands - speeds unavailable with DSL. Broadband wireless also enables " [/quote] -Charles --- W

RE: [WISPA] Covad Expands Broadband Wireless Network WithDataFloAcquisition

Out of curiosity -- how is 1.4x annual revenue considered "cheap" Keep in mind...this is $$$ CASH $$$, not stock -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai

RE: [WISPA] Covad Expands Broadband Wireless NetworkWithDataFloAcquisition

hey bought because they were failing and got a good deal, or because they were flourishing? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Charles Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'

RE: [WISPA] Covad ExpandsBroadband WirelessNetworkWithDataFloAcquisition

>Of course, the market is currently valuing such companies at 3x revenue on stock deals. But, minority stock in a privately held company (or even many "public" OTC companies) is generally worthless -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Nea

RE: [WISPA] Good Tower Climbers / Installers Needed

There's a company http://www.krugercomm.com that might be able to help you They specialize in L&A work w/ broadband (better than you're "average" tower monkey...) -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -

RE: [WISPA] Good Tower Climbers / Installers Needed

Jay's great - known him for almost 4 years now...but I thought he wasn't climbing anymore (or only climbing the towers he owns) -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [WISPA] Cooperative import buying.

Does Judd Dare do this kind of stuff? -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Koskenmaki Sent: Wednesday, October

RE: [WISPA] FREE OSS and Billing Software for WiSPS

Hrm...sounds something like: We failed miserably as a WISP, but now we'll apply our "know-how" and help you "succeed" This never ceases to amaze me - but Xtratyme (old memories eh?) did a much better job -Charles P.S. Looking at their web site, they look like a Tranzeo reseller ---

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion's BreezeMAX Now Enables Primary Voi ce Services over WiMAX

Too bad that announcement is only applicable to about 5 people in the North American WISP market VL != BreezeMAX -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion's BreezeMAX Now Enables Primary Voice Servicesover WiMAX

BreezeMAX. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Wu Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:01 PM To: 'WISPA General Li

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