Hi,
I sent what we had in our Paypal account. Will try and send more later.
Travis
Microserv
Mac Dearman wrote:
Hey folks,
I thought I would see if there was anyone left to "maybe" help me
out with these expenses. I hate to ask for money, but I really need
some help!! So many of you have been excellent and I (we) appreciate
all of you so much. We are still plugging away down on the coast
installing gear and have been without stop since the second day after
Katrina hit 8-29-05. Jeffery Allen and Don Castella have been at the
Helm for the last two weeks allowing me to try to catch up on some
"WAY PAST DUE" contracts here at home as well as network trouble.
We have enabled thousands to connect to the internet, installed a
multitude of VoIP phones and rebuilt, cleaned up hundreds and hundreds
of PCs and notebooks, installed an OS on almost all of them and now I
have been asked to provide internet access to a whole city Govt in
Pass Christian before leaving the area. I did take on that
responsibility once it was explained to me that the satellite people
are going to charge them $6K for next months service starting on the
1st of next month. The city is broke (and so am I) and has no tax
base right now as everyone/everything has been washed away. I know
that the city will get some funds sooner or later, but who knows when?
I have an 18 wheeler trailer down in Bay St. Louis that has to be
returned here to Monroe. La and the tractor to pull it will cost me
another $750.00 to get it home as thats what I paid to get it pulled
down there. I also have to pay rent on that wagon as it was just
donated for 1 month and we have been using it for two months. I also
have a $1600.00 cell phone bill that is going to eat my ass alive!! I
also bought 4 more Tranzeo TR6000's APs and antennas out of my pocket
to complete the coverage in BSL and Waveland as well as the Port of
Bienville where a lot of the people work and the businesses out there
are yet to have any connectivity until we completed that link. I was
going to let Hancock County come get me in a helicopter today (as they
offered)(to keep from spending an additional $200.00 in gasoline) but
I have too much stuff down there that I need to haul back home in my
pickup truck.
I have been trying to "wind" this thing down, but the need is still
everywhere. The whole city of Pearlington has two (2) working
BellSouth phones in it that I know of and I will be damned if I will
allow that to be. If you guys could help me out I will see to it that
these people are taken care of. I said early on that I would loose my
pride and ask for help - - I generally would eat dirt before asking
for help, but the circumstances are out of my hands and I am just
"tapped out" of funds.
Anyones financial help would be greatly appreciated - -except for
RICK HARNISH!! He has already donated GREATLY and I appreciate you
Rick. You have a heart made out of Gold and a compassion for folks
that is bigger than you are. I have a PayPal account set up and when
this is all over I am going to take the time to sit down and put all
this into words along with personal thanks to all who have kept us
going. All the donations of gear from manufacturers have made this
campaign a success as well and Trango Broadband is the biggest single
gear donater of all. Pacific Wireless has provided 90% of the
antennas. They just came up with all the gear I needed to heat up the
Pass Christian city Govt!
If any of you take offense at my asking for donations - - - please
accept my humble apologies, but I can take any crap and wise cracks
you can dole out - - its about the people down there!!
My paypal account is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or if you need a tax deductible donation: www.radioresponse.org
Thanks Guys & God Bless,
Mac Dearman
Maximum Access, LLC.
www.inetsouth.com
www.radioresponse.org (Katrina relief efforts)
318-728-8600 - Rayville
318-728-9600
318-376-2562 - cell
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