[WISPA] Indiana WISPA Meeting a Success

[Rick Harnish]

Wireless ISP’s from around the state of Indiana recently held a one day conference in Indianapolis.  The true spirit of the meeting was to find ways that we could all work together to begin minimizing costs and to learn about each other and our individual talents.  We had over 30 companies that were represented.   The morning session was filled with speakers representing different divisions of the State Government, RUS and Ball State presented a pretty cool GIS graphics program which predicts radio propagation in 3D.  Then in the afternoon, we organized breakout sessions where the WISPs could talk in small groups about installations, marketing, equipment infrastructure, support and other pertinent items of interest.    Interest was very high to continue having these meetings on a quarterly basis and we expect to have our next one in December.  Hopefully, we will begin to see how this interactive session will make allies amongst competitors as we all seek to find better ways to accomplish our business plans by keeping our overhead low.  There were some great ideas that were suggested from this gathering and I’m sure other states could benefit from having meetings like this.    I want to welcome our newest WISPA member, Sit-Co, a WISP in southern Indiana who just joined WISPA today.   Meetings like this will do more for our strength as an industry than just about anything else.  Anyone that has ever attended WISPNOG, WISPCON or ISPCON, knows full well that often more is learned through conversations with others in the industry than from the speakers themselves.  I would like to thank David Weddell for organizing this meeting and will be willing to talk to others who are interested in doing the same thing.  Incidentally, we have over 60 members on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list.  We try to use it as much as possible to communicate with each other on legislative challenges and possible cooperative efforts that might potentially help our industry.    Respectfully,   Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Founding Member of WISPA

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