Where do you live?
Felix A. Lopez wrote:
Marlon, The good ol MDS 900 MHz radios...
Other - Since I am new I would be better at being a
secretary or something like that. I enjoy coordinating
eduational meetings, business development, webinars,
and facilitating events; lobbying etc. For example, I
was the executive secretary for the STLE West Coast
while at Chevron. I recently attended a WiNOG
conference and thought that would be interesting to
help facilitate. WiNOG is Wireless Network Operators
Group and topic are germane to wireless operators
first and foremost. For example, I just helpd Douglas
County PUD folks brainstorming and solved stuff on
VLANing, tagged and untagged, element management
systems, etc.
So, if all you folks are busy running your WISPs and
providing internet access to our rural compadres (and
urban ones too), I am more than happy to become a
secretary. By the way, I have MBA, BA, and two years
towards an MSEE. I am a US Citizen, like listening to
Neil Young, and son of a WWII veteran (he is still
around).
Felix
--- "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Welcome Felix!
Sounds like you've been around the block a time or
two. Very cool.
Did you know that there is an associate WISPA
membership level? It allows
you to be involved, sit on the board etc. I hope
you'll be more involved
here.
I think that many of the issues that affect us are
likely to also affect the
SCADA folks these days.
PLEASE tell me that you didn't do like the SCADA
goofballs here in Odessa
and put omni antennas at every site! Even the ones
that only see ONE other
site. I'm gonna have to work a LOT harder than I
should have if I ever put
in 900mhz. Hell, I already have gear at half of
their sites, they should
have just used my wireless system to do the SCADA
collections. Our uptime
is very very good. All they ended up with is a
bunch of money to overbuild
an existing network!
laters,
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix A. Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits?
Marlon, I just joined this list and agree with
your
recommendations to supplment with a part time job.
Prior to my current position, I worked at a winery
on
swing shift from 4 pm to 12 midnite and did my
consulting work in the day time. Whew. And later
I
got hired by a big company in fixed wireless
infrastructure with one of the larger
manufacturers.
By the way, I had a chance to visit Ehprata
Washington when I visited the Grant County PUD
folks.
Very nice up there. I am originally from the
rural
area of Kings River, California, near the Kings
Canyon
National Park Hwy 180 Sierra Foothills. Worked for
the
US Forest Service, PG&E in Power Distribution and
Energy Conservation, Chevron in clean diesals, and
now
involved in RF networks wireless. We used
wirleess
in power distribution for our SCADA networks
albeit in
narrowband. Broadband provides interesting
opportunities for the enterprise.
The rural areas of San Joaquin Valley still
searching
for wireless. One of my friends is putting up a
system. Using his own money. I always thought a
lease
program is ideal for wireless because of the
change in
generation of equipment. For example, Canopy is
now
Canopy Advantage. And other manufacturers are
going
to new generation.
Good luck to you all here on this list. I am also
involved in WiMax (or I should say pre-WiMax).
Felix Lopez
--- "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
With 11 customers I HIGHLY suggest you get a part
time job. Something
flexible if you can.
Taking that financial stress off will help you do
a
much better job.
I drove tractor, did consulting, speaking,
equipment
sales, wrote articles
etc. Whatever I could to make extra money. If
I'd
not have done those
things, I'd have failed in this business for
sure.
Costs were too high and
I had too much debt stacked up. And my wife
works
part time half the year
so she's not a lot of help in feeding the family.
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits?
I will admit that I have a lot of potential, but
potential doesn't mean
dollars now. More than once I've looked at
finding
a part time job (again)
so I have some money to invest in my operations.
I need more equipment.
I need more marketing.
I need developers.
I have no or little money to pay for the above.
;-)
-----
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits?
Yeah, but you have all kinds of things going
on.
I see you on all the
various lists looking for everything from
fiber
paths to long distance..
Heck, one of these days, I may even buy
something
from you.
George
Mike Hammett wrote:
I wish I had 30. ;-)
11 paying customers here.
-----
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "George
Rogato"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Posting limits?
Mike Hammett wrote:
I joined this list last week and already
consider leaving due to the
drama.
It may feel a little like drama Mike, but
calea
is important and some
people have very strong feelings one way or
the
other. It's good to see
opinions, Ed saying he has 30 subs and will
be
out of business is
informative and compelling. Some of us have
operations that can carry
the weight of the calea burden and others
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