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
