All of us small WISPs have a customer base that really appreciates that, too.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Steve Barnes <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: > This is just another case where if it isn't your blood that's flowing out > to purchase equipment it isn't well spent. The problem, these situations > make our industry look like we are limited on size and feasibility. I > applaud those of you who are large and able to do it right. As a small WISP > the idea of investors scare me. I have a boss to be accountable too. But to > have 10 or 20 bosses who's goal is big ROI, you can keep it. > > Steve Barnes > RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:12 PM > To: sc...@brevardwireless.com; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Clearwire being sued for poor service, ETFs > > Yup.... and the next one (not as big as Clearwire) is BridgeMaxx, also > called Digital Bridge Communications. They blew through investor money like > it was falling from the sky... spending almost $1,000,000 just on the > infrastructure equipment (backhauls, AP's, routers, etc.) to cover a city of > 50,000 population. > > Travis > Microserv > > Scott Carullo wrote: > > Wireless AOL lol > > > > Thats good news for us... It was obvious long ago this was a "take the > > investors money and run" mission > > > > Scott Carullo > > Brevard Wireless > > 321-205-1100 x102 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com><mailto: > j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:36 PM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org><mailto:wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Clearwire being sued for poor service, ETFs > > > > Nothing could ever possibly worse then AOL. > > > > Could it..? > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > > --- Henry Spencer > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Doug Ratcliffe <do...@dwwfl.com><mailto: > do...@dwwfl.com> wrote: > > > > > > Clearwire would list coverage available and even if you called to > > > > cancel > > > > the > > day after you took your modem home for poor service, they would send > > > > out a > > > > tech, and even stick your modem in a plastic bag, hanging outside your > > window 100 feet across your house just to say "it works" and you > > > > wouldn't > > > > be > > allowed to terminate. If you complained about the wire, they would > > > > sell > > > > you > > HomePlug powerline adapters, or sell you a wireless router. It was > > > > worse > > > > than cancelling AOL, even worse than the cell phone companies. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com><mailto: > j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org><mailto:wireless@wispa.org> > > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Clearwire being sued for poor service, ETFs > > > > > > > > Clearwire isn't always on? > > > > I bet these are customers that outside of the coverage zone... > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, > > > > poorly. > > > > --- Henry Spencer > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:16 PM, David E. 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