If the dollar is worth less, all the equipment we get from China, Israel, Phillipines, Latvia, Thailand, etc.., will go up in price, making our job harder. It will help US manufacturers, but we probably don't use many of them. A weaker dollar could help make us more self sufficient, but it's really the hard way to go about that change.
It's already happening with photo equipment. New lenses have gone up in price; new stuff gets more expensive, even though technology says it should get less expensive. It also effects the used equipment pricing as well (upward), so that's not such an easy out if you prefer to buy used. As far as power, it will make us more of a pawn than we are when it comes to oil and gas prices. Export will be more lucrative than domestic use because of the weaker dollar, hurting our supply situation. The oil companies are all multinational corporations with no specific national loyalties. You know what supply situation problems do for fuel prices. Get your chinese made solar panels now while you still can and make an effort to be energy independent. On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:25:57AM -0600, Travis Johnson wrote: > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html> > <head> > <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> > </head> > <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> > I've never understood this thinking... who cares if the dollar is > "worth less" to the rest of the world? If it will still buy groceries, > or pay my power bill, why does it matter?<br> > <br> > Travis<br> > Microserv<br> > <br> > RickG wrote: > <blockquote > cite="mid:b8f604200910082134t218e122fuad6fa3c1f52b7...@mail.gmail.com" > type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">"put some money in the bank" > The question is: which currency? > With the dollar falling (or failing) what good is it going to do in the bank? > I guess I'll just keep pouring it back into the company because its > gonna be worthless soon. > Any other ideas guys? > -RickG > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Marlon K. Schafer <a > class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:o...@odessaoffice.com";><o...@odessaoffice.com></a> wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Yeah, what he said! > > I'm gonna work REALLY hard to pay down debt and put some money in the bank > over the next 3 or 4 years. I want to be ready to pick those companies > up. > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marco Coelho" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:coelh...@gmail.com";><coelh...@gmail.com></a> > To: "WISPA General List" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:wireless@wispa.org";><wireless@wispa.org></a> > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:20 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barriers to WISP growth > > > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Patrick, > > Not being one for gov money.... > > We have excellent credit. We have that because we only expand at a > rate the will allow funding (new business) to cover our costs. So the > cycle goes: > > 1. Build out X number of Towers. > 2. Market X number of Areas. > 3. Install Customers to X*Y until well funded. > > Repeat. > > I think a lot of the companies that take stimulus money are going to > go under in the long run. They will go like the dot-coms. Build > build Build.... Ah shit no revenue! > > That being said, we are vertical, all workers work for the company. > That is the only way you can control quality. Good employees are very > hard to find. For every 100-200 applications/resumes, maybe 10 are > worth talking to seriously. You're lucky to find 1 that is worth > hiring. > > Always a ray of sunshine! > > Marco Coelho > Argon Technologies Inc. > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:25 PM, RickG <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:rgunder...@gmail.com";><rgunder...@gmail.com></a> wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Patrick, > > #1- Labor: There is very little skilled resources here. > #2- Funding: Especially for labor. Normal financing channels are > available but I will not take on too much debt at one time. > #3- Time: There is little extra time to dedicate towards expansion > versus daily operations. > > Notes- > Employees: Too small to enjoy such a "luxury". > Stimulus: I don't believe in it and did not apply. > Technologies: Proprietary equipment are a bit too expensive unless you > buy CPE in 100 packs. Even then, the AP's are still expensive. > > -RickG > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Patrick Leary <a > class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" > href="mailto:ple...@apertonet.com";><ple...@apertonet.com></a> > wrote: > </pre> > <blockquote type="cite"> > <pre wrap="">Regardless of your tech choice -- Moto, 802.11-based, > WiMAX or other, I > am interested to know what are the greatest barriers to growth and why? > > Some possibilities: > Is it funding and if so, are your normal channels for money frozen or > otherwise gone? > Is it competition? 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