I concur with Robert. I went to the first or second Connect Ohio meeting and came out laughing at what a waste of time, money and effort it was. Then I realized I'm paying for it and the smile went away.
What did you find for census and mapping data? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." --- Albert Einstein On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > We have them here in Ohio. I'm back and forth on it. On one hand, the one > time I tried asking for some info from them they wanted to charge me some > consulting fee and so a spectrum analysis of the area had nothing to do > with > what I was asking so I shut them out. Then I started going to the meetings > again, had one this morning as a matter of fact. They really don't seem to > be anything more than a group that is collecting government monies and > giving the politicians an excuse to say they are doing something. Every > meeting I've gone to has been a waste of time and from what I have seen > it's > because they take the lead but don't do anything with it. Leadership with > no > action.... You may as well do nothing. > > > The only bright spot I have had from them is a central place to go to find > the census and mapping data. Other than that it's been a waste from my > prospective. > > Bob- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:30 PM > To: wireless@wispa.org > Subject: [WISPA] Connected Nation > > Has anyone determined whether Connected Nation is good or bad for us? > > My state hired them for the map, but I don't want to respond with any > information if the things I heard in the past are still true. I don't > remember the points, I just remembered that they were bad news, so to avoid > them. They sent me an NDA, but I never really read any of that stuff > anyway. Most any contract is about as effective as a paper bag holding > water. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
