I'm not sure I've ever posted to the list here before. But I have to chime in on this. While New Era Broadband is a fledgling in the WISP arena, we owe our existence to Connect Ohio, especially their wireless guys Chip Spann and Layne Wagner. I've read everything everyone has said about CN and Connect Ohio. From 100% first hand experience, I disagree with about 90% if it. First, CN & Connect Ohio are technology & vendor neutral. So if you are looking for someone that is 100% in the WISP corner, you won't find it with them. That said, if you want WISP help, they will be 100% behind you. As for the comment that they are a telco tool . . . We have not found that to be the case in any way, shape or form in our dealing with them. Note: I said in OUR dealings with them. The maps? No matter who would make them, the are only as good as the info voluntarily submitted by the carriers. In our case, Windstream was just stupid in what they claim to cover. But, Connect Ohio could only go with what they were given.
The engineering, tech support, help with putting funding proposals together, all of this has added up to a great experience for us. We are a new company - just been online since June of this year. We just put our third access point up a couple of weeks ago. But I have to say, to this point, CN/CO and Chip & Layne have been good for us. Your results may vary. Kind Regards, David Hannum New Era Broadband, LLC www.newerabroadband.com On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:35 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: > Same here. -RickG > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bad for us. They pushed WildBlue and HughesNet over us because > > WB/Hughes paid them $10k to be a partner. They also provided the > > mapping for Bellsouth/ATT and Insight (cable co) and identified the > > areas that they should serve. In my guestimate, it hurt us to the tune > > of 50-150 customers. > > > > Regards, > > Chuck Hogg > > Shelby Broadband > > 502-722-9292 > > [email protected] > > http://www.shelbybb.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] > > > > 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: [email protected] > > > > 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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
