David, Glad to hear you had good results, I'm sure some have. When they first started in my area I gave them a chance but all they talked to me was what they could do for me and how much it would cost, as in their fees. That went against my thinking of "working together" and was more of a paid consulting firm. I figured if I wanted to pay someone I'd shop around, not pay someone who was already getting my money from one pocket via the government to come and "help" me for a dip in my OTHER pocket. Once they started talking money to me when all I was looking for was some information, I went into "Oh, hell no!" mode and dropped them. (They of course called me every other day or so for a couple of weeks "Just to touch base" they would say, like that salesperson who you will NEVER buy anything from yet will call you all the time and act like they are your best buddy....)
Any time since then, when I may have been having a lack of medication or forgot my "hell no" moment and sent an email to them looking for this or that, I never got any response, I just assumed it was because they knew I wasn't a paycheck. But I was only assuming so I'm probably wrong as my wife occasionally reminds me. Did you pay them anything to help you set things up or how did you go about it? I'm not trying to be a smartass (I don't have to try, trust me) Was just interested in the process you went through to get to where you are now and what they did for you. Maybe they have mended their ways, if so tell us, man! Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David Hannum Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:16 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Connected Nation 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 <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Same here. -RickG > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> 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 > > ch...@shelbybb.com > > http://www.shelbybb.com > > > > > > -----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. 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