Ditto here! On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> wrote:
> I didn't say that, but it is well known. > > Second, Connect Kentucky came to me and asked us to be a partner to Connect > Kentucky. I said sure, send over the paperwork. It was a minimum $10k to > be listed on the associates part. $50k to be a partner. Do they honestly > think I can afford either? Guess who was partners? HughesNet, WildBlue, > Bellsouth (AT&T), Time Warner, Windstream, Insight... so when a customer in > my area called them to see about access, even though I fully cooperated with > CK, went to EVERY meeting, provided them with full mapping data and showed > them how to use Radio Mobile, they referred them to HughesNet or WildBlue. > They knew I had that area covered, it was very blatant, but because I > didn't pay them the money, they referred them to an inferior product, > satellite service. They were provided with MILLIONS!!! to do mapping for > Kentucky. The maps they did were immediately removed and taken offline as > soon as their funding ran out. It was done in spite of the Kentucky > Government. The TAX PAYERS OWN THAT DATA, and they stole it from us all. > Guess what happened another year later? Another company was hired to do > THAT EXACT SAME MAPPING again, and yes, they got MILLIONS again. > > I tried MULTIPLE times to work with them, and MANY MANY MANY open ended > promised were made by them. > > None of this is opinion, it's all FACT. Ask MANY MANY MANY people around > the US that are under a Connect program. Most will show their displeasure. > > Regards, > > Chuck > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM, David Hannum <oujas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chuck said: "It is well known that CN is a marketing and lobbying front >> for the Bells." >> I would agree with that it is a well known "opinion" by many on this >> list. However, from what we've seen, they lobby as much, if not more, for >> independent companies like most of us are. They lobby for Broadband in >> general - they don't play favorites at the high level. However, they have >> some very knowledgible, dedicated wireless guys. And if you work very much >> with them, you'd see that wireles is all those guys are about. >> >> Dave Hannum >> New Era Broadband, LLC >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Fred Goldstein >> <fgoldst...@ionary.com>wrote: >> >>> At 1/15/2011 08:25 AM, Chuck Hogg wrote: >>> >You know at the time I saw the email, I was surprised. However, >>> >nobody on this list knows about the joke of a deal CN is like Rick and >>> >I do. After the millions of dollars in tax revenue and all this >>> >mapping, that public information was removed from their website. >>> >Millions of tax paying dollars down the drain. Because of the >>> >potential WISPA problems, I won't tell you how I really feel. >>> >>> I'm not a member (yet) so take that as a disclaimer. This is the >>> public forum, not official correspondence. >>> >>> It is well known that CN is a marketing and lobbying front for the >>> Bells. Bob's satire was harmless, reflective of their value to >>> independent ISPs, wireless and otherwise. If CN is whinging, let >>> them, because it hit home. >>> >>> Bob's contributions have at times been a high point of this >>> list. Not everything has to be somber. >>> >>> >On Saturday, January 15, 2011, Josh Luthman >>> ><j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: >>> > > The problem was the lack of maturity and how bad the content >>> > makes WISPA look. >>> > > We have our opinions. We are people. But we, as adults and >>> > businesses or representatives, need too display a level of advancement. >>> >>> -- >>> Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com >>> ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ >>> +1 617 795 2701 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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/ > -- -RickG
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