+1 we do the same thing. 90% hit the portal and turn their account back on after the first bill comes in.
I watched one football game and one 30 minute news program on my Verizon connection at deer camp and got an overage bill. Jim From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Fw: FW: FYI, we tell them we'd like to leave our equipment for 30-45 days so that they can get a taste of their Verizon bill. Typically we get the call, My bill was $120+ this month, can I get your service turned back on? Regards, Chuck On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: Just because it's available to them doesn't mean they're aware of it. I'm almost certain people don't check before switching to 4G. They see it's 50 mbps and faster than your WISP's 5 or 10 mbps and then get stuck in a contract for 2 years. I put it on the bill so they see it every time they click on their invoice. I should mention most customers are automatically billed, so while they do get their bill via email, they may choose to simply ignore it. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:42 PM, heith petersen <wi...@mncomm.com> wrote: Are others doing this on their billing as well? I don't think I am going to have a big issue with Verizon. Fortunately our new billing system, I think, will show their usage, even though we do not offer capped services. They can always look at their portal, but a lot of people still are insistent on calling the office to say "charge my card" as opposed to going online and hitting "pay now". I guess you have to hit them in the face with it some time. From: Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 7:13 PM To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Fw: FW: Oh that's the first time you've seen it? Ya, kinda odd looking for sure. It's one of the reasons I started including customers' bandwidth usage on the bill. They see they've done 20 or 30 gigs (at least) and then when they see HomeFusion is 5-10 gigs plus a kidney to get all the way up to 20, they don't bother (this is speculation on my part). My guess is that they've got several higher gain sectors instead of one omni. Also I think the reason it is coax is to get power and figure out which one of the sectors gets the best signal. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:09 PM, heith petersen <wi...@mncomm.com> wrote: Looks like a friggin dryer vent to me. I have not seen this before, that's my confusion. Its alien to me. Usually I have smarter customers that ask me how much data they are doing. Other dump me, then get an outrageous bill from Verizon when they watched 15 movies on the Netflix and realize I am not that bad. We recently installed a 450 pointed right at this neighborhood and are running tests with a banker customer. Looking real good, and I am ready to pump out more speed to these customers From: Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:46 PM To: WISPA General List <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Fw: FW: Looks like a 4G cantenna to me. What's the confusion? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 7:43 PM, heith petersen <wi...@mncomm.com> wrote: I had a customer cancel our service a few weeks ago in a town an hour away from me. My billing lady got the impression that she was going to use her 4G service. She lives out of town a mile where we are the only WISP or service around, aside from satellite or cell service. Our equipment was laying by her house as she was away for the day when we were there, but stated that the new equipment was mounted in our old spot. So my tech took this picture and it said Cantenna on the bottom of it. Its not like the Cantenna I have seen in the past. I am real positive that I do not have another WISP in the area. Do some WISPS use these devices? The closest business is a John Deere dealership, and I am fairly certain their IT would not allow external usage of their network, and all of the houses in the area use our service. Anyways just curious if any one had any ideas of what they could be using this for. I have had other customers cheat WiFi from their neighbors with different Cantennas, but I would use a UBNT device to re-distribute the service, if that's whats going on thanks heith From: 6052801...@mms.att.net Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:32 PM To: he...@mncomm.com Subject: FW: _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
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