I have been digesting the discussions about open wifi access points and the recent Free Public Wifi debates that came up after Cecilia Kang’s Washington Post article and I think I finally came up with a good way to express my grave concerns with the idea. The continued use of inexpensive fossil fuels leads to [...]
Craig Settles does a weekly show about broadband in America called Gigabit Nation. I will be his guest this week, talking about the roles of fixed wireless ISPs in the broadband ecosystem. The show starts at noon, EST. Here is the link to the show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gigabitnation/2012/08/28/wisps-tips-for-better-engaging-these-broadband-stars I look forward to the comments and discussion tomorrow!
In one of the weird ironies of this business, we now have wireless last mile equipment that is capable of delivering speeds far faster than a lot of the existing consumer indoor routers (wired and wireless) can deliver to the last few yards.
I came across this message that I sent out to our nascent WISPA list right after my father passed away. I thought it was worth sharing again.
If the goal of Freedom to Connect is to show the possibilities and solutions available now to help deliver universal connectivity, then fixed wireless networks and the community of WISP operators need to be part of the discussion.
Here is the message to AT&T from the 2000+ WISP operators around the US – “Don’t worry bro, we got this.”
Random thoughts about the WISP industry on a Friday: The entire WISP industry is in many ways a giant collaborative project. Many of the early WISP pioneers did not have any kind of background in RF or wireless communications. The initial core of pioneers were independent ISPs that were disgusted with how the telcos [...]
Yesterday, I went on a trip to Alliance, Nebraska to help install our first customer on a new access point. This is not something that I do on a regular basis, but this one was pretty special to me and I think that the circumstances around this install, and the work that went into making [...]
I cut the satellite cord back in June, and after a few months I have no desire to go back. The only things that I have missed have had to do with sports: one Nebraska football game that was on the Versus network (although I did find a low-res online feed), the baseball playoffs (although [...]
I’ve been pretty quiet on the blog lately, mostly because I have been busy working on a white paper for WISPA that covers the advantages of fixed wireless providers and the tremendous value that WISPs bring to our country. I will be presenting on the paper today as the luncheon keynote speaker at WISPAPALOOZA, the [...]