Wireless Cowboys

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.

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 [...]

This simple difference in the economics of deployment enables WISPs to survive and prosper without government subsidies while landline operators are dependent on USF to maintain their wireline plants.

A discussion on one of my wireless ISP mailling lists caught my attention and I thought it was worth sharing. — On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Ken Hohhof  wrote: So the government has to foster development of killer apps that need >100 Mbps Internet? http://www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/ —The response from my good friend John [...]

Today I received a press release from Travis Johnson at Microserv, based in Idaho.   It is short enough that I will post it in its entirety: – Microserv, Inc. announced today that the company has reached a subscriber milestone by surpassing 10,000 active internet subscribers. This number of subscribers is an exciting number for privately [...]

The money generated by UBB is helping us build a better network that can meet the needs of our customer base even as they double and triple their typical bandwidth utilization.

we have better content at our fingertips, a higher quality picture on the channels that we watch the most and a lot more enlightened approach to watching television.

I awoke to a beautiful day today, with that special kind of appreciation for nice weather that native Midwesterners have.    We live through four seasons and all the joys and hazards that each one brings, so it is especially nice when we get a breezy, temperate day that is perfect for doing things outside in [...]

I think it would be instructive to take a look at a place where there is robust private competition in broadband. On the Western border of Nebraska, just across the line from Wyoming, is Scottsbluff/Gering.    Scottsbluff/Gering has a population of 25,000 and broadband is available from ELEVEN different last-mile providers including: 1 Cable fiber/hfc [...]