WISPNOG ATTENDEE UPDATE IV- January 19, 2005
The official WISPNOG website is located at http://www.wispnog.com. Below is
a quick update of the latest events relating to the upcoming WISPNOG
Symposium.
1. Trango Executive Management Hosts Operator Roundtable
http://www.wispnog.com/
Chuck Eapen, Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing for Trango
Broadband, will be hosting a round-table discussion session designed to give
new and existing Trango users the opportunity to interact with the Executive
Management of Trango Broadband and to learn Trango's position and opinion
regarding upcoming wireless standards (i.e., WiMAX), customer "best
practices," the exciting new Atlas Product Line and Trango's "Roadmap to
WiMAX." A good portion of this session will be devoted to Q&A, giving
attendees plenty of opportunity to "chat with Chuck."
2. Hotel Information
http://www.wispnog.com/hotel.htm
There has recently been some confusion regarding room rates at the WISPNOG
venue. To clear up any misunderstanding, we have reserved a block of rooms
at a rate of $90 night at the Holiday Inn Resort for evening of February 16
and 17, 2005. Use hotel code: CWLAB to get this rate.
P.S. - the WISPNOG Organizational Committee has arranged for a FREE Hotel
Shuttle to/from Midway Airport for attendees staying at the Holiday Inn.
Inquire at the front desk for more details.
3. Session Update: wBANC
http://www.wispnog.com/sessions/wbanc.htm
The WISPNOG Organizational committee is proud to announce that Donald Arndt,
wBANC guru and Northern California Operations Manager for Nextweb, will be
moderating the WISPNOG wBANC session. The goal of this session is to gather
in Chicago-area WISPs in a forum and utilize wBANC as a framework for
implementing a Part-15 interference management and coordination effort in
the Chicagoland area and to establish this as a basis of operation within
the license-exempt band on a nationwide basis.
4. WISPNOG Coupon Book
http://www.wispnog.org/coupon.htm
The WISPNOG Coupon Book, currently representing over $10,000 in potential
savings on WISP infrastructure, hardware & software solutions, is shaping up
nicely, with a total of over 40 vendors now committed to participate (an
additional increase of 10 more vendors from last week's update). Coupon
offers do vary depending on the vendor, but some of the latest include:
Mikrotik
http://www.mikrotik.com
All WISPNOG attendees will a certificate good for the following
. $60 Discount on MikroTik RouterOS Level 5 Software installed on an
IDE Flash Module (Limit 4)
. $30 Discount on a RouterBOARD 44 four port Ethernet card w/ MDI/X
(Limit 4)
. $110 Discount on an 802.11a/b/g 544 Mbps 2.4/5 GHz Wireless Outdoor
Router (Limit 2)
. A 25% Discount for MikroTIK organized training events (Limit 2)
Dartware
http://www.wispermapper.com
WISPNOG attendees will receive a certificate valid for 2 great offers from
Dartware
FREE SOFTWARE
WISPNOG Attendees will receive a free, non-expiring WISPerMapper license for
five devices
10% DISCOUNT
WISPNOG Attendees will receive a special coupon code valid for a 10%
discount on Dartware products
mWAVE LLC
http://www.mwavellc.com
Registered WISPNOG attendees will receive a certificate good for the
following:
Purchase one mWAVE 5 GHz 2 ft parabolic antenna and radome, models RP2-58-N
& DS2, for the quoted price, and receive an additional antenna and radome
for 50% off the quoted price if ordered at the same time.
WISP Directory
http://www.wispdirectory.com
The first 15 Registered WISPNOG attendees who apply will receive a
certificate for one month's worth of TextAds at either:
. WISP Centric: http://www.wispcentric.com (worth $120 each)
. Start a WISP: http://www.startawisp.com (worth $140 each)
. WISP Directory: http://www.wispdirectory.com (worth $200 each)
Pacific Wireless
http://www.pacwireless.com
All WISPNOG attendees will a certificate good for 10% off any 2.4 GHz
Horizontal Sector Antenna. What's so great about H-Pol? Horizontal
Polarization allows for reduced interference potential in systems which are
installed in areas with high levels of vertically polarized RF noise or
where the system manager wants to avoid potential future problems with
interference.
The current list of coupon book sponsors and their specials can be found
online at http://www.wispnog.com/coupon.htm
Vendors still interested in participating in this coupon book program should
contact Charles Wu @ cwu@cwlab.com
About WISPA
WISPA - the Wireless Internet Service Provider's Association, is the only
Wireless Broadband Internet Access (BWIA) trade association owned and
operated completely by Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs).
In 2004, on voluntary labor alone, WISPA has been instrumental representing
the voice of the independent license-exempt WISP in front of the FCC by
organizing responses to the Notices for Proposed Rulemaking regarding
License-Exempt Operation in the 700 MHz UHF TV Broadcast and 3650-3700 MHz
Military Radar bands. Moving forward, the WISPA mission is to promote and
improve the WISP industry for the independent operator by establishing
official industry best practices and working to promote favorable legal and
regulatory environments.
About CWLab
CWLab provides all the expertise an organization needs to leverage the
latest in broadband wireless access technology and state-of-the-art business
practices into a powerful competitive advantage via its vendor-neutral
product testing, performance analysis and outsourced engineering support to
hardware manufacturers, operators and other consumers and providers in the
communication and networking industry. CWLab maintains the BWIA industry's
consumer product reviews site at http://www.wispreviews.com and acts as the
BWIA's Industry Watchdog by creating BWA Product Comparison Reports and
offering "CWLab Certified" benchmarking programs for manufacturer solutions.
CWLab's real-world solutions to ensure the success of independent operators
operating in the last mile arena via its objective vendor- reporting method
of "Telling the Good, Bad & Ugly as it Truly Is."
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CWLab
Vendor Neutral Technology Architects
WISPNOG Chicago
February 17-18, 2005
http://www.wispnog.com
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