May 16, 2013
Random Lake – The Wisconsin Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced today that James R. Bertram of PowerCode was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of one of...
May 11, 2013
I’ve mentioned many times that I believe our current government is simply clueless. Unfortunately, I’ve come to realize that it’s simply far worse than that. If you combine corruption, selfishness, ignorance, arrogance, cronyism, stupidity, and incompetence in one package...
May 10, 2013
I should have called this article, “How I spent my Christmas vacation developing an ulcer” (from the abominable state of backhaul tech support). I know, I know, WISPs never really get a vacation. I’m so paranoid about being out of touch that I took a satellite phone...
May 10, 2013
Every time a new product comes out, there is a lot of discussion about pros and cons, and how it works within existing deployments. The primary manufacturers have been following the same formulas for years. Cambium Networks (a spin-off from Motorola Canopy) targets high-density...
May 10, 2013
At WISPAPALOOZA this year, I was asked to be one of the speakers at the User WISP presentation (which had more than 500 attendees). Although we go to WISPA to learn from others, which I did, I also learned some things about my operations that I hadn’t thought about before...
May 10, 2013
If you haven’t been to WISPAPALOOZA before, be prepared to find out it’s nothing like your father’s WISPAPALOOZA. This event was so full of activities, speakers, and new information that I think WISPA kept Vegas awake, not the other way around. If you think Las Vegas...
May 10, 2013
Wireless ISPs (WISPS) have more tools available today to improve the performance of wireless networks. There is an optimized product for every single model that is currently deployed, and there are a lot of different models. From grounded RJ-45 connectors to antennas and every...
May 10, 2013
Anybody starting a business knows that funding is the biggest problem. Angel investment and venture capital for first round funding are about as scarce as shade in Phoenix. That is of course, unless your Uncle RUSs or Aunt CAFee open up the government (meaning poor...
