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Opening
Keynote Address
- 8am to 9am: Industry
Town Hall - Mrs. Lynn
Kline, Vice-Chairman of PART-15.ORG will announce this years
Fall License Exempt Industry Awards
Moderator:
- Michael
R. Anderson, Chairman, PART-15.ORG
9:00am
- 10:00am - Sessions
Administrative - Inc.,
Corp., LLC
- Which is best for you? Kris will be providing an overview of
the differences between which business category is best for you
and your WISP.
Speaker:
- Kris Twomey
Technical
- Wireless Security
- Fact or Fiction - Among
the most pressing and controversial is wireless security. Do you
have it, do you need it, who is responsible for what, how much
security is enough? These and many more questions will be
answered during this session.
Speaker:
- Simon
Lok
Specialized
- Remote
Reboot -
TBA Speaker:
- Myron
Anduri, Nighthawk Systems
Configuration - MRTG,
RRDTool+Cricket
Configuration
- MRTG and
RRDTool+Cricket tutorial - This a tutorial session covering
installation and configuration of popular open-source graphing
packages, both the classic MRTG package as well as the next-generation
monitoring tool from the MRTG author, RRDTool. Attendees will
learn how to setup and use these software packages to provide
web-based graphs of everything from bandwidth and
signal-to-noise ratio to temperature and disk usage. Speaker:
- Ivan Kohler
10:00am
- 10:15am - Morning Refreshment Break (Sponsored
by TBA)
10:00am
- Exhibit Hall Opens
10:15am
- 11:15am - Sessions
Administrative - Overcoming
the Fear of ROI - RF Market Engineering- TBA.
Speaker:
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Jeff Mabry, General
Manager, Slingshot Communications
Technical
- ROE
New Rules of Engagement - New Part 15 Rules Explained
- In
June 2004, the rules for deploying License Exempt equipment
changed. This session will provide highlights of those rule
changes that affect your deployments and future equipment
selections.
Speaker:
- Jeremy
Kinsey, MiaNet
Specialized
- QoS
Requirements for Wireless
- TBA .
Speaker:
- Ofir Smadja, Redline
Communications
Configuration - MikroTik Configuration -
Learn how to configure
various features of MikroTik RouterOS for use as Wireless Access
Point, CPE, Bandwidth shaper, or VPN box. Bridging of wireless
networks using WDS will also be discussed. Tools available at
RouterOS will be presented to aid network monitoring and
debugging.
Speaker:
- Arnis
Riekstins,
Chief Technical Officer, MikroTik
11:15am
- 12:15pm - Sessions
Administrative - WISP
Financing/Loans/Leasing -
Defining the financial needs of WISP's and funding their growth.
Private equity funding in the WISP market. Create successful
business plans, look at market demographics, market potential,
management teams, growth potential and additional parameters.
Panelists:
- William D. MacNamara, Vice
President of Sales, Agility Solutions and
Mark Davis
Technical - Spectrum
Leasing - You Can Afford It -
We are the leading
spectrum leasing company in the U.S. and probably 80-90% of our
customers are WISPs. Our session would be an educational session
on the spectrum leasing rules put into effect last year by the
FCC and updated just this month. We would discuss the types of
leases that are allowed, the general process required, and a
snapshot of the marketplace. I have done this session at a
couple conferences. It was warmly received and I think would be
very well received by the WISP community
Speaker:
- Evans
Mullan,
Vice President - Business
Development, First
Avenue Networks
Specialized
- Marketing
and Advertising Your WISP - TBA
Speaker:
- Jim
Hollis, President,
Internet Business Consulting
Configuration - Cable
Characteristics and Selections
- This session will
acquaint you with the basic design concepts of coaxial cables,
the performance advantages and disadvantages of different
available cables and connectors, and proper connector
installation methods. Also covered will be the installation of
accessories such as ground kits, and weather-proofing kits along
with loss (attenuation) calculations.
Speaker:
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Lou Caruso, Times Microwave
12:15pm
- 1:30pm - Lunch/Visit Exhibitors
1:30pm
- 2:30pm - Sessions
Administrative - Managing
the Sales Force -
Hiring, assembling,
training and managing a small, scalable sales force is a hassle.
Makes it easy with measurable and manageable with these proven
models for success, What to look for in a commission
salesperson. Hire racehorses, not plow horses
and watch them run with the right incentive program that is
profitable for both you and your sales force.
Speaker:
- James Ruffer
Technical - Leveraging
Freeware for Network Monitoring and Management -
Agenda:
What is MRTG, What
can MRTG do for the company, Why
should it be used, Examples
of MRTG reports,
More involved MRTG configurations, Setting
up MRTG, Other great free
tools that leverage MRTG,
Commercial MRTG products, Support
Speaker:
- Michael Patterson
Specialized
- Public-Private
Partnerships, Local Governments and WISPs
- This session will
focus on
Speaker:
- Mark
Bayliss
Configuration - Marguee
Bridge, Terabeam (YDI) Wireless - Learn how
to install, configure, analyze and monitor the 5.8 GHz Marquee
Bridge. Marquee is Terabeam’s
series of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint solutions, with
OTA data rate of 54 Mbps maximum, (36 Mbps suggested), range
over 30 miles, NLOS communication enabled by OFDM, and available
in 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5.8 GHz versions.
Speaker:
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Bob
Czerwinski, Product
Manager
, Terabeam (YDI) Wireless.
2:30pm
- 3:30pm - Sessions
Administrative - Investment
Money - Should You Accept it? - As
a small but growing WISP, funds may be tight. You could be
thinking "Umm if I only had the money, I could???"
This session will cover many of the various topics to consider
when approached by an investor. e.g. how much of the business
are you willing to give in exchange for some capital to help
expand your company, what involvement (other than handing you a
check) will the investor want in the day-to-day operations of
your business, what happens if things fall apart. These and much
more will be explained to provide the WISP a better
understanding of both sides of the table.
Speaker:
- William MacNamara
Technical - MTU
Fundamentals
- Fundamentals of
Hotel and MTU WiFi Deployments - This seminar covers the basic
equipment, design considerations, and installation methodology
to deploy a public access network in a large building like a
Hotel, Apartment, or Office Building. The expected
audience is system integrators and WISPs looking to expand into
Public Access WiFi or who have done a few sites already. We
will talk about a range of real world installations, so there
may be some tricks and treats for experienced integrators as
well.
Speaker:
- Michael Edison
Specialized - Satellite
Backhauls
- The Real Story -
TBA
Panelists:
-Dave Pedersen
Configuration
- Inscape
Data Configuration - AirEther
Carrier Class Outdoor Wireless Systems - This session will
provide the AirEther advantage including AirEther application scenarios
with AP-11 "Hotspot-In-A-Box", RB11 Bridge/Router, and
CB11 "CPE-In-A-Box". In addition a five step quick
software setup of an AirEther system. -
Speaker:
- Richard
Ho, Inscape Data
3:00pm
- Exhibit Hall Closes
3:30pm
- 3:45pm - Afternoon Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibitors (Sponsored
by TBA)
3:45pm
- 4:45pm - Sessions
Administrative - Braving
The Competition -
Learn how to compete against DSL, Cable, Satellite and other
sources of broadband.
Speaker:
-
Jeremy Kinsey,
MiaNet
Technical
- Hiding
from the Hackers
Speaker:
- Simon
Lok
Specialized - Becoming
a CLEC (Pros and Cons)
Speaker:
- Kris
Twomey
Configuration - Motorola
Configuration Configuration
Speaker:
- Speaker
TBA
WISPCON
Roundup - All
attendees invited. Raffles - and much more
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