we use sherweb now for hosted exchange (its compliant for banks and healthcare auditors) and rackspace for standard mail. We have made reselling hosted exchange profitable, the email only loses a little bit of money, but we offset that by charging crazy amounts for email if you go over the number of free boxes we offer if youre an internet customer and we have people paying us for email only accounts who dont want to get rid of their branded email even though they arent with us.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > Mr. Obama made sure that our schools got fiber in the ARRA. > > Just when I was approved to do this stuff, the grants were announced. I've > had trouble getting through to the more rural ones. *shrugs* > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected], "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:11:02 PM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google Apps for ISP solutions > > You should try to get ERate contracts for the more rural schools. MSPs > will have the urban stuff locked up tight. > > On January 7, 2015 10:09:06 AM AKST, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Kinda the same, kinda not. The price points are different, but symmetric >> on-net connectivity is expensive (relative to the non-expensive areas here) >> and not always available. Incumbent providers don't handle them well, so >> they ask us to do more. >> >> It sure makes the ARPU nice when they buy $600 worth of voice, $1,500 >> worth of VPLS, etc. Makes the other stuff easier to swallow. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected], "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Wednesday, January 7, 2015 1:03:47 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google Apps for ISP solutions >> >> Yeah, we could give a fuck less about IT services I guess, everybody and >> their brother has a "solution", often for "problems" people didn't even >> know they have. We're more focused on building middle and last mile >> infrastructure. That's what's really lacking out here. >> >> You're on the outskirts of a well established major metro, probably just >> trying to find some service or offering to make a buck. Don't think I'm >> being derogatory or knocking you, I'm not, just thinking it's more of a >> crazy rat race where you are. >> >> I'm in the process of working with our economic development commission to >> connect anchor institutions together for a co-op / Native fiber project... >> Basically to cut transport costs by 50%, and to provide better transport >> infrastructure to homes and businesses in an area the size of the state of >> Indiana. I guess that's where my focus on infrastructure comes from. >> >> On January 7, 2015 9:53:23 AM AKST, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Different clients I guess? Then we also do more than just e-mail. Host >>> various other things on our vSphere cluster (soon to be clusters), VPLS >>> transport, voice, etc. >>> >>> I don't know any businesses using Google and only one that uses 365 and >>> that's only three or four HR accounts to not have to bring the 1,500 box >>> mailserver HIPPA compliant. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From: *"Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> >>> *To: *[email protected], "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> >>> *Sent: *Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:49:29 PM >>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google Apps for ISP solutions >>> >>> Anybody we talk to either has business email through office 360 or >>> google, or home email through google, apple, microsoft, or yahoo. >>> >>> They also normally are running those providers apps and services. >>> >>> Running your own email server for clients was awesome back in the dialup >>> days, but that was at least a decade ago for most. >>> >>> On January 7, 2015 9:31:45 AM AKST, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Doesn't take much time or money and the system is already there for >>>> supporting businesses. >>>> >>>> You do have businesses in Alaska, don't you? :-p >>>> >>>> Plus performance (for those business clients). Talking to DJ that >>>> manages the WISPA lists. My mail servers (I have seven VMs, though two are >>>> for authentication) are among the fastest to respond out of the 4k >>>> addresses that run through there. The businesses like that performance. >>>> It's always that their mail server is too slow, not mine. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Mike Hammett >>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From: *"Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> >>>> *To: *[email protected], "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, January 7, 2015 12:17:02 PM >>>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Google Apps for ISP solutions >>>> >>>> Why provide a service that costs you time and money when others provide >>>> a better service for free that they (customers) have access to with your >>>> internet service? Just doesn't make any sense. This isn't 1998. >>>> >>>> On January 7, 2015 8:39:48 AM AKST, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I think every time this comes up there's a few people (myself >>>>> included) that say go Zimbra. Most just say &^*& it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> Mike Hammett >>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> *From: *"Christopher Tyler" <[email protected]> >>>>> *To: *[email protected] >>>>> *Sent: *Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:14:54 AM >>>>> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Google Apps for ISP solutions >>>>> >>>>> So... Has anyone found a good solution for Gmail yet? If so I would >>>>> love to hear it. >>>>> >>>>> Also does anyone know if the free service is also going away or was it >>>>> just Apps for ISP's paid? We have one domai n that was grandfathered in >>>>> and >>>>> one that is paid. Just wondering if we'll have to migrate the free account >>>>> as well. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
