Bringing this thread back from the dead. I finally got around to upgrading our towercoverage.com account. It let me import sites from Powercode, but I cannot see anywhere to import AP data. I thought this was already implemented? All of the APs are already in Powercode with AGL, azimuth, beamwidth, and equipment type. Is there a way to import this data, or do I need to enter every AP manually? I feel like this is a huge project, which is one of the main reasons that I never used this site before.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > FCC Staffer. > > *From:* Adam Moffett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2016 3:05 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > Out of curiosity Chuck, was that a State or Federal regulator? > > > On 2/4/2016 12:41 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Directly from the mouth of one of the key regulators standing 2 feet away > and speaking directly to me, I heard they want the telcos to do 100% fiber > and then it is game over. They don’t want to consider any option other > than fiber. Of course you will never see that in a public statement, but > that is how they feel. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2016 10:36 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > Virtually all of northern Illinois is already marked as served. But I > think the ILECs did this to themselves by lying about their speeds and > coverage, I think very little of that area became served due to WISPs. > > They falsely claimed to have 4/1 DSL service already, so they don’t get a > welfare check for those areas, but they don’t want to fix their sucky > copper and DSL service without that welfare check. > > So they need the benchmark for “served” raised to 10/1 or 25/3 so they can > get subsidies to upgrade their own service, they probably also want > approval for “IP transition” so they can put in fiber and abandon the > copper and traditional POTS service. > > It just amazes me they will pay Verizon $2000 per subscriber for a system > they can then claim is worthless and unprofitable and get subsidies to > replace it. Seems like you overpaid, or else future subsidies were part of > the valuation. > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2016 11:24 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > Yeahbut, the welfare check is tied to providing dial tone, but can be > taken away by an unsubsidized broadband competitor overlapping the turf. > > *From:* Mike Hammett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2016 10:14 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > A duty to serve... phone... not broadband. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Chuck McCown" mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Thursday, February 4, 2016 11:08:56 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > ILECs have their maps defined by the state regulators, so while their > actual > broadband coverage in their turf may be lacking the fact they have turf > boundaries defined by the state, there is no argument. They have a "duty > to > serve" as a common carrier. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Josh Reynolds > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 9:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > What you basically just said is that WISPs can't lie about their > coverage areas despite 50% of the maps of the LECs, cablecos, and > larger WISPs being total bullshit. > > Is that correct? > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Chuck McCown mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you claim 100% coverage of a census block or tract and that prevents a > > telco from getting its welfare check, they will do drive testing of the > > whole thing. It has already happened and will happen much more in the > > future as the FCC reduces the unsubsidized competitor coverage percentage > > that takes away their support. Just sayin, claiming more turf than you > > truly serve or can serve in 7-10 days with 10 down and 1 up (soon to > > change > > to 25 down) can bring grief. There is no upside to claiming more than > you > > can do on a 477 turf wise or speed wise but there is a big downside. > > > > From: Cameron Crum > > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > > > > I'm not sure even areas as small as census blocks groups allow you to be > > surgically accurate. > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Chuck McCown mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I would say that y’all better be getting surgically accurate on your 477 > >> filings. You do sign them under penalty of perjury and there will be > >> telcos > >> challenging your coverage data. > >> > >> From: Dennis Burgess > >> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 7:07 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > >> > >> > >> We also do the Form 477, i.e. broadband deployment data as well as the > >> broadband sub data if your billing system don’t do that anyways. > >> > >> > >> > >> The new APIs allow almost limitless integration with other applications. > >> I.e. you can do a path profile using our data in about 200ms though the > >> API. > >> Just a matter of the billing/powercode/visp/whatever programming it up > .. > >> > >> > >> > >> Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc. > >> > >> [email protected] – 314-735-0270 x103 – www.linktechs.net > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] On > Behalf Of David > >> Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 8:03 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Who is using towercoverage.com? > >> > >> > >> > >> +1000 > >> for this solution.. Unless you invest the time and effort to build a > >> custom solution like towercoverage I dont complain about the number of > >> customers it has brought to us and > >> the countless times it has saved us on truck rolls for invalid service. > >> Also, the EUS data alone is very helpful when determining new site > >> locations. > >> We have 4 new sites going up this year because of that data. > >> U-Verse is our only real competitor in a couple of these areas. If I > >> could > >> only sell TV i would have it in the bag :) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 02/03/2016 11:26 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > >> > >> It says it when you log in to towercoverage.com > >> > >> Josh Luthman > >> Office: 937-552-2340 > >> Direct: 937-552-2343 > >> 1100 Wayne St > >> Suite 1337 > >> Troy, OH 45373 > >> > >> On Feb 4, 2016 12:19 AM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Hmmm.....news to me > >> > >> > >> > >> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Reply message ----- > >> From: "Josh Luthman" mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]> > >> To: mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [AFMUG] who is using towercoverage.com? > >> Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 10:22 PM > >> > >> > >> > >> Uh you can dude. Been a while since they enabled that. > >> > >> Josh Luthman > >> Office: 937-552-2340 > >> Direct: 937-552-2343 > >> 1100 Wayne St > >> Suite 1337 > >> Troy, OH 45373 > >> > >> On Feb 3, 2016 11:07 PM, "Jeremy" mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> This. So much this. Powercode already has the azimuths, downtilt, gps > >> coordinates, and everything. That should really be the next step is > >> pulling > >> this info for integration. I have had an active account for like a > year > >> and > >> have never used it. I just don't have the time to add it all. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:29 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller > >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> suggestion - take our antenna plots directly from pokeycode, i mean > >> powercode, and automatically populate all our towers in > towercoverage... > >> :) > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: Dennis Burgess > >> > >> To: [email protected] > >> > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 8:51 PM > >> > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] who is using towercoverage.com? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks for all of the kind comments and suggestions. The pricing is the > >> same as since its inception, we have a dedicated staff to answer > >> questions > >> as well as take phone calls if you need assistance. Feel free to call or > >> e-mail. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc. > >> > >> [email protected] – 314-735-0270 x103 – www.linktechs.net > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] On > Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2016 5:31 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] who is using towercoverage.com? > >> > >> > >> > >> wow, the pricing is a whole lot more realistic than it used to be, still > >> expensive if you wanted to plot every antenna, but omni will get you the > >> gist of it. hopefully their support is better than a repetitive canned > >> response now > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Josh Luthman > >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> $25/mo is not much. I strongly recommend signing up for it simply for > >> the > >> EUS form. If you get ONE customer out of the purchase, you made money. > >> Any > >> more than that is gravy. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Josh Luthman > >> Office: 937-552-2340 > >> Direct: 937-552-2343 > >> 1100 Wayne St > >> Suite 1337 > >> Troy, OH 45373 > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Tim Reichhart > >> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Who on this list is using towercoverage.com? I want to know how > accurate > >> it is because I have an account now with them and I am doubt its very > >> accurate to give out an good signal from my tower. Because I really hate > >> spending 25 dollars per month and its not going to be accurate. > >> > >> Tim > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >
