As far as Vivant goes, some local ISP that colo’s in our dc said they went poof quickly when the board saw big money in a quick sale of the spectrum they had.
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:49 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs Combination of government and private equity money. Sound familiar? One of the few cases where a RUS loan went very bad. USDA and Chase private equity left holding the bag. Google search comes up with Denver Post articles, one quoting a vendor surprised at how nicely appointed the HQ was for a startup. Announced a stalking horse bidder but no real bidder came forward. Private equity investment was a condition for getting the RUS money, you’d think they would take the hit and the govt loan would be paid back but apparently they both got snookered. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Dan P via AF Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 11:15 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Cc: Dan P <d...@webnx.com<mailto:d...@webnx.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs Sounds like vivant, they left so much crap up From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:13 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs and then I think they just abandoned their gear in place. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> Midwest Internet Exchange<http://www.midwest-ix.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix> The Brothers WISP<http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> [http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> ________________________________ From: "Ken Hohhof" <khoh...@kwom.com<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com>> To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 11:00:06 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs Yes, thank you. Openrange is the name I was trying to remember. Any idea what happened with them? I seem to remember they shut down suddenly and left customers without service. I don’t remember them getting bought out. From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Colin Stanners Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 10:47 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs I don't follow what happens down there in the USA much but was it Openrange? On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 10:28 a.m. Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com<mailto:khoh...@kwom.com>> wrote: I remember around the time JAB/Rise was taking off there was a flurry of other WISPs that took off and then crashed and burned rather suddenly. I think at least one of them used WiMAX equipment that was somewhat popular with apartment dwellers because they had indoor modems. I also seem to remember equipment vendors left holding the bag, and surplus equipment showing up on eBay. I think one of them approached us about M&A but they were offering stock claiming that was better than cash because it would go up in value (yeah, right). Anyone remember the names of these companies, I’m drawing a blank. Also any recollection of what went wrong and lessons learned that might apply to the current rush to deploy broadand. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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