Unlicensed Podcast

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we’re excited to be hosting Joshaven Potter! Joshaven has a long history in the WISP industry as a consultant and now as CPO & Director of Information Technology at Visp.net. We cover a number of topics including his early history in the industry, the trials and tribulations of making a living as an entrepreneur, how Visp.net operates as a business...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we’re excited to be hosting a WISP manufacturer! Joining us today is Sakid Ahmed from Cambium Networks. Sakid brings to our conversation a wealth of knowledge and experience from his long history in our industry. We cover a number of interesting topics such as the effects of the pandemic on the state of the wireless industry, how the ePMP AX platform i...

On today’s episode of the #UnlicensedPodcast, we’re excited to be hosting another WISP! Joining us today is Brandon Hardy from Cobalt Ridge based in Wichita Falls, Texas. Brandon shares with us his story of starting a WISP with limited knowledge and funding, the trials and tribulations faced, the successes, and what it is leading to in the future. We discuss a wide range of topics related to start...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we wrap up 2021 by reviewing what we have been up to this year and what we’re looking forward to in 2022. Topics covered include our staff additions over the past year, new product launches and updates, trade shows and meetups, WISP’s working together, sales growth globally, and the work we have done with our educational efforts including Inside Wirele...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we’re excited to be hosting our first WISP manufacturer guest! Joining us today is Dustin Stock from Mimosa Networks. Dustin has been in the industry a long time, so we thought it would be fun to get his viewpoints on the current state of the WISP industry as well as his thoughts on where things are headed in the future. During our conversation we cove...

On today’s episode of the #UnlicensedPodcast we catch up with our recent adventures and give some general updates. First we recap our activities at #TitanFest2021 and discuss what we learned and then chat a bit about our Thanksgiving holidays. Next we provide some updates on a number of things that have been going on in the background. These include .ant and Google Network Planner file updates, EP...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we’re very excited to have our first WISP guest! Joining us is Spencer Pous from BluBroadband and SJP Network Solutions. Spencer is a longtime industry member and was gracious enough to take time to talk about a number of topics including his personal history in the industry, how he runs both an MSP and a WISP, the differences in managing and supportin...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we delve into a conversation about how even though some antennas from different manufacturers may look the same, they aren’t all equal. Whether it be a horn, a sector, or a dish antenna, you have to look past the fact they may look similar or have a few comparable data points in a spec sheet and assess it across all aspects. Things to take into conside...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we discuss some common myths, misconceptions, and misunderstandings seen in the WISP industry. We open with the myth that more gain is what you always want from an antenna. We follow up talking about the misconception that 2.4Ghz is a dead band in fixed wireless. Next we talk about some of the misunderstandings about channel planning your first big 12...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we recap our adventures in Las Vegas during WISPAPALOOZA. Despite a few slightly chaotic bummers, we had a fantastic week getting to see everyone again and also meeting a bunch of new people too. The show itself ran really well and attendance was great. Here we also cover the feedback from the new products and changes we announced, the kick everyone go...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast, we are getting pumped up for Vegas, Baby! On this WISPAPALOOZA Eve, we sit down to talk about what we do in order to get ready for the show and what the show schedule looks like for us from setup to tear down. We discuss the best way for people to get out and meet their peers and the other vendors. Finally we give people that are new to the show some t...

In todays episode of the Unlicensed Podcast we discuss some considerations and approaches for those looking for an entry point into using our horn ecosystem. We talk about hybrid tower designs and how to use the flexibility of our ecosystem to split existing sectors into smaller cells. We cover picking the right horn for the job and using our Link Calculator to make the design process more accurat...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast we cover some of the causes and effects of the chip and commodity shortages, price increases, and shipping cost increases that we have all seen across the WISP industry as well as the rest of the world. While it is a bit of an unpleasant topic at times, we felt it was important to share our perspective from our position in the industry as well as relayi...

On today’s episode of the #UnlicensedPodcast we are excited to have our first guest! Please welcome Claude Aiken, President and CEO of #WISPA. With the #WISPAPALOOZA trade show just a few weeks away. Claude was kind enough to take the time to chat with us about the upcoming show and what it means for our industry. We discuss what #WISPA is, his history with #WISPA, and some background details abou...

On today’s episode of the #UnlicensedPodcast we talk about all of the #DOOM that the #WISP industry is facing currently and how our world is poised to collapse any moment now. Well, except for the fact that we aren’t really doomed at all and we’ve been down this road before. Main topics include: 5G and how it’s not the universal rural broadband miracle that the tech media markets it as; Starlink a...

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast we take a walk down memory lane to think about some of the #mistakes we’ve made and seen over our years in the #WISP world in order to share some advice and guidance for the new #WISP’s out there listening. Wait, not our #mistakes, a friend of ours #mistakes, totally not us.

On today’s episode of the Unlicensed Podcast we focus on a brief history of where horns came from, how the product line and market evolved, and discussed how we got so #horny. We also talk a bit about equipment shortages, product alternatives utilizing the flexibility of our platform, and the launch of our 2.4Ghz Array Sector.

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