Karl Koepke (kepkey) is a veteran in telecommunications with over 20 year of experience in the telecommunication industry, and started his career upon deregulation with MCI. Within MCI he moved up within the company to become Director of National Markets, and then transferred into their Wholesale fiber services division. In 1999 he accepted a Director position at Level 3 Communications. Here, he offered wholesale broadband and fiber services to ISP ' s all over the nation. He is now an executive at StoneNet Services offering wireless ISP ' s wholesale broadband and fiber services, colocation, along new revenue opportunities for the WISP segment. StoneNet Services started in 2001 as a single-source agency for a major global telecommunications company. Over the years we realized that we were doing our customers a disservice by only representing one company. We were not able to provide options that would give them the best possible solutions. As telecom technology evolved, it became clear that we needed to change our business model as some carriers were able to deliver better services than others. Hence, we searched for the best telecom carriers we could find in each of their respective fields and areas. The results were amazing. StoneNet Services is now a full-featured telecommunications and data consulting company, bringing our clients the best products and services available in the industry. We incorporated " best-in-class " telecommunications service providers that are leaders in their respective technologies, providing us with a national footprint and allowing us to be able to service a broader range of customers. StoneNet Services represents leading edge companies in telecommunications, VoIP, Data, Cloud Computing, WAN/LAN Network Management and Wholesale Carriers. We have a complete and thorough range of telecommunications products and services that represent the latest business-class technologies.

Liz Creekmore is Owner/Operator of Intelpath. Intelpath provides Frequency Analysis, Coordination, and FCC License Procurement Services. Before Intelpath, Liz worked for a small Internet Service Provider and equipment reseller. This experience fuels her unique approach when helping ISPs and resellers deploy and promote licensed microwave. Intelpath is stationed in the Chicagoland area and licenses spectrum throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

Butch Evans, with Butch Evans Consulting, will be our guest on today ' s show. Butch, a Rock Star in his own right in the WISP industry, will be sharing with us his humble beginnings to his rise to Rock Star status. Butch will explain what he does to help folks like you and I. Butch offers trainings around the country on programming routers and shares his years of experiences in this industry. Your host has attended one of his trainings and can attest to his knowledge of all things related to the ISP industry.

Today ' s show features guest Scott Stevens with Keenwire. Keenwire is an ISP consulting firm that has helped ISP ' s raise capital for expansion through government grants and loans. Scott has been in the trenches as a WISP. Never at rest, Scott ' s consulting firm, Keenwire created business plans and designed networks resulting in $85M in BIP and BTOP stimulus awards. And simultaneously Scott has continued to work policy issues in Washington D.C. since 2002 through relationships with the FCC, USDA, NTIA and various senators and members of congress; assisting in policy guidance within USF reform, and issues of rural broadband and spectrum. Scott speaks at various conferences across the US and was featured last week in an NTIA " broadband best practices " webinar, and just last month was able to get a $100k grant for broadband planning for tribes in Washington State

Todays show features guest Dennis Burgess. Dennis is a wireless guru who works with Link Technologies. Dennis will be discussing a powerful application developed by him and his staff called towercoverage. Towercoverage, www.towercoverage.com, is a mapping application for your ISP that is helpful for telling prospective clients if they are within your coverage area, without truck rolls. This powerful tool leads itself to a marketing tool as well. We will also speak about the other products and services offered by Link Technologies.

Today ' s shows guest is Joe Miller of dslbyair.com. Joe will share with us his experiences where he operates his WISP in Mississippi. The challenges he faces on a daily basis will be discussed being in a lightning and hurricane prone area of the country. Other topics for discussion will be on customer service in the south as well as working with city and county local government.

Tom DeReggi from Rapiddsl.net, a WISP in the Virginia area and returning guest Brett Glass of Lariat.net in Wyoming share their thoughts on USF and Spectrum Policy. We discuss how these two topics are shaping our industry.

Listen in on where Rick Harnish began as an ISP to where he is now as director of WISPA. More information on WISPALOOZA in October too from Rick. Hear about the training opportunities at the Association ' s annual convention.

On todays show we will interview Don Dubois. Don is a member of Toastmasters International and has achieved the highest goal of any Toastmaster, Distinguished Toastmaster. Don will share with us the virtues of Toastmasters, what it is and how this International Organization can help you in areas of Speaking, Listening, and Leading.

Today we will be speaking with Higher-Speed Internet ' s marketing director Robin Foshee. Ms. Foshee shares her insights into what helps Higher-Speed Internet attract and retain customers. The old saying we all hate, " think outside the box " embodies Ms. Foshee.