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Re:Philly Wisper by PhillyWisper on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:51AM (#20147252)
Wow! Never expected we would end up on HN.

Happy to answer any questions.

Mark

ps: Some press and a review.

https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/04/29/wisper-internet-se...

https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2016/05/what-its-like-to-have...

Re:Philly Wisper by skyfaller on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:38AM (#20147699)
Any plans on supporting IPv6? I was disappointed to find that I couldn't reach IPv6 IP addresses when I visited Indy Hall.
Re:Philly Wisper by elliekelly on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:15AM (#20147453)
Has Comcast given you any trouble yet? Like their lobbyist suddenly taking an interest in housing code that permits antennas or anything of that sort?
Re:Philly Wisper by JimiofEden on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:54AM (#20147276)
Any plans to service the areas outside of Philly? (I moved out 3-4 years ago, but am starting to miss it quite a bit.)

Either way, by even introducing competition like this, you're doing something fantastic. Kudos!

Re:Philly Wisper by PhillyWisper on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:02AM (#20147344)
Thanks!

We're focused on covering much more of Philadelphia before we start looking to expand elsewhere.

Re:Philly Wisper by socialist_coder on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:46PM (#20148990)
What wireless hardware are you using? 60 ghz?
Re:Philly Wisper by EliRivers on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:20AM (#20147514)
Do you have any concerns about the incumbents trying to cut you out of the market? Perhaps by lobbying to get your business shut out, or perhaps through some kind of smear campaign? Or something else - I wouldn't put anything past some of these existing suppliers. Do you see any action on their part against you?
Re:Philly Wisper by PhillyWisper on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:28AM (#20147594)
No. We're too little to be a financial concern to them. Also, anything they might do would be a bad PR move for them. Then again, I'm sure we'd get more business from the Streisand effect. :-)
Re:Philly Wisper by stuart78 on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:43PM (#20150057)
Can residential customers buy the business plan to get the higher bandwidth?
Re:Philly Wisper by peterwwillis on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:12PM (#20149777)
Can you point some cantennas down into Love Park / City Hall with an open AP? Free internet in a public place can be good advertising
Re:Philly Wisper by sman393 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:23AM (#20155655)
This is a great idea
Re:Philly Wisper by Wheaties466 on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:10PM (#20150319)
What frequencies do you use to serve the last mile? (not a potential customer) Do you see degraded performance during heavy rain?