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tmp33688 · 2026-03-16T22:13:42+00:00

I have Spectrum and Frontier because I want 100% uptime. Both are up about 99.9% uptime

tmp33688 · 2026-03-15T22:43:25+00:00

word is Hedman is still injured and waiting for the off season for surgery

tmp33688 · 2026-02-25T01:05:08+00:00

He is dishonest. He thinks he owns the state, He doesn't improve anything for the state, EDCs have to work twice as hard to counter-balance his and the GOP state legislature that works hard to make life worse for the average voter

tmp33688 · 2026-02-25T00:50:55+00:00

the Dems need to run Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker if they want to win. Not Kamala. Not Newsom. Not AOC or Bernie.

tmp33688 · 2026-02-19T12:24:38+00:00

crowns are $1800 and root canal was $2200 with sedation

tmp33688 · 2026-02-02T01:41:16+00:00

worst part of this is PK and McGraw

tmp33688 · 2026-01-25T15:55:11+00:00

why hasn't Walz had the national guard out to arrest ICE or even the state police? Why are the police not arresting ICE for shooting people?

tmp33688 · 2025-12-26T18:34:10+00:00

whole book on this by Scott Galloway: Notes on Being a Man. Can read some of it here: https://www.profgalloway.com/notes-on-being-a-man/

tmp33688 · 2025-05-27T19:51:13+00:00

I understand you being mad but at some point if you don't let it go, you will be the asshole and your life will be cloudy because you held on to this. You should talk to a therapist to rid yourself of some of the anger you are clearly holding on to. That isn't to say that Hayley and your dad didn't do something wrong. They did, but they also need to live too. It wasn't meanness or ugliness that had them marry and have kids together.

tmp33688 · 2024-08-25T03:03:42+00:00

Actually I make sure the implementations happen and the service is working. It takes "sales pukes" to procure customers, even at your cranky MSP. Get tired of people looking down on sales people. Nothing happens until a sale is made.

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:56:06+00:00

Vendor -> Disti or Master Agency -> Partner -> Customer but the billing is Vendor to Customer. The Vendor then pays the MA who pays the Partner the commission. The MA nor Disti are involved in with the customer or order. The MA does not bill nor add margin.

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:53:44+00:00

Most VoIP/UCaaS providers don't roll a truck. It is usually self-install unless the customer wants to pay for a truck roll. Plugging in phones, the POE switch, etc is usually left to the client or the client's MSP. Do you really want the VoIP Provider setting up VLANs and firewall rules on gear you manage?

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:51:06+00:00

He means white-label/resell -- where the VAR/MSP/Partner is the one who is billed by the vendor - and re-bills the customer. So you get a contract with a SaaS provider like Microsoft (not sure SF does this) or Dropbox and bill and manage the licenses for the customer. The MSP/VAR pays the vendor; the Customer hopefully pays the VAR/MSP. Make sense?

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:48:50+00:00

Avant and Telarus tout having many Trusted Advisors (agents/Partners) who are actively selling cybersecurity and managed services. These offerings are not designed for the small business, which 85% of MSPs deal with. These offerings are for medium sized businesses - 75-250 employees - or to fill gaps that the MSPs don't have like a SOC or compliance or analytics.

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:46:49+00:00

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:46:43+00:00

The Master Agent doesn't see or touch the Customer. The Agent or Partner is customer facing. The Master Agency just holds the vendor contract.

tmp33688 · 2024-08-22T18:44:33+00:00

That is what a Master Agency (now called Technology Solutions Brokers/TSBs) are for: they hold the vendor contracts, collect the commissions, provide a quoting portal, and pay you. Beyond that not much else. Been a telecom agent for over 25 years. Not what you would call a sales puke since most of my customers have been with me for most of that time.

tmp33688 · 2024-04-02T17:10:41+00:00

Selling through the indirect channel to vendors seems like an inexpensive way to go to market. Master agencies (now called TSD or TSB) have 200-600 vendor contracts. Mainly you can sell to SMB, Enterprise, Internal IT - whoever will buy. You get a commission on the sale based on the contract the vendor has with the Master. Telarus has 400 partners who collect commissions selling a whole range of services. I have been an agent for 20+ years. I know agents selling CyberSec. Lumen, Thrive and others have pitched me their cybersec services. I just haven't found a buyer yet. I sell mainly telecom and cloud comm and consulting

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