3) We have a contract with the state *requiring* us to build a bunch of
sites this summer. I registered them all a few months early because of
the uncertainty of what would happen after 4/17.
On 5/15/2015 12:09 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I submitted like 5 of them on 4/13, all still pending. We have
installed a few more subs since then, I have not bothered submitting
them since I'm unclear if the FCC even wants us to continue doing that
or will ever process the applications.
As far as the flood of applications in the week before April 17, there
are 2 explanations:
1) Catching up on paperwork for sites that were already installed and
operational. (Because, of course, everyone waits for the application
to be approved before installing the customer.)
2) A land grab to grandfather fictitious sites, many of which won't
even be built out within a year.
I think it was a lot of #1 and a little bit of #2. The FCC thinks it
was all #2. We can't really argue, that would require admitting that
we went ahead and installed the customer without waiting for the FCC
lady to rubber stamp the application. I mean Geez Louise, even the
DMV gives you a temporary license plate so you can drive your new car
home from the dealer.
I think the reason the Empire made the fully operational Death Star
look half finished, was they were still waiting for their FCC license
to be approved.
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 10:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 registration
These were all submitted the week prior to April 17th. I heard there
were a lot of registrations that week.
On 5/15/2015 11:39 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Related question: do they even want us to register sites after April
17?
I read the R&O and I'm still unclear on that. I think Steve Coran's
summary on the WISPA list said something along the lines of operators
MAY continue to register locations after April 17, but they will not
be grandfathered once the SAS comes onboard. Does MAY mean you can if
you want to, but we no longer care? I think they make it pretty
clear that operators can continue adding subscribers to existing
basestations, just not clear if they still need to be registered on
the now legacy NN licenses. And totally unclear (at least to my
feeble brain) if it is legal to deploy new basestations, or for
operators without a nationwide NN license to deploy anything at all.
One interpretation would be that 3650-3700 is now effectively
unlicensed until the SAS comes onboard, at which point equipment
registered by 4/17/15 and operational by 4/17/16 (actually a
geographic area around said equipment) will be grandfathered for X
years to operate without SAS functionality in 3650-3700 but not
3550-3650. Everything else must have SAS functionality and get
frequency assignments dynamically.
Another interpretation would be if you didn't register your equipment
by the deadline, you must now stand down until the SAS are available.
Effectively putting the band in a holding pattern waiting for the SAS.
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 10:19 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] 3.65 registration
I have a bunch of pending 3.65ghz site registrations.
What's the best way to find out what the hold up is?
