One day left to recruit support from your customers. Please send them to:
http://www.wispa.org/save-rural-broadband-and-unlicensed-wireless-call-to-action Use email, Facebook, LinkedIn or other tool to get the word out! There are 2250 supporters of our Petition. The company with the most supporters wins a free WISPAPALOOZA conference pass. Save Rural Broadband and Unlicensed Wireless - CALL TO ACTION Government Regulation Continues to Eliminate Small Businesses. It has to STOP! In March, the FCC changed the rules for a portion of the 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum band. This particular band has been a "workhorse" for WISPs, School Systems, County Governments, Grain, Aggregate, Gas and Oil, and many other Industries to deliver data, Voice over IP, and Broadband Internet across the entire nation, particularly in rural areas where broadband choices are slim to none. The rule change will dramatically impact existing and future investments that have been made. It will mean many consumers and businesses in rural areas will either lose their current Internet Provider, service will be degradated, or service will become more expensive. For those who are more technical, the FCC has applied FCC 47CFR Section 15.407 rules to the 5.725 GHz - 5.85 GHz band. This band was previously governed by the less stringent FCC 47CFR Section 15.247 rules. This will cause either: Operators will need to reduce transmit power or antenna gain, which drastically reduces link distance (estimated to be 65% loss). Therefore, link distances today of 10 miles, will be reduced to 3.5 miles. Manufacturers will need to install expensive filtering in all radios. Manufacturers have estimated this will cost an additional $300 per radio and will reduce available spectrum by 80 MHz. This is approximately a 65% loss of spectrum in order to reduce out of band emissions with the filters. The loss of spectrum will mean customer broadband speeds will be reduced! This ruling makes literally no sense, when the nation is pushing for higher broadband speeds and ubiquitous broadband coverage across the entire US. If you wish to support WISPA's Petition for Reconsideration, fill out the form below and your name will be added to a letter supporting the Petition to the FCC. If you would rather file your own comments in letter form, which we encourage, go to http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=mrq4c and enter 13-49 for Proceeding Number. You can upload your letter in this process. Express Comments can be made at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=pazwp. This is for short simple text comments. Enter Proceeding 13-49. I pledge my of support WISPA's Petition for Reconsideration in FCC Proceeding 13-49 Respectively, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 866-317-2851 Ext. 101 [email protected] Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
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