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or Kris Tomey 's Info:- > Law Office > 1725 I Street, NW, Suite 300 > Washington, DC 20006 > > Phone: 202.250.3413 > Fax: 202.517.9175 > k...@lokt.net > > LoKT Consulting > 1425 Leimert Blvd., Suite 404 > Oakland, CA 94602 > > Phone: 510.285.8010 > Fax: 510.868.8418 > k...@lokt.net > or Stephen E. Coran Lerman Senter, PLLC 2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20006-1809 (202) 416-6744 - office (202) 669-3288 -mobile sco...@lermansenter.com Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Finnesey" <r...@finnesey.com> > To: "Eric Flanery (eric)" <e...@flanery.us> > Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 12:31:56 PM > Subject: RE: ISP License in the USA? > Would you mind sharing some of the telecommunications focused law firms? I am > about to start a company that is going back into the CLEC/ISP/VoIP Business > and > I am going to have to establish relationships with a few law firms. > > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Eric Flanery (eric) > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:55 PM > Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA? > > There is no such thing as an 'ISP license' in the US. I have a hard time > imagining Texas of all places would have such a requirement. > > Depending on what exactly you are doing, there are various and highly varied > requirements, such as acquiring a SPIN number for E-Rate, filing FCC > 477 if you do broadband, FCC 499 if you do VoIP (CLEC and ETC also apply > there), > a FRN if you do pretty much anything FCC-related, various sorts of licenses > for > most radio/microwave systems (excepting part 15 stuff), CALEA, open internet, > etc... > > COALS _could_ apply _if_ you are running a cable TV system that also delivers > data services, but it isn't an 'ISP thing'. > > More to the point... > > I wouldn't take US legal advice from any consultant not familiar with US law, > or > really any non-lawyer consultant at all. I wouldn't take it from NANOG either; > while it's a tremendous technical resource, it is not your attorney. > > There are a number of telecommunications focused law firms out there, with > knowledgeable lawyers. It would be a good idea to establish a relationship > with > one, if you intend to enter the increasingly complex legal minefield of being > an ISP. > > --Eric > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Dan White <dwh...@olp.net> wrote: > >> Not familiar with the process, but look at E-rate if you want to >> provide service to schools, libraries and health providers. >> >> >> On 05/31/16 13:14 -0500, Lorell Hathcock wrote: >> >>> NANOG: >>> >>> Our owner has hired a consultant who insists that we should have an >>> ISP license to operate in the United States. (Like they have in >>> other countries like Germany and in Africa where he has extensive >>> personal experience.) >>> >>> I am asking him to tell me which license we should have because I >>> don't know of a license that we are required to have to route IP >>> traffic to end customers. >>> >>> I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a >>> requirement to pass traffic. >>> >>> He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal >>> license for a small operator to pass IP traffic from the internet to >>> end users (commercial and/or residential). >>> >>> I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem >>> to kick in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a >>> license. >>> >> >> -- >> Dan White >> BTC Broadband