>From Sascha Meinrath at the CUWiN project. Please
join NYCwireless in supporting mesh networking and
community wireless by taking five minutes to write to
the FCC. See details below.
-Laura
Hi Everyone,
I've posted information on this (and 4 easy steps for
what each of us
can
do) at: www.saschameinrath.com
It will (literally) take you 5 minutes to help change
national
telecommunications policy. We have 48 hours to get as
many people to
respond as possible. Help spread the word.
--Sascha
P.S. Here's the skinny (alas in html) for those who
like their info in
one place:
Last week I got the word from DC that FCC is about to
rule on the prime
spectrum located between the frequencies of 3650 and
3700MHz. In a
nutshell, the ruling may decide to open this frequency
up for
unlicensed
use, <i>or</i> the FCC may decide to allow high-power,
a type of
licensed
usage of these frequencies.
We've got until March 2, 2005 to send our comments to
the FCC.
Luckily, I
have the e-mail addresses of the counsels to the FCC
commissioners who
will be deciding this issue and who need to hear the
grassroots'
perspectives on things. This is a chance for you to
<i>directly</i>
impact national telecommunications policy --
supporting mesh networking
and community wireless development -- all in one fell
swoop. And it'll
take you less than five minutes; <b>here's all you
need to do in 4 easy
steps</b>:
1. Draft up an e-mail to the following five folks:
<ul>
<li>Paul Margie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<li>Barry Ohlson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<li>Sheryl Wilkerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<li>Jennifer Manner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<li>Sam Feder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<li>Harold Feld [EMAIL PROTECTED]
</ul>
2. Ask the FCC (and these folks in particular) to:
<ul>
A. Support and facilitate mesh networking;
B. Not obstruct or jeapardize, in any way, the
primary function in
this band
of low-power transmissions at the community level;
C. Not establish a first-in-time, first-in-right
site licensing
regime for
high-power in a so-called "unlicensed" frequency
(which would set a
horrendous
precedent for the future of unlicensed).
</ul>
3. Go to the <a
href="http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi";
target="blank">FCC's Comment Upload Page</a> and file
your comment (the
proceeding number is 04-151).
4. Pass along this information -- we've got 48 hours
to rally the
troops.
<b>Want to read more background?</b> No problem --
just point your
browser
to: http://www.wetmachine.com/index.php/item/227 for
more information
on
the proceeding and why is so vitally important for
those of us who
support
wireless networking.
--
Sascha Meinrath
President * Project Coordinator *
Policy Analyst
Acorn Worker Collective *** CU Wireless Network ***
Free Press
www.acorncollective.com * www.cuwireless.net *
www.freepress.net
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