Re: [WISPA] WISPA's recent
VERY NICE BRAVO ! If a carpenter could drive a hammer squarely against the head of a nail with the same strength and precision as the points made below to the FCC then there would be no need for pneumatic nail guns and every nail would be deeply set with one swing! You do good work, Jack Unger! Thank you! Scriv On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Matt Jenkins m...@smarterbroadband.netwrote: *applause* On 09/23/2012 11:22 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the FCC to determine and report annually on “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. As part of their reporting obligation, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to gather information in this proceeding and WISPA's FCC Committee decided to use this NOI to restate for the public record some of the significant points that WISPA has made recently in other filings. Our filing emphasized the following points. 1. WISPs provide fixed wireless broadband service to more that 3 million people in the U.S. 2. In large sections of some states (we used Texas and Illinois as examples) WISPs are the only terrestrial broadband providers. 3. In other areas where WISPs do have terrestrial broadband competition, WISP networks are largely unsubsidized and built with private funding. 4. In many areas, WISPs provide broadband service that is comparable in speed, latency and data capacity to wired broadband service. 5. The FCC should act to make more unlicensed spectrum available including in the TV White Spaces, 3.55 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz bands. 6. When setting Connect America Fund (CAF) rules, the FCC should make sure that subsidies do not go to providers who would use those subsidies to compete with WISPs. 7. WISPs (who are unsubsidized) should not have to contribute to CAF funding. 8. WISPs should have access to funding from the Remote Areas Fund (RAF). 9. Carriers who receive CAF support should be required to provide access to their backhaul networks to WISPs who want to supply broadband to nearby unserved areas. 10. The National Broadband Map should be the sole source of information about broadband availability. The FCC should encourage all states to use common data collection and verification techniques so that data in the National Broadband Map is consistently shown from state to state. A copy of WISPA's filing is attached. Respectfully Submitted, Jack Unger Consultant to WISPA's FCC Committee 760-678-5033 -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks Serving the WISP Community since 1993www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] WISPA's recent
Thank you very, very much Scriv. It feels great to be appreciated and complimented however WISPA's work on behalf of our industry would not be possible without a) The work, the understanding and the support of the WISPA Board and of WISPA President Elizabeth Bowles. b) The suggestions from and the work of the Members of WISPA's FCC Committee. c) The outstanding legal mind and work of Steve Coran of Rini Coran. d) The financial and the moral support that we receive from WISPA Members that makes our work possible. Together, we will continue to grow our industry and the services that we deliver to our friends, our neighbors and other members of the public who need and rely on us. jack On 10/2/2012 11:24 PM, John Scrivner wrote: VERY NICE BRAVO ! If a carpenter could drive a hammer squarely against the head of a nail with the same strength and precision as the points made below to the FCC then there would be no need forpneumaticnail guns and every nail would be deeply set with one swing! You do good work, Jack Unger! Thank you! Scriv On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Matt Jenkins m...@smarterbroadband.net wrote: *applause* On 09/23/2012 11:22 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the FCC to determine and report annually on whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. As part of their reporting obligation, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to gather information in this proceeding and WISPA's FCC Committee decided to use this NOI to restate for the public record some of the significant points that WISPA has made recently in other filings. Our filing emphasized the following points. 1. WISPs provide fixed wireless broadband service to more that 3 million people in the U.S. 2. In large sections of some states (we used Texas and Illinois as examples) WISPs are the only terrestrial broadband providers. 3. In other areas where WISPs do have terrestrial broadband competition, WISP networks are largely unsubsidized and built with private funding. 4. In many areas, WISPs provide broadband service that is comparable in speed, latency and data capacity to wired broadband service. 5. The FCC should act to make more unlicensed spectrum available including in the TV White Spaces, 3.55 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz bands. 6. When setting Connect America Fund (CAF) rules, the FCC should make sure that subsidies do not go to providers who would use those subsidies to compete with WISPs. 7. WISPs (who are unsubsidized) should not have to contribute to CAF funding. 8. WISPs should have access to funding from the Remote Areas Fund (RAF). 9. Carriers who receive CAF support should be required to provide access to their backhaul networks to WISPs who want to supply broadband to nearby unserved areas. 10. The National Broadband Map should be the sole source of information about broadband availability. The FCC should encourage all states to use common data collection and verification techniques so that data in the National Broadband Map is consistently shown from state to state. A copy of WISPA's filing is attached. Respectfully Submitted, Jack Unger Consultant to WISPA's FCC Committee 760-678-5033
Re: [WISPA] WISPA's recent
*applause* On 09/23/2012 11:22 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the FCC to determine and report annually on whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. As part of their reporting obligation, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to gather information in this proceeding and WISPA's FCC Committee decided to use this NOI to restate for the public record some of the significant points that WISPA has made recently in other filings. Our filing emphasized the following points. 1. WISPs provide fixed wireless broadband service to more that 3 million people in the U.S. 2. In large sections of some states (we used Texas and Illinois as examples) WISPs are the only terrestrial broadband providers. 3. In other areas where WISPs do have terrestrial broadband competition, WISP networks are largely unsubsidized and built with private funding. 4. In many areas, WISPs provide broadband service that is comparable in speed, latency and data capacity to wired broadband service. 5. The FCC should act to make more unlicensed spectrum available including in the TV White Spaces, 3.55 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz bands. 6. When setting Connect America Fund (CAF) rules, the FCC should make sure that subsidies do not go to providers who would use those subsidies to compete with WISPs. 7. WISPs (who are unsubsidized) should not have to contribute to CAF funding. 8. WISPs should have access to funding from the Remote Areas Fund (RAF). 9. Carriers who receive CAF support should be required to provide access to their backhaul networks to WISPs who want to supply broadband to nearby unserved areas. 10. The National Broadband Map should be the sole source of information about broadband availability. The FCC should encourage all states to use common data collection and verification techniques so that data in the National Broadband Map is consistently shown from state to state. A copy of WISPA's filing is attached. Respectfully Submitted, Jack Unger Consultant to WISPA's FCC Committee 760-678-5033 -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] WISPA's recent
That subject line should say "WISPA's Recent FCC Filing" On 9/23/2012 11:22 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended (1996 Act), requires the FCC to determine and report annually on whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. As part of their reporting obligation, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to gather information in this proceeding and WISPA's FCC Committee decided to use this NOI to restate for the public record some of the significant points that WISPA has made recently in other filings. Our filing emphasized the following points. 1. WISPs provide fixed wireless broadband service to more that 3 million people in the U.S. 2. In large sections of some states (we used Texas and Illinois as examples) WISPs are the only terrestrial broadband providers. 3. In other areas where WISPs do have terrestrial broadband competition, WISP networks are largely unsubsidized and built with private funding. 4. In many areas, WISPs provide broadband service that is comparable in speed, latency and data capacity to wired broadband service. 5. The FCC should act to make more unlicensed spectrum available including in the TV White Spaces, 3.55 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz bands. 6. When setting Connect America Fund (CAF) rules, the FCC should make sure that subsidies do not go to providers who would use those subsidies to compete with WISPs. 7. WISPs (who are unsubsidized) should not have to contribute to CAF funding. 8. WISPs should have access to funding from the Remote Areas Fund (RAF). 9. Carriers who receive CAF support should be required to provide access to their backhaul networks to WISPs who want to supply broadband to nearby unserved areas. 10. The National Broadband Map should be the sole source of information about broadband availability. The FCC should encourage all states to use common data collection and verification techniques so that data in the National Broadband Map is consistently shown from state to state. A copy of WISPA's filing is attached. Respectfully Submitted, Jack Unger Consultant to WISPA's FCC Committee 760-678-5033 -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" Serving the WISP Community since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
