Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
Most people around here understand this issue. They are putting service ahead of that last couple of bucks. We added a net of almost 100 subs last year (much better than I thought it would be due to the installation pace mid year). This year, in the midst of a ression I've put on 26 already! We're ahead of last years numbers, by a high %. We can more easily cut costs than the big guys can. We don't have unions to deal with, we usually don't have large houses, planes, vehicle fleets etc. etc. etc. This will be a good thing for us at the end of the day. marlon - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA And THAT's what give capitalism a bad name. So, with the C-word becoming a bad thing, the socialist will get their way - for now at least. What can a WISP do in such an environment? -RickG On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Patrick Leary ple...@apertonet.comwrote: Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation. You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and limited big company experience of these people just continues the culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. Patrick Leary -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
That's awesome Marlon. We too are seeing a spike this year. 36 last month, Over 30 so far this month. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.comwrote: Most people around here understand this issue. They are putting service ahead of that last couple of bucks. We added a net of almost 100 subs last year (much better than I thought it would be due to the installation pace mid year). This year, in the midst of a ression I've put on 26 already! We're ahead of last years numbers, by a high %. We can more easily cut costs than the big guys can. We don't have unions to deal with, we usually don't have large houses, planes, vehicle fleets etc. etc. etc. This will be a good thing for us at the end of the day. marlon - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA And THAT's what give capitalism a bad name. So, with the C-word becoming a bad thing, the socialist will get their way - for now at least. What can a WISP do in such an environment? -RickG On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Patrick Leary ple...@apertonet.comwrote: Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation. You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and limited big company experience of these people just continues the culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. Patrick Leary -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
I think a better solution Forbes is to require that 75% of the funds be used only for companies that do less than $10m per year in revenue. And those that have filed their form 477s at least once in the last 2 years. That insures that the big, crooked companies don't get most of the money. It also insures that the companies that do get it are real companies serving real customer bases. marlon - Original Message - From: Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.com To: ccoo...@intelliwave.com; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Here is the letter I am sending to my congressional delegation and the Commerce Department: 18 February 2009 RE: Broadband Stimulus Package This stimulus package is becoming the proverbial 'pack of feeding wolves' led by huge corporate lobbyists. The loudest of this 'hands out' group are the worst run companies. I just read that President Obama is appointing Sprint-Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that could potentially be given to Sprint among other large urban providers. If we weren't fearful of the actual providers of rural broadband getting any of the grants before we are now. Sprint and Clearwire are two of the worst companies at deficit spending in our industry, with the worst results. Why is the President putting people with vested interests and the worst spending resume in this influential position? Didn't he campaign on not putting lobbyists and special interests in positions of power? We don't need industry insiders; we need someone who has the ability to tell right from wrong without bias. So far the Broadband funds are slated mostly for ATT who in 100 years hasn't expanded to rural areas while being heavily funded by the Universal Service Fund and many other forms of government assistance. On the other hand, with zero government aid, my company has covered many areas of our county with High Speed Internet using our own funds as a Wireless ISP. The big Telco's will use this money only in high density areas, temporarily undercut pricing with more deficit spending to kill competition, and ultimately no rural expansion all with our tax money, same old tune. I had really hoped the stimulus package was a legitimate opportunity for rural Broadband expansion, and yes, I had hoped for some of those funds, as we are the only Internet Company interested in the low density areas of Yakima County. Now it looks like just another pork repayment to donors. Will we ever be able to count on government to be trusted to deliver what they promise, certainly not from the actions we are witnessing with this overt appointment of a competitor? If you need a solution instead of a complaint here it is, the USDA Rural Grant program has been successful, well guarded against fraud, and distributed to true providers. Take the funds from NTIA and give it to USDA, then we are all on a fair competitive basis for grants. NTIA is a consortium of urban providers; doesn't that conflict with the rural Broadband expansion goal of this legislation? Thank you, Forbes Mercy, 3201 W. Nob Hill Blvd. Yakima, WA 98902-4960 President - Washington Broadband, Inc. forbes.me...@wabroadband.com www.wabroadband.com Ofc 509-853-0858 Cell 509-307- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of chris cooper Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:21 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA I think that everyone that has a rep on the telecom subcommittee of Commerce committee should contact them to voice concern. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:16 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA I was going to suggest that clear wire would be the biggest winner in this stimulus package. But I didn't want to throw a wet towel at anyone. We still have to take a shot at it and get something. John Scrivner wrote: Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
February's always been dead here. My sales in Februrary have generally been nil. Not this year. I've several for the month. insert witty tagline here - Original Message - From: John McDowell j...@boonlink.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA That's awesome Marlon. We too are seeing a spike this year. 36 last month, Over 30 so far this month. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Marlon K. Schafer o...@odessaoffice.comwrote: Most people around here understand this issue. They are putting service ahead of that last couple of bucks. We added a net of almost 100 subs last year (much better than I thought it would be due to the installation pace mid year). This year, in the midst of a ression I've put on 26 already! We're ahead of last years numbers, by a high %. We can more easily cut costs than the big guys can. We don't have unions to deal with, we usually don't have large houses, planes, vehicle fleets etc. etc. etc. This will be a good thing for us at the end of the day. marlon - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA And THAT's what give capitalism a bad name. So, with the C-word becoming a bad thing, the socialist will get their way - for now at least. What can a WISP do in such an environment? -RickG On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Patrick Leary ple...@apertonet.comwrote: Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation. You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and limited big company experience of these people just continues the culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. Patrick Leary -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org
[WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
Sprint/Nextel lost like 6 million subscribers over the past 2 years. Yeah... Someone from that company would have been my first choice too. Couldn't they find any old Winstar or Geotek execs? Amazing -B- Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: John Scrivner j...@scrivner.com Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:14:59 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
I was going to suggest that clear wire would be the biggest winner in this stimulus package. But I didn't want to throw a wet towel at anyone. We still have to take a shot at it and get something. John Scrivner wrote: Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
This could actually be advantageous for us. By watching NTIA's every move and publicizing any favoritism, we could come out with a large share of the funds that we may have ended up with if we didn't have an possible conflict of interest issue to be highlighting. John Scrivner wrote: Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Cisco Press Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs WISPs - Do you know where your customers are? For wireless coverage mapping see http://www.ask-wi.com/mapping FCC Lic. #PG-12-25133 LinkedIn Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger Phone 818-227-4220 Email jun...@ask-wi.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
I think that everyone that has a rep on the telecom subcommittee of Commerce committee should contact them to voice concern. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:16 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA I was going to suggest that clear wire would be the biggest winner in this stimulus package. But I didn't want to throw a wet towel at anyone. We still have to take a shot at it and get something. John Scrivner wrote: Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
Groan. Sigh. The following comment reflects a personal view... Would have been nice if they could have tapped someone from a respected think tank like Pew or non-profit like the New America Foundation. You'd think by now people would getting tired of bringing in big company board room honchos to run these sorts of things. The temptation and limited big company experience of these people just continues the culture of influence peddling and mutual aggrandizing among their well-heeled and boot-licking peers. After so many repeated stories of abuse and fraud, all I can think of when I see this sort of appointment of a major corporate figure is the image of cigar chomping, back-slapping, bonus-happy banker-type culture. Patrick Leary -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA
Here is the letter I am sending to my congressional delegation and the Commerce Department: 18 February 2009 RE: Broadband Stimulus Package This stimulus package is becoming the proverbial 'pack of feeding wolves' led by huge corporate lobbyists. The loudest of this 'hands out' group are the worst run companies. I just read that President Obama is appointing Sprint-Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that could potentially be given to Sprint among other large urban providers. If we weren't fearful of the actual providers of rural broadband getting any of the grants before we are now. Sprint and Clearwire are two of the worst companies at deficit spending in our industry, with the worst results. Why is the President putting people with vested interests and the worst spending resume in this influential position? Didn't he campaign on not putting lobbyists and special interests in positions of power? We don't need industry insiders; we need someone who has the ability to tell right from wrong without bias. So far the Broadband funds are slated mostly for ATT who in 100 years hasn't expanded to rural areas while being heavily funded by the Universal Service Fund and many other forms of government assistance. On the other hand, with zero government aid, my company has covered many areas of our county with High Speed Internet using our own funds as a Wireless ISP. The big Telco's will use this money only in high density areas, temporarily undercut pricing with more deficit spending to kill competition, and ultimately no rural expansion all with our tax money, same old tune. I had really hoped the stimulus package was a legitimate opportunity for rural Broadband expansion, and yes, I had hoped for some of those funds, as we are the only Internet Company interested in the low density areas of Yakima County. Now it looks like just another pork repayment to donors. Will we ever be able to count on government to be trusted to deliver what they promise, certainly not from the actions we are witnessing with this overt appointment of a competitor? If you need a solution instead of a complaint here it is, the USDA Rural Grant program has been successful, well guarded against fraud, and distributed to true providers. Take the funds from NTIA and give it to USDA, then we are all on a fair competitive basis for grants. NTIA is a consortium of urban providers; doesn't that conflict with the rural Broadband expansion goal of this legislation? Thank you, Forbes Mercy, 3201 W. Nob Hill Blvd. Yakima, WA 98902-4960 President - Washington Broadband, Inc. forbes.me...@wabroadband.com www.wabroadband.com Ofc 509-853-0858 Cell 509-307- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of chris cooper Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:21 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA I think that everyone that has a rep on the telecom subcommittee of Commerce committee should contact them to voice concern. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:16 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Sarcasm Alert] Yippee! Sprint owns the NTIA I was going to suggest that clear wire would be the biggest winner in this stimulus package. But I didn't want to throw a wet towel at anyone. We still have to take a shot at it and get something. John Scrivner wrote: Does anyone know the stock symbol for the company that makes KY Jelly? I think that is where I will be moving my portfolio to. I'll just go ahead now and predict that Sprint / Clearwire end up with a minimum of $3B, likely more. TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Former Sprint exec tapped as NTIA deputy director The Obama administration has named a former Sprint Nextel executive, Anna Gomez, to serve as deputy director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which will handle as much as $6.65 billion in new stimulus wireless and broadband grants that will be available to Sprint and its competitors. Gomez, former vice president of government affairs with Sprint, is currently acting director of NTIA, which influences the president's telecom policy within the Commerce Department. NTIA spokesman Bart Forbes said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that Gomez understands that the public has every right to be concerned about her role in a potential broadband grant program, because of her history with Sprint. She is discussing this with the ethics office and will look to remove herself from the decision-making process for grant applications where appropriate, he said
