Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] [IMPORTANCE LEVEL: HIGH] TV Whitespaces Support Letter Template

[Jack Unger]

Correction (Wednesday is not the 16th - oops). Your comments must be filed before 5 PM ET on Thursday, Sept. 16. Please file soon. Thank-you,                       jack On 9/11/2010 11:00 AM, Jack Unger wrote: Comments must be on file by the end of the day Wednesday, Sept. 16. On 9/11/2010 9:22 AM, Victoria Proffer wrote: This is great, thanks WISPA!   What is the due date on this?   Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com 314-974-5600   From: members-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:members-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:55 AM To: memb...@wispa.org; 'WISPA General List'; motor...@afmug.com Subject: [WISPA Members] [IMPORTANCE LEVEL: HIGH] TV Whitespaces Support Letter Template Importance: High   All WISPs,   This week, WISPA filed comments on the TV Whitespaces once again.  The FCC is set to make decisions on this crucial topic very soon.  It is imperative for all operators to take a few minutes and file individual comments to the FCC about Unlicensed use of the TV Whitespaces spectrum this week.  Please don’t procrastinate as the timeline is fairly short.   I have attached a template support letter that Jack Unger has written to make your support and comment filing easier.  Jack, Steve Coran and the FCC committee has worked hard for several years and especially in our recent filing.  We need to support their hard work efforts and produce a mass support campaign to give the WISPA filing even more credibility.  WISPs need more spectrum and we need spectrum that will penetrate foliage and other obstacles.  This is our opportunity and essentially our obligation to stand up for our needs before this crucial decision is made.  The WISPA filing can be read at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7020911589.    Please customize the attached template letter with your company information and if you want to add additional “local” flavor, it is accepted.  The FCC staff will read each letter and register the support for the WISPA filing to assist them in making this tough decision.  We have received excellent comments back from the FCC, other trade associations and manufacturers about this filing and now our membership and industry participants need to stand up and be counted as well.   Once you have customized the letter, please make a .pdf copy or a .doc file and upload it at the following website.  http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=rhroc.  If you choose not to use the WISPA template letter but want to write your own comments, you can either follow the previous procedure or use the Express filing method at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=nc5cd.  The proceeding number is 04-186.   I cannot stress how important this is for each WISP company to do.  I hope to search the filings Monday morning and find 1000 or more new comments supporting the WISPA filing.  Take a the time this weekend and “git r dun” before your busy work schedule begins again Monday morning.   Respectfully,   Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. rharn...@wispa.org   No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3126 - Release Date: 09/10/10 02:08:00 _______________________________________________ WISPA Membership Mailing List ----------------------------------------------- -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Next Wireless 101 Training - San Jose - September 23 <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/pd-wireless-101-training-on-september-23---24.cfm> Serving the Broadband Wireless, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com _______________________________________________ WISPA Membership Mailing List ----------------------------------------------- -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Next Wireless 101 Training - San Jose - September 23 <http://www.moonblinkwifi.com/pd-wireless-101-training-on-september-23---24.cfm> Serving the Broadband Wireless, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com

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