Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
I called Cantwell's office and talked to Michael Baum. He's her staff guy on the telecom issues. I was told that the TV white spaces issue is off the table and won't be messed with (that's a good thing for us). There's an amendment to auction the white spaces instead, that won't pass. The bill is due to go in for markup next week. Probably Tuesday. My take on it is that this is the time that the bill as written will come out of committee But others would know what that means better than I would. I'm not sure that the overall bill will be good for us, it's 150+ pages long I've not read it though. I'm supposed to get a copy shortly if anyone wants me to forward it. We also talked about USF reform. That one will likely end up bad, very bad for us. Basically they aren't going to make any significant changes. They are going to infuse it with a ton of cash AND make it harder for new players to get any of it. So we'll not likely get any funding, we'll not as likely have any competitive data line choices that aren't already there and the rural telco will get something like $500,000,000 in new funds. Goody. Hey, what do you guys expect? No one did jack squat on that issue. I hope you are all happy with yourselves. sigh Having said that, I'm not sure that there's much we can do to stop it. We should still try but, reading between the lines, it seemed clear that the telcos have a LOT of money to toss at campaigns and as long as they keep taking care of the legislators those guys will keep the money flowing to them. I'm not at all sure how to go about it, seems to me though, that the only way we'll ever get the program stopped would be to get the public pissed off and writing letters etc. Again, it wasn't stated but the message was clear. There's too much in money going back to the rural legislators for them to even think of anything that might hurt the rural telcos. I don't have Frannie's email addy on my laptop. Can someone send this to her? laters, marlon - Original Message - From: John Scrivner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white spaces. Do it now! They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you. Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can tactfully express that when asked where you are from. If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-) Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202
Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white spaces. Do it now! They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you. Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can tactfully express that when asked where you are from. If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-) Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753 John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244 George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024 John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121 David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623 Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742 Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551 Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274 Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224 Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551 Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
Just finished my calls! Thanks for pushing us! Rick Herrmann Zing Internet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white spaces. Do it now! They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you. Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can tactfully express that when asked where you are from. If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-) Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753 John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244 George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024 John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121 David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623 Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742 Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551 Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274 Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224 Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551 Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
I have been making calls all afternoon. If you are a WISP and want a future, you need to jump on board and help. Regards, David Weddell Director of Sales 260 827 2551 Office 260 273 7547 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.onlyinternet.net www.oibw.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Herrmann Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 5:38 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces Just finished my calls! Thanks for pushing us! Rick Herrmann Zing Internet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white spaces. Do it now! They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you. Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can tactfully express that when asked where you are from. If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-) Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753 John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244 George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024 John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121 David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623 Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742 Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551 Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274 Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224 Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551 Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
Here is the original post along with the list to call on (and a few more thoughts from me). If they ask if you called your Illinois Senators then you should probably tell them that Illinois does not have any Senators on the Commerce Committee last you checked. Then maybe they will understand why we are calling Senators from other states. Last I checked the legislation created by those lucky few Senators in the Commerce Committee were supposed to represent the interests of the nation over their own constituencies. But I digress. The fact is you are one of as many as 5000 WISPs in the US who are at the forefront of broadband delivery to the underserved and rural areas where nobody else serves. We need good spectrum to serve the 60% of potential customers we cannot with the lower power, higher frequency spectrum we have now. TV Whitespaces are critical to the future of broadband deployment in this country. It is the most important thing our Congress can do to help speed access to low cost broadband nationwide today. Make sure you tell them this at a minimum...You support the Wireless Innovation Act (or WIN Act) of 2006 portion of the Telecom Bill and you DO NOT support the DeMint Amendment which would force all TV Whitespaces to be auctioned. Thanks, Scriv Chadd Thompson wrote: Scriv, Any chance that list is still floating around that could be reposted? Or just let me know who to get a hold of in our wonderful state of IL. Thanks, Chadd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
Nope - I called and sent emails too to David Vitter (La.) who is actually on that board. Thanks for the reminder and the swoft kick in the pants. You know you have to steer us and every once in a while pop the whip! Keep up the good work as this spectrum is VITAL to Oak and Pine infested Louisianans Mac Dearman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a horse to water... Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white spaces. Do it now! They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you. Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can tactfully express that when asked where you are from. If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-) Scriv John Scrivner wrote: Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753 John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244 George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024 John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121 David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623 Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742 Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551 Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274 Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224 Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551 Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Critical Time for White Spaces
Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators. Scriv Hi John and Marlon, We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction this spectrum - a very bad amendment. So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask them to: a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006' and b) oppose the DeMint Auction The White Spaces Amendment Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help! Thank you, Frannie Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004 John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235 Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644 Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253 Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922 Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344 Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753 John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244 George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024 John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841 Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121 David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623 Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934 John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472 John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742 Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551 Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553 Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274 Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441 Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224 Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551 Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353 begin:vcard fn:John Scrivner n:Scrivner;John org:Mt. Vernon. Net, Inc. adr;dom:PO Box 1582;;1 Dr Park Road Suite H1;Mt. Vernon;Il;62864 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:President tel;work:618-244-6868 url:http://www.mvn.net/ version:2.1 end:vcard -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
