[WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
Deployed to. The whole thing sounds like a freaking play to the cable cos (imagine that). From my understanding, if you were a very large provider and wanted to maintain market-share and not let a competitor build out in your area with federal funding, you could submit a bid for the competitor's proposed market (and a bit more) for freaking $1 for the entire project. You *would* have to have the whole project bankrolled by your company, and done in something like 18 months I believe... but you would theoretically win the bid (which conveniently, amounts bidded and received are never announced). The bid submission system is 100% automated, from the way they described it. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:10 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ 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] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
Why would you bid $1 , if you wanted to lock the area. You would have build out already? Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Deployed to. The whole thing sounds like a freaking play to the cable cos (imagine that). From my understanding, if you were a very large provider and wanted to maintain market-share and not let a competitor build out in your area with federal funding, you could submit a bid for the competitor's proposed market (and a bit more) for freaking $1 for the entire project. You *would* have to have the whole project bankrolled by your company, and done in something like 18 months I believe... but you would theoretically win the bid (which conveniently, amounts bidded and received are never announced). The bid submission system is 100% automated, from the way they described it. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:10 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ 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 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
It depends. I know of large ISPs with heafty cash reserves set aside for various projects, and it wouldn't be outside of their realm of morality to pull a stunt like that. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:44 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: Why would you bid $1 , if you wanted to lock the area. You would have build out already? Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Deployed to. The whole thing sounds like a freaking play to the cable cos (imagine that). From my understanding, if you were a very large provider and wanted to maintain market-share and not let a competitor build out in your area with federal funding, you could submit a bid for the competitor's proposed market (and a bit more) for freaking $1 for the entire project. You *would* have to have the whole project bankrolled by your company, and done in something like 18 months I believe... but you would theoretically win the bid (which conveniently, amounts bidded and received are never announced). The bid submission system is 100% automated, from the way they described it. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:10 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ 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 ___ 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] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
I can think of one company off the top of my head that would pull a stunt like that here in Alaska. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:50 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question It depends. I know of large ISPs with heafty cash reserves set aside for various projects, and it wouldn't be outside of their realm of morality to pull a stunt like that. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:44 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: Why would you bid $1 , if you wanted to lock the area. You would have build out already? Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Deployed to. The whole thing sounds like a freaking play to the cable cos (imagine that). From my understanding, if you were a very large provider and wanted to maintain market-share and not let a competitor build out in your area with federal funding, you could submit a bid for the competitor's proposed market (and a bit more) for freaking $1 for the entire project. You *would* have to have the whole project bankrolled by your company, and done in something like 18 months I believe... but you would theoretically win the bid (which conveniently, amounts bidded and received are never announced). The bid submission system is 100% automated, from the way they described it. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:10 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question
:) Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:54 PM, Chris Ruschmann wrote: I can think of one company off the top of my head that would pull a stunt like that here in Alaska. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 3:50 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Broadband experiments phase 2 funding question It depends. I know of large ISPs with heafty cash reserves set aside for various projects, and it wouldn't be outside of their realm of morality to pull a stunt like that. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:44 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: Why would you bid $1 , if you wanted to lock the area. You would have build out already? Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Deployed to. The whole thing sounds like a freaking play to the cable cos (imagine that). From my understanding, if you were a very large provider and wanted to maintain market-share and not let a competitor build out in your area with federal funding, you could submit a bid for the competitor's proposed market (and a bit more) for freaking $1 for the entire project. You *would* have to have the whole project bankrolled by your company, and done in something like 18 months I believe... but you would theoretically win the bid (which conveniently, amounts bidded and received are never announced). The bid submission system is 100% automated, from the way they described it. Josh Reynolds, CIO SPITwSPOTS www.spitwspots.com On 07/31/2014 03:10 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: So I have been reading on this topic lately On the financial side the FCC is going to fund for 10 years on monthly installments what? All the locations on a high cost census track that you deployed or the ones that actually subscribe? Sent from my Motorola Startac... ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
