[WISPA] We got the FCC's attention...Now it is time to tell Congress what you think...RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!! Instructions included in every detail
This is a new request! This is not the same one as last time! PLEASE READ THIS RIGHT NOW **If you are on other lists regarding unlicensed broadband then please forward this message to every list you know of so we get 100% of this industry to do this PLEASE!** I recently sent you an e-mail asking you to submit comments to the FCC on the 04-186 - Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands. Over one hundred of you responded! That was step one. Now we NEED to tell CONGRESS that we need this spectrum so we can force the FCC to review your comments This will take about 10 minutes of your time and we can't drop the ball now -- this is a VERY RARE opportunity for our industry. Here’s the problem. This proceeding, as you all can see, is a HUGE opportunity for our industry. BUT, the FCC Chairman may never complete the job unless he gets a push from Congress. Congress has a chance next week to do exactly that. We need to make sure they do. We're working with Free Press, the New America Foundation, Consumers Union and other organizations who are lobbying the Congress to open this spectrum to unlicensed use. Below I've pasted some instructions. But if you need help with the call or more information about how to speak with your Senate staff, you can call Frannie Wellings at Free Press at 202-265-1490 x 21. She is very nice and wants us to win this. Call her for any assistance you may need. Here is what you can do to help: 1) Email Frannie with your name/company name, city and state served. Her email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Just do this right now. She will add your information to the letter located further down the email here. It will go to Congressional committee members who are working on what to do with the digital television transition. This letter should be signed by every WISP in the country. I MEAN EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OR WHO YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH! Once again, if you would like to add your name/company/city and state served to the letter, send an e-mail to Frannie Wellings at Free Press. Her address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. If you want to get good spectrum you better just do it right now. DO NOT WAIT TILL TOMORROW. DO IT RIGHT NOW! You can read the contents of the letter inline below. 2) If you are in one of the following states, CALL YOUR SENATOR: This is very important. Your Senator listed below sits on the Committee that can make this all happen. This is not just a small thing guys. Senators really do listen to what their constituents say. If you tell them you need this spectrum this will impact their vote. We need you ALL to do this. - Below, next to your state/senator, is the name of the staff member you need to speak with and their phone number. - If you are not in one of the states below and you want to call your Senator anyway to express support for this, contact Frannie and she will give you the name and phone number of the person to call. YOU NEED TO CALL EVEN IF YOUR STATE IS NOT LISTED. -Talking points you can use are included inline below. Tell them you are a WISP in their state and you need low-frequency unlicensed spectrum to provide Internet access to their constituents. Tell them why you need those TV channels for broadband, just as you did in your comments to the FCC. Give them good reasons and be kind and not argumentative. They might be trying to help you. Tell them why you need the channels. You all managed to produce so many great comments to the FCC, now it's time to tell Congress. 3) Let us know that you've called: When you're done, send a note to Frannie Wellings at Free Press at [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and let us know here that you've called and what the staff member said in return. We need to figure out how they will vote. This is very important. Ask them for their vote supporting this effort and let us all know what they said. --- *If Your State Is:* *Your Senator Is:* *You Should Call Staff Member:* *At #:* Alaska Ted Stevens (R-AK) Harry Wingo, Christine kurth 202-224-3004 Arkansas Mark Pryor (D-AR) Terri Glaze 202-224-2353 Arizona John McCain (R-AZ) Lee Carosi 202-224-2235 California Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Alex Hoehn-Saric 202-224-3553 Florida Bill Nelson (D-FL) Mike Sozan 202-224-5274 Hawaii Daniel Inouye (D-HI) James Assey, Rachel Welch 202-224-3934 Louisiana David Vitter (R-LA) Evelyn Fortier 202-224-4623 Maine Olympia Snowe (R-ME) Kristin Smith 202-224-5344 Massachusetts John Kerry (D-MA) Barry LaSala 202-224-2742 Mississippi Trent Lott (R-MS) Beth Spivey 202-224-6253 Montana Conrad Burns (R-MT) Steve Miller 202-224-2644 Nebraska Ben Nelson (D-NE) Angela Stroschein 202-224-6551 New Jersey Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Doug Mehan 202-224-3224 North Dakota Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Daphna Peled 202-224-2551 Oregon Gordon Smith (R-OR) Keith Murphy 202-224-3753 Nevada John Ensign (R-NV) Michael Sullivan
Re: [WISPA] We got the FCC's attention...Now it is time to tell Congress what you think...RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!! Instructions included in every detail
I am copying Frannie so she can send this to us. I have heard people ask if they should contact multiple Senators. I will let Frannie answer this as she has more experience on the Hill than any of us. Frannie do you think you could go ahead and just send out the names and phone numbers of the rest of the states so we can call on them also? Let us know about how wise it is for us to call on multiple Senators. I am sure of few of us will call on several of them if you think it will help. Thanks, Scriv Brian Rohrbacher wrote: You listed half of the numbers to contact the congressmen, can you list the rest instead of all of us emailing Frannie? I need Michigan. John Scrivner wrote: Replies inline below: George wrote: I'm a little confused John. We are supposed to email Frannie our name business location and she's gonna send the letter? Or we're supposed to print the letter and sign it and send it ourselves? Email Frannie with your name/company name, city and state served. Her email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. She will add your information to the letter. You do not need to print, sign or send anything other than your information via email. She will do the rest. And we should call our reps and tell their staff member who takes calls for them why we should have unlicensed tv channels for broadband use. The staffer for each Senator who is specifically involved in the telecommunications issues is listed in the message I sent you guys. This staffer is who you need to speak with. They will brief the senators on how to vote and will inform them of constituency interests like your calls. This is highly important for our efforts. Exactly what channels are we talking here? We are asking for use of any unused channels now. That is what 04-186 is all about. In my local area this accounts for about 300 Mhz of available spectrum! We are also asking for a block of channels (some are saying channels 2 through 4) which will become broadband unlicensed channels for good after the digital television transition is complete in 2008. This will essentially become a WISP band. I hope that helps, 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] We got the FCC's attention...Now it is time to tell Congress what you think...RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!! Instructions included in every detail
Bob makes an excellent point, these channels may not provide us with reliable media. How do we address these issues? Or do we hope that the FCC will give us some spectrum in the 175- 600 Mhz region of the spectrum. Does this mean the real frequencies we need are still 2-4 years or more away? Just a question? Original message Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:29:11 -0400 From: Bob Moldashel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WISPA] We got the FCC's attention...Now it is time to tell Congress what you think...RIGHT NOW Instructions included inevery detail To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org John Scrivner wrote: We are asking for use of any unused channels now. That is what 04-186 is all about. In my local area this accounts for about 300 Mhz of available spectrum! We are also asking for a block of channels (some are saying channels 2 through 4) which will become broadband unlicensed channels for good after the digital television transition is complete in 2008. This will essentially become a WISP band. I hope that helps, Scriv Just my 2 cents Channels 2 thru 4 IMHO will be a nightmare. We have public safety agencies fighting skip (the ability of low band signals to travel hundreds of miles using low power) just below Channel 2 during the summer months. If we wind up with these we will surely have interference issues with each other as well as other lower frequency issues that are present with this band. I really think we need something in the 175-600 Mhz. range. Something that will keep most signals in the same area and not bounce them to the next state certain times of the year. -B- -- Bob Moldashel Lakeland Communications, Inc. Broadband Deployment Group 1350 Lincoln Avenue Holbrook, New York 11741 USA 800-479-9195 Toll Free US Canada 631-585-5558 Fax 516-551-1131 Cell -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ Ron Wallace Hahnron, Inc. 220 S. Jackson St. Addison, MI 49220 Phone: (517) 547-8410 Mobile: (517) 605-4542 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
