Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Jon Langeler
I'm going to be devil's advocate and take that further. There's a soon coming day when the 700MHz and EBS/RBS/WCS(2.3/2.5GHz) folks finally figure out what equipment and standard they want to go with(3G/UMTS or mobile WIMAX), then they're going nationwide, and fast. The underfunded WISPs will b

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dylan Oliver
I disagree. Any and every WISP should be interested in offering mobile voice, data, and video as a complement to its fixed services. Subscribers *will* want it. Best,-- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/l

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dylan Oliver
$848k for control of a 2x10 MHz chunk over a fairly large rural area for 15 years is not bad at all. If one's winning bid were $1 million and they received a 25% discount as a "very small business" for a total payment of $750k, that'd work out to just $50k/year. Of course you need to have to pay ou

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Dylan, Not a problem. Always glad to get things cleared up that way misinformation does not get passed on. I actually read that same article. Regards, Dawn DiPietro Dylan Oliver wrote: Dawn, Thanks, good catch. It was Commissioner Copps. His talk is reported well here: http://wistechnolo

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dylan Oliver
Dawn,Thanks, good catch. It was Commissioner Copps. His talk is reported well here: http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2835Best,-- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http:

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Scott Reed
--- From: Dawn DiPietro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WISPA General List Sent: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:27:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Auction 66 > All, > > This auction is in no way shape or form target to any WISP. > > Being auctioned off is 1710-1755 an

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dawn DiPietro
All, This auction is in no way shape or form target to any WISP. Being auctioned off is 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz bands. http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=66 Regards, Dawn DiPietro -Original Message- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-28 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Dylan, So who was it that spoke at the conference in Milwaukee? Michael J. Copps Commissioner or Kevin J. Martin Chairman Regards, Dawn DiPietro Dylan Oliver wrote: The way Chairman Copps talked about it at a recent conference in Milwaukee, I got the idea the auction might be approachable

Re: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-27 Thread Dylan Oliver
The way Chairman Copps talked about it at a recent conference in Milwaukee, I got the idea the auction might be approachable for a small business. Cellular market areas would be a WISP's (or consortium of WISPs) best bet in terms of number available (734 - we're bound to get at least one ... right?

RE: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-27 Thread Charles Wu
Title: Message yes -- it's targeted towards 3G (mobile data) services not trying to sound snotty here -- but chances are, you're going to have a hard time bidding on spectrum directly against verizon / cingular / etc   -Charles     ---CWLabTechnology

RE: [WISPA] Auction 66

2006-04-26 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=66   Faisal ImtiazSnappyDSL.net   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve SmithSent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:26 PMTo: 'WISPA General List'Subject: [WISPA] Auction 66 http://wireless.fcc.