Re: [WISPA] USF fund issues
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I shot him a note this am. thanks! Marlon Kris may be a little behind. He was in Tampa for the ISP Expo Saturday. BTW, Dustin at RSENG / TransmitRF presented some excellent information on wireless. Expo Round-up here: http://4isps.com/newsletter.htm Regards, Peter RAD-INFO, Inc. 813.963.5884 4isps.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] USF fund issues
Hey Marlon, Here's what I see as our opportunity. In the past, the only beneficiaries for Universal Services funds where the telcos. They also collected many billions of dollars on behalf of rural telecommunications. Like our central Colorado valley, the Telco spend nothing on new services build out here between 1970 and 1997. Of course, once entrepreneurial companies demonstrated that dialup, later DSL and wireless were viable businesses in rural areas, *without* Universal Services funding, they went about jumping into the market. My discussion jumping off point is this: How can the Universal Services funding be properly allocated to existing and new WISPs in rural markets where it never has provided its intended 'urban pricing for rural customers'... Its clear large businesses who have taken advantage of these billions of dollars to fund their own interests will not co-operate with competitive businesses - such as WISPs. This non-competitive issue can kill off competition from WISPs. A portion of our response should include a statement that 'in general - WISPs provide rural services at competitive prices - but no necessarily at urban prices' and WISPs should have direct access to U.S.Funding for rural communities' and 'telcos should not be the only beneficiaries of USF, and the mechanism for distribution of funds, application for funds and monitoring of use of funds should be open, clear and encourage competition and benefits to subscribers. So far, that's about all I have to say. I'll have to dig into this a bit more when I'm not busy making ends meet without USF. :-) -AH Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I shot him a note this am. thanks! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "Victoria Proffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] USF fund issues Marlon, Don't have the addy, but phone is 415-577-4241. Victoria -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:17 AM To: Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] USF fund issues Importance: High Hi All, I assume we'll want to file on this issue http://www.broadbandwirelessreports.com/pressreleases/files/DOC-262639A1.pdf Here's the actual nprm http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-205A1.pdf If anyone really understands the ins and outs of this, please speak up. I'd ask Kris Twoomey but I don't have his addy on my laptop. Can someone please forward? thanks, marlon -- 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] USF fund issues
I shot him a note this am. thanks! Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "Victoria Proffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] USF fund issues Marlon, Don't have the addy, but phone is 415-577-4241. Victoria -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:17 AM To: Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] USF fund issues Importance: High Hi All, I assume we'll want to file on this issue http://www.broadbandwirelessreports.com/pressreleases/files/DOC-262639A1.pdf Here's the actual nprm http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-205A1.pdf If anyone really understands the ins and outs of this, please speak up. I'd ask Kris Twoomey but I don't have his addy on my laptop. Can someone please forward? thanks, marlon -- 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] USF fund issues
Ok. So what does it mean to me? -- Blair Davis West Michigan Wireless ISP 269-686-8648 Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Hi All, I assume we'll want to file on this issue http://www.broadbandwirelessreports.com/pressreleases/files/DOC-262639A1.pdf Here's the actual nprm http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-205A1.pdf If anyone really understands the ins and outs of this, please speak up. I'd ask Kris Twoomey but I don't have his addy on my laptop. Can someone please forward? thanks, marlon -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] USF fund issues
Marlon, Don't have the addy, but phone is 415-577-4241. Victoria -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:17 AM To: Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] USF fund issues Importance: High Hi All, I assume we'll want to file on this issue http://www.broadbandwirelessreports.com/pressreleases/files/DOC-262639A1.pdf Here's the actual nprm http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-205A1.pdf If anyone really understands the ins and outs of this, please speak up. I'd ask Kris Twoomey but I don't have his addy on my laptop. Can someone please forward? thanks, marlon -- 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/
