Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-28 Thread St. Louis Broadband
communities. Victoria -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:27 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP FD: I didnt say I was a farmer

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-28 Thread Blake Bowers
The public safety portion of this proposal should have been pushed better if you wanted more support. All we saw was one company that is part of the state proposal saying we need your support and no mention of the benefits to our rural public safety groups. That was in a blast message that went

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-28 Thread RickG
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:27 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP FD: I didnt say I was a farmer. I was just making an observation. While I enjoyed your analogy

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-28 Thread St. Louis Broadband
...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP I wasnt out to create an argument thread. My last 2 cents: Free has created an entitlement mentality in this country and now we cant pay for it. Where is the money coming from? Can we, our children, our

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-28 Thread Mike Hammett
] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP Full Disclosure: I am also a farmer So the hog that fights the most gets to eat the most. He gets bigger than his competitors. Chances are, since he is the biggest he also gets the upper hand in any battles that take place in the lot. He may

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-27 Thread RickG
It reminds me of the farm I was at the other day at dinner time. The pigs were all fighting for food at the trough. They really go at it! -RickG On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, St. Louis Broadbandli...@stlbroadband.com wrote: NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP for a total of $27.6

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-27 Thread chris cooper
It looks like stiff competition, especially at BTOP. 1230 rural applications. I would guess that a good portion of the 830 applications seeking joint evaluation are not willing to shoulder an RUS loan but are instead seeking more grants than they can get at BIP. Chris

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-27 Thread ccooper
Full Disclosure: I am also a farmer So the hog that fights the most gets to eat the most. He gets bigger than his competitors. Chances are, since he is the biggest he also gets the upper hand in any battles that take place in the lot. He may have a better chance of expressing his

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-27 Thread RickG
FD: I didnt say I was a farmer. I was just making an observation. While I enjoyed your analogy, there are other ways the story could go. My Dad always said there is always someone bigger. Perhaps, the hog in question gets slaughered for his value sooner in order to buy the bigger, better hog?

Re: [WISPA] NTIA Announces 2,200 Applications for BIP/BTOP

2009-08-27 Thread Scottie Arnett
A fair description... but let's just say your Hog is the biggest, but a medium size hog has a GOLD tail, provided by an outside entity such as the government(never mind how underhandedly this may have came about). Now which hog goes to the market first? Scottie -- Original Message