Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-05 Thread Tom DeReggi
All I can say is 1) With Contracts at $5 million dollars per state, and multiple states, Connected NAtions sure as heck should have skilled staff and reliable flexible methods, with that much money thown at it. No disrespect meant, just stating, thats a lot of money. 2) Its good to hear

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Hammett
Talk to Brian Webster. He is a subcontractor for the Illinois mapping effort. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 8/3/2011 8:54 AM, Bret Clark wrote: So, like many of you, we're being asked to provide data to NTIA for broadband mapping, but as a

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Scott Reed
I have no problem providing them with my coverage maps, but when I gave some of the requested data to Indiana, their maps were not so accurate. At least Indiana allows us to provide maps rather than all the data. On 8/3/2011 9:54 AM, Bret Clark wrote: So, like many of you, we're being asked

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Drew Lentz
I still don't understand why someone *wouldn't* be open to this. If the NTIA is asking for your info, and granted none of it is that confidential (especially if you use unlicensed), it is so they know where access is and isn't. When the maps are drawn and your info wasn't supplied, there will

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 8/3/2011 09:54 AM, Bret Clark wrote: So, like many of you, we're being asked to provide data to NTIA for broadband mapping, but as a private company I'm rather bothered by the confidential information they are asking for. They want to know such things as our spectrum use, antenna locations,

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Bret Clark
On 08/03/2011 10:51 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: But they could go ahead with something like this (letter of the law notwtihstanding, since law no loger counts for much here) and thus having your maps submitted by the deadline may prevent you from being run out of town by a subsidy whore. Well,

Re: [WISPA] Providing data to NTIA for Broadband mapping?

2011-08-03 Thread Scott Reed
They don't need the how we do it part. Model numbers of equipment, etc., just are not necessary for what they are trying to accomplish. Neither are frequency bands, etc. What they need is coverage data, which I agree is important to provide, but no one else needs to know how I provide it.