"Auction", I hate that evil word.
Really guys, if there is any time to hammer congressional legislators and
Home land security personelle, NOW is the time. Before our precious
spectrum is auctioned off to the special interets. Auctioning off 700Mhz to
a major IELC could be the death of independent rural WISPs.
I got an idea, why don't they give the FULL 700Mhz to the 700 ISPs, spread
out decentrally across the country, and in trade all 7000 WISPs will give
FREE access / priority access to public safety officials as needed. (except
public safety buy's their own CPEs). Instantly the staff of 7000 ISPs
across the country available for disaster relief. it would be like the Navy
reserves but instead the WISP reserves.
Basically anyone that is granted a non-exclusive license of 700Mhz must
first register as a volunteer emergency communications AID, and conform to
guidelines for documenting configuration criteria for the public safety
workers. Why not AVOID the whole expendature althogeather for the
governement, and still accomplish public safety, when WISP can already
donate the service? Better yet, why not jsut grant the public safety budget
to WISPs to expand their network, to accommodate public safety needs. Lets
see the RUS grant get substituted with the Public safety grant.
But auction? I don't see how that could benefit anyone. Communications is a
necessary utility, not a luxury to auction off for a special interest.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:06 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Martin's call for more radio frequency spectrum
foremergency responders
Snip/
Martin's call for more radio frequency spectrum for emergency responders
came after Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)
called for Congress to move forward on legislation that would free up
radio spectrum by requiring television stations to switch from analog to
digital broadcasts. A move to digital television (DTV) would free up
spectrum in the upper 700-MHz radio frequency band for commercial and
public safety uses. The FCC has said it would give 24 MHz of that spectrum
to public safety users and auction off 60 MHz for commercial uses. /snip
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/092205-fcc-katrina.html?nl&code=nledgenewsalert7636
I got an idea, why don't they just open it up to wisps all across the
country, let us use ths spectrum for what we are now doing and then in the
event of another disaster, there will already be gear in place to keep
everyone going?
George
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