I had a call the other day from someone at the Congressional Budget Office.
It *looks* like there is a move afoot to expand USF to broadband.
I believe this would only be a good thing for the market.
Out here the telco gets $109 per month per phone line. And they require a
phone line for DSL service.
So $15 per phone line.
$30 per dsl.
$109 per line in usf funds.
Nearly $160 per month per sub. And I get $35. Oh joy!
Now if I could get $109 too! At nearly 300 subs today.... Man could I put
in a nice network! And afford to go where others aren't going yet.
And the value of a wisp would REALLY shoot through the roof.
I'm not a big fan of government meddling but one of two things has to happen
here. Either they drop usf (most rural telcos would fold so this is
unlikely) or expand it to include us and cable and sat. Like it or not,
government funding was used for electrification, phones, roads etc. If the
competition is going to get subsidized, we should to.
WISPA needs to support this move. In a big way.
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: "Blair Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: [WISPA] USF tax changes?
Does WISPA have a stand on this?
http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-1035-5959140.html?tag=nl.e550
As one who has built my network without any public money, I have no
interest in collecting special taxes. I have more than enough paperwork
now...
I also don't want my competitors to get government money to build their
networks. But locally, I have found out that they are getting government
grants to expand into my area. Having seen their install rates, monthly
fees and tower provisioning costs, they would not be making any money if
they did not have the government footing the bill.
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Blair Davis
West Michigan Wireless ISP
269-686-8648
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