Interesting. I kinda view my business in the same light. You know, the 'lack of leadership in broadband' is such a myth. But that doesn't prevent it from being beat to death politically.
ALL of these are taking from subscription (not availability) figures. American consumers do NOT choose to pay for broadband in relatively large numbers. I"ve met a number of people who will not move from dialup to broadband for just $10 more a month. Some won't pay $20 for broadband instead of $10 for dialup. This is not a political or industry "failure". I would love to see the 'availability' rates compared, instead. Consideirng how incredibly rural the US is in relationship to almost every other country in the 1st world, there's little lag in "availability", rather a lesser consumer driven "need". I believe this is due to the low cost of information here - tv, cable, radio, etc - where these cost more in other countries, and so creates more demand for alternative media or information sources. Now, about that image that the FCC has... how does it compare with how WISPA sees itself and how individual members see themselves? North East Oregon Fastnet, LLC 509-593-4061 personal correspondence to: mark at neofast dot net sales inquiries to: purchasing at neofast dot net Fast Internet, NO WIRES! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Larsen - Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] regulation, the role of WISP's, and the future > Pre-answering for John here.... > > I have sat in on a few meetings with FCC officials and spoken at FCC > events regarding rural broadband, and it is pretty clear that the people > from the FCC I talked to wanted to see WISPs provide competition to > cable and DSL, especially in the underserved areas of the country. The > FCC is taking pressure from several different places because of our lack > of leadership in broadband, and WISPs are looked at as one of the few > viable alternatives to provide service in rural areas - and a positive > influence in urban areas as well, where more competition is better. > > Matt Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
