Ha. I reread my post. I don't want to be taxed out of business, but a
few pennies *right* here or there in exchange for the right thing might
be worth it.
Rick Smith wrote:
yeah, how about allowing any wattage on ptmp links in exchange for the
tax, THAT i'd like.
Brian Rohrbacher wrote:
I like the idea of offering to be taxed for something in exchange.
This way at least we get something WE VALUE instead of settling for
something stupid later on. I've been playing a lot of poker lately.
First to act usually wins the pot. Let's try acting first. Always
reacting sucks.
John Scrivner wrote:
Sorry to reply to my own post here but I forgot one important part
of this I meant to include. Under this policy we would suggest that
unlicensed spectrum would remain absolutely free of charges. The
fees would only apply to all un-auctioned whitespace in all bands
across the entire radio spectrum that are neither currently assigned
or unlicensed for other uses..
Scriv
John Scrivner wrote:
How about if we propose to the Congress that they allow a per base
station license to be paid annually for broadband use that gives
first in rights to those who launch broadband in a given geography
in the channel registered for each base station? Then everyone
would have the ability to have access to spectrum with some rights
to prevent interference and have something that investors could be
comfortable with investing in. This would eliminate the spectrum
class split we have now where some have rights of licensed use and
others (like us) cannot play in the game without using spectrum
with no spectrum rights (unlicensed). The government could have the
revenues they demand which they normally get from auctions which I
oppose due to the inability for smaller operators to have a chance
to buy in.
Just a thought.
Scriv
Rudy Worrell wrote:
Time to organize troops... Nuff said!
Who's got lead?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Blair Davis
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 6:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good news and bad news today
Now we know why they want the 477 forms.....
Brian Webster wrote:
Well, it does not surprise me that the government has decided to
tax the
unlicensed spectrum. Today the Bush administration announced a
plan to tax
Wi-Fi and other unlicensed spectrum. It is not clear how they
will do it
yet
but the process is in motion. That's the bad news, the good news
is they
reached agreement on the 5.4 GHz spectrum and that should become
available
once equipment gets certified. Check the RCR news site for the full
stories.
Oh well, I suspected that it would not last forever the truly
free use of
the spectrum.
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25545
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25539
Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com
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