just fill the damn thing out and start making the system WORK FOR US.
Kurt Fankhauser wrote:
Someone needs to start an online poll in which we can go on and
anonymously vote on weather we fill this form out or not. Does the FCC
say how many of these forms are being turned in?
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
114 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
-----Original Message-----
*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*On Behalf Of *Rick Harnish
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:54 AM
*To:* 'WISPA General List'
*Subject:* [WISPA] FCC Form 477 Due March 1st
This is a notice that the FCC Form 477 is due March 1^st . The link
below is for the FCC Website concerning this report.
http://www.fcc.gov/broadband/data.html
Also one of the FAQ’s concerning WISPs
8. Are Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) exempt?
No. Entities that provide broadband connections to end user locations
//by using spectrum on an unlicensed basis// for the “last hop” to the
end user location must report information about those connections.
Typically this is done by completing the questions for broadband
category 7 (“terrestrial fixed wireless”) in Part I of the form and
also filling in column (f) in Part V of the form. (If broadband
connections are reported in another technology category, such as
“terrestrial mobile wireless,” please put a brief explanatory note
into Part IV of the form.) A WISP should consider the user data rate
(as opposed to the over-the-air raw data rate, for example) when
determining whether connections are broadband for purposes of Form
477. (A broadband connection enables the end user to receive
information from and/or send information to the Internet at
information transfer rates exceeding 200 kbps in at least one
direction. See also FAQ #5.)
A WISP //should not// report subscribers to its broadband
Internet-access service when that service is delivered over a
broadband connection to the end user location that the WISP, or the
WISP’s customer, has obtained from an unaffiliated entity such as a
municipality, public utility district, or DSL service provider (“DSL
wholesaler.”) The underlying, facilities-based providers of wired
broadband connections to end user locations are responsible for
reporting them, and any particular broadband connection should be
reported only once in this data collection. See also FAQ #10.
Part II and Part III of Form 477 – which are the parts of the form
where information about local telephone service is collected – may not
apply to particular WISPs:
· Only WISPs that are authorized (by the WISP’s state
telecommunications regulator) to operate as a CLEC need to consider
Part II of the form, and they should also see FAQ #13.
· Only WISPs that offer mobile telephone service as commercial mobile
radio service (CMRS) providers need to consider Part III of the form.
Note that CMRS providers typically hold or operate spectrum licenses
for cellular, PCS, or SMR services.
Respectfully
**/Rick Harnish/**
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