Why would our possition be to volunteer to contribute?
They'll make us pay on their own, I see no reason to incurage it.
The contributors should be the mature high volume telecoms, that aren't hurt
by contributing.
The whole robin hood thing, take a little bit from each of the rich to
subsidize a few poor.
But I do not believe wireless providers are in the same class as Telecoms in
their growth cycle, so they should not be treated as such.
WISPs need subsidy for a period of time, while growing. Plus WISP are mostly
serving underserved anyway.
Taking from the poor to pay the poor, doesn't make sense to me.
(maybe disadvantaged may be the more appropriate term than poor as not cost
effective to serve is not the same as poor)
But we surely should encourage that WISP b eable to collect from the fund.
That is NOT a double standard, based on the above arguement.
Those who can provide a more efficient method of serving consumers (lower
cost) should get preferencial treatment for receiving funds.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Universal Service Fund
First of all we should all understand that USF is not going anywhere. Our
nation’s telecommunications network is too important. Second with the
above understanding we should try and push the legislation to account for
the work we as WISP's are doing and allow us to contribute and receive
funding from USF.
I reed an article about some proposed legislation that uses a reverse
auction style for USF funding. This would allow for the most efficient
network to receive the appropriate funding. We can in almost all cases
implement the same or better network for less then an established Telco.
Thus this legislation would give us the trim and fit organizations a
competitive edge.
ABOVE ALL we need to be included in the new legislator. It should not be
technology dependent but results dependent.
One thing to realize if this does happen that likely every Telco out there
would start using wireless equipment to stay competitive and all the
effects of that must be understood.
Anthony Will
Broadband Solutions
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
I talked (personally, not as WISPA) with the commerce committee
co-chair's staff person on USF today.
What it LOOKED like was said in the conference hearing I saw (and she
agreed that it sounded this way) was that USF had paid for the laptops.
What really happened was that USF paid for other things allowing the
school system to buy the laptops themselves.
In my mind this is a matter of semantics as it means that there wasn't as
much money needed in the first place.....
We had a really good talk. She said that in about two weeks they'll be
working more in earnest on the issue. Coming up with more specific
proposals for people to talk about.
On the white spaces issue. We talked about the ideas in our position
paper. She didn't think that the idea that all TV spectrum should be open
would fly. But did like the idea of using smart radios and allowing use
now not after the DTV transition. She also seemed to understand the need
for sub gig spectrum at higher power levels.
We'll see where it all goes.
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: "Dustin Jurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Universal Service Fund
Hey Marlon,
I like your point about the laptops, we really need to check and make
sure
it's outside of the USF charter. I think we definitely need more stories
of
how USF is not bringing tangible results to communities, where WISPS are
delivering service to those communities self funded.
Dustin
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:32 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Universal Service Fund
Here's what I wrote up on USF. Several felt it's got some errors that
need
fixing.
Feel free to fix this, toss it and start over. Anything at all.
But right now, officially, we're doing NOTHING. And that must change
guys.
Someone needs to come up with a position paper for WISPA to work from.
Right now I've got some access to some in congress and I think we should
work with that!
laters,
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: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:25 AM
Subject: [WISPA] Universal Service Fund
Marlon has been asking us for a while to give him feedback on Universal
Service. We have not helped him as much as we should have. He asked for
input from the WISPA membership originally. I am asking everyone,
members
or not, if you can help. Marlon has been asked by a member of the House
Commerce Committee (One of his Reps in Washington) to help them
structure
legislation toward the re-working on the Universal Service Program.
Thoughts on the Hill are now leaning toward making it available to
multiple operators in a market and opening it to aid in broadband as
well
as telco.
The feeling from most WISPs is two things to date. Most think the
government should make Universal Service just go away. I share some of
that feeling myself. What should be known though is that government
rarely
makes things go away. They usually want a role. With that said we need
to
give them ideas on how to make this program help us in our goal to
bring
broadband into underserved and/or unserved areas.
To do this we need to understand what the program does, what was its
history, how it works and how it does not work. We need to develop a
strong strategy for dealing with Universal Service and offer a position
that legislators can feel good about and that helps show we are serious
about helping in legislative issues. I welcome feedback from anyone
with
information which can help us develop this position. We need to act
soon
as the legislature is wanting to do something now. Please help us mold
our
future through this important effort. Your thoughts and knowledge are
needed.
Input from anyone with knowledge of Universal Service would be helpful
at
this time. What we do not need is an argument that we should just tell
them to make it go away. We know that is what many of you want. In lieu
of
it going away we need to know how it can be made to help us.
Thank you,
Scriv
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