Sorry to answer my own post but I thought I would let you all know I
just called all of them. What are you doing for your own future access
to Sub 1 GHz spectrum? Call the numbers below, tell them you support the
Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 and that you are against the DeMint
Amendment which would call for the auctioning of all television white
spaces. Do it now!
They will ask where you are from. Some will ask if you have spoken to
your own Senator. Make sure you call your own Senator first so you can
counter the question from the Senator staffers who will question you.
Call these people even though many are in other states. If your state
does not have a seat on the Commerce Committee then that would be a just
reason for you to be calling these other state Senators. You can
tactfully express that when asked where you are from.
If you want the unused television channels for unlicensed broadband use
then you better act now or forever hate trees. :-)
Scriv
John Scrivner wrote:
Please read this note from our friend Frannie from Free Press. She
needs our help right away! We need to call these Senators.
Scriv
Hi John and Marlon,
We have a crucial vote this week in the Senate Commerce Committee. The
Committee will vote on the telecom bill (S.2686) - it's not a good
bill in our opinion, but it does include a very good section based on
Senator Allen and Kerry's bill. It would push the FCC to open the
white spaces to unlicensed - we want to protect this section. Senator
DeMint has proposed a bad amendment to the bill which would auction
this spectrum - a very bad amendment.
So... the markup will begin tomorrow and it would be great if the
folks in WISPA could call Senators on the Commerce committee and ask
them to:
a) support the current language in the telecom bill, the section is
called the Wireless Innovation Act of 2006'' or the ''WIN Act of 2006'
and
b) oppose the DeMint "Auction The White Spaces Amendment"
Commerce Committee members names and phone numbers are below. I would
focus on members other than Kerry, Allen and DeMint.
Let me know if you have any questions and thanks as always for your help!
Thank you,
Frannie
Ted Stevens, Alaska (202) 224-3004
John McCain, Arizona, Chairman (202) 224-2235
Conrad Burns, Montana (202) 224-2644
Trent Lott, Mississippi (202) 224-6253
Kay Bailey Hutchison,Texas (202) 224-5922
Olympia J. Snowe, Maine (202) 224-5344
Gordon Smith, Oregon (202) 224-3753
John Ensign, Nevada (202) 224-6244
George Allen, Virginia (202) 224-4024
John Sununu, New Hampshire (202) 224-2841
Jim DeMint, South Carolina (202) 224-6121
David Vitter, Louisiana (202) 224-4623
Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii (202)224-3934
John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (202)224-6472
John F. Kerry, Massachusetts (202)224-2742
Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota (202)224-2551
Barbara Boxer, California (202)224-3553
Bill Nelson, Florida (202)224-5274
Maria Cantwell, Washington (202)224-3441
Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (202)224-3224
Ben Nelson, Nebraska (202)224-6551
Mark Pryor, Arkansas (202)224-2353
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