I guess I will answer my own post again. Am I the only guy who called
these Senators after we all put together the list of every member of the
US Senate Commerce Committee and their phone numbers? You can lead a
horse to water...
Scriv
John Scrivner wrote:
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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