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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lack of Competition > Here is an idea for a federal policy plan to end the broadband access > problems. How about Base Station Licenses instead of 10,000 square mile > licenses like we do now. Anyone could buy a Base Station License. Heaven > forbid a regular person should be allowed to compete with a Megasuck.net > RBOC! Someday I will share with all of you what it is like to be part of > the license auction system as I just went through in the AWS auction. > Root canals are more fun. > Scriv > > > Mark Koskenmaki wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:19 AM > >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lack of Competition > > > > > > > > > >>It is a lack of federal policy. Every nation that has a federal policy > >>on teelcom/BB/internet has strong penetration and competition - and > >>cheaper rates. Granted there are lots of debates about why some > >>countries are cheaper, and have more users, but the fact remains that > >>the FCC has failed - FAILED - in its charge of ensuring competition and > >>upholding the Telecom Act of 1996. Heck, they don't even enforce merger > >>requirements nor spectrum purchase requirements. > >> > >>Without a clear plan, laser focus, and habitual execution, you usually > >>have failure. > >> > >> > > > >The notion that the federal government can actually create a policy or > >program to provide something that is better than free enterprise is absurd > >on it's face, and evidence suggests that is the worst possible means of > >attempting to do anything. > > > >I will agree that there have been a lot of federal failures, but they > >relate to over-regulation, the creation of monopolies, and a failure at > >being good stewards of the public trust. Add this all up, and you have to > >wonder why on earth people think the federal government should EVER be > >considered as being responsible for much of anything in our daily lives. > > > > > > > > > > > >>- Peter > >> > >> > >>Mark Koskenmaki wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I can't believe that someone would be dumb enough to write this... The > >>>biggest problem is a lack of FEDERAL POLICY???? > >>> > >>>Oh, please. Spare us the insane idiocy... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>-- > >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >> > >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
