You go John, I agree.. OH NO I just did a mee too! Ok really I did that on purpose to help John with his point. So what really is the point of this email? I just read an article from the AP that was re-printed in the Kansas City Star: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/16567716.htm <http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/16567716.htm> that, to a poker player, is someone who is vulnerable but powerful, blinking. Politics are very much a part of our industry and causing obstuctions for our competition is as important to us as what Wireless equipment works best. Like John clearly stated it's not that we have to say what our feelings are about something but to represent something that could improve our ability to deliver service. The FCC and local governments are taking a completely 'winner takes all' position - to localize power so your town so you and your city council can require cable and telco to give incentive for use of right of way and exclusivity. This doesn't please the very "Bush-like" Kevin Martin who would federalize the whole country so he could have control if possible. All perks for local communities would be stripped and only the rights and needs of the biggest donor corporations met. oops did I accidently say political donors?
If you are an ISP as well as a WISP this is certainly the time to push your local legislative body to include "buy local" provisions against outside mesh groups that could run you out of business, right of way access sharing requirements in franchises and other provisions like sharing pole use for wireless mesh networks. With the FCC, local government, cable and telco all pushing for their right to give you service for us not to insert ourselves into the battle and perhaps present the "Public Interest" perspective with our options of Wireless is to find our industry out in the cold when the dust settles and compromises have been made. I hope John doesn't relagate your need for political activity from any discussion list as their (WISPA) pledge when I joined this group is what interested me most. Without being part of the political process it doesn't really matter what gear we run because we will always be on the outside. Look at any bandwidth speed test, how often does it give the choice of Fixed Wireless? We could be that much of an outsider politically and that would mean that you have settled to always be a small player in the process. Well step aside we dont' all strive for underachievement and this group needs to cowboy-up to this rare time of political activity and take a strong role in the rights we are given and the recognition we need for the public to take us seriously and for us to make a few bucks in our little niche of the world. Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. I cannot believe how many of you guys all decided that this thread could be extended into a lengthy diatribe about Wal-mart. I use these lists to learn and teach about the wireless industry and to help drive changes in policy and law. We have people from time to time who join this list to learn about our industry. I know of one guy who is working on a massive plan to work with WISPs to give us funding opportunities and other advantages. These guys leave here fast when their Inbox fills with unrelated multiple messages about Wal-mart, me toos, my gear is better than your gear, rants, etc.. We do have a place for this type of conversation though. It is also a free list and I highly recommend you guys subscribe to it. It is called [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can go here to subscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/chat <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/chat> On the chat list you can digress all the way to talking about what brand of underwear you buy at Wal-mart for all I care. The [email protected] list is supposed to be focused on wireless. Let's all keep it that way. Thank you, John Scrivner President WISPA -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ <http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/>
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