Maybe talk to the folks at Pew Internet or the group who started the lawsuit with the FCC for release of the form 477 data? It may sound like a crazy idea but I think both of those groups are just looking for the data to draw conclusions. The idea of a University is a great one too but that might take longer. They would probably want to secure grants to fund a project such as this, not that that is a bad idea since it would relieve the financial burden of funding for the project.
Thank You, Brian Webster -----Original Message----- From: Marlon K. Schafer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:44 AM To: Principal WISPA Member List Cc: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] wisp survey Hi All, OK, we're not going to get most wisps to fill out the 477 any time soon. At least it's historically looking that way. 2 years ago I brow beat the major vendors and manufacturers into giving me the number of wisps that they show on the books and/or radios sold into the US market in the last 4 years. That effort lead to the belief that there are a genuine uncontestable 3000 wisps in this country with a minimum of 1,000,000 subscribers. Numbers that the FCC folks still use today as being more accurate than the 477. Does anyone know of a research group that we could hire to repeat my efforts in the past. Something that might be more effective yet? There has to be a better way to do this than the 477. Any ideas on the costs to do this project? Should we even put any effort into it? Could this be done by a group of scholars at a college? Looking back on the data that I'd gotten at the time and how I calculated things, I think that the real number of wisps was likely closer to 6000. Today my gut tells me that that number is up by 25ish % and that the customers serviced is likely at least double what it was back in late 2004. I know MY customer base has more than doubled since that time. thoughts? marlon -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
