In case you missed it in an earlier email.
I called the top 5 or 6 vendors in the WISP space and pestered them till
they told me how many providers they had on the books as WISPs.
MUCH more accurate than the 477 and a similar or more comprehensive effort
by the FCC would take someone all over a day or two.
That help?
Marlon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Admits Mistakes In Measuring Broadband Competition
Doesn't explain where you got the 3000 or 6000 number.
If you pulled it out of your.. air... then you are doing a disservice.
If the number is really 900, and 300 fill out the form - that's 1/3 and
great. Even though it is disappointed that there are only 900 indie ISP's
left.
If the number is 3000 and 300 fill it out, that is awful.
But if the number is 6000, then this industry is all cowboy - and the FCC
will not take kindly to that..
Be careful what number you use.
BTW, many of the Internet Providers aren't even in access any more. They
are hosting, managed services, ASP, SAAS, etc. but still associate
themselves as ISPs. This doesn't help the count either because those guys
don't have to complete any forms. Plus virtual ISP's who don't have to
fill out forms either (the wholesaler does). So - again - be careful with
the number.
Regards,
Peter
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
Yeah. But the FCC is also to blame. The form is ridiculously
complicated. And how many are really gonna fill it out? The FCC needs to
really do research beyond asking the public to provide input.
Unfortunately, we'll likely never really know till there is a tax on
broadband connections. People are pretty good about paying the
appropriate taxes.....
Or, at the very least, the FCC needs to start going after those that
won't fill out the form.
It's a screwy deal. In the end, does it even matter? The public outcry
has died out long ago. Now it's just political posturing and
handwringing. The consumer's problems are largely gone. The ACCESS to
broadband is very high in most of the country. Who care's about the
DEPLOYMENT rate other than us that are deeply involved in the industry.
Mostly, everyone is worried about a mole hill that some are trying to
turn into a government funded mountain.
Marlon
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