Maybe they haven't used it because there isn't any good, affordable
equipment right now?
Travis
Microserv
Mac Dearman wrote:
Travis,
IMHO the FCC is supposed to serve the people. I understand that spectrum
is a huge money maker, but if just one of the FCC chair people lived in my
rural part of the state - - we would have some of that spectrum. The ones
who own the good spectrum now in my area have never used it and never will.
If they (FCC) really understood how important that 700MHz is to so many out
here in the boonies then they would give us the opportunity to acquire some
of it and then they could gloat over what a great thing they did and I would
lead that charge right to the press.
Mac Dearman
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:01 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Open Meeting on 700 MHz
John,
This is just my opinion, but I seriously doubt the FCC is just going to
"give" away 700MHz licenses, even on a per base station basis. And the
WISP community is not going to spend even $5,000 per license if they
could. The cell companies will be bidding, and once again it will be in
the millions of dollars per region.
Honestly, what would you do if you were the FCC? Deal with hundreds or
thousands of little operators at $5,000 per license, or sell 3 or 4
licenses for the entire US for millions of dollars?
Travis
Microserv
John Scrivner wrote:
Apparently there is a meeting scheduled today, April 25, at the FCC
over how the 700 MHz band is going to be split up for auction. It
amazes me how we can be kept in the dark about these meetings. If
anyone can tell me how to get included on announcements of such
meetings I need to know about it. This really angers me that we are
not there with some representation today. If anyone reads this who is
near the DC area please go to this meeting and tell them we need
spectrum to be made available on a base station license basis. They
need to auction off individual base station licenses or reserve some
for a flat fee so all of us can compete. If they do not then hundreds
if not thousands of operators who are now serving rural broadband will
not be able to compete. This is an anti-competitive problem that the
FCC needs to address with this auction. This is a big deal. If we do
not get some 700 MHz or similar sub- 1 GHz spectrum it is going to be
very bad for us all.
Scriv
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