Why can't the FCC award licenses like this based on their rules for
non-commercial FM radio stations... they are willing to GIVE AWAY full power
FM radio spectrum to people who have capital to do the work. I'm sure
there's enough WISPs out there to apply for these licenses. Basically
designed so ONLY smaller carriers can utilize them...
But alas, radio spectrum is more media friendly and noticed by the people,
so a lot more people out there scream that their church isn't able to get a
FM station than people who scream that they can't get internet access in
rural areas...
FYI - A reminder to people out there interested in starting a noncommercial
radio station (for whatever reason), applications must be recieved between
Oct 12 and Oct 19, 2007, and the application itself costs nothing...
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: [WISPA] Open Meeting on 700 MHz
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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