Then I guess you do not want to evolve into a public utility. Too bad, as the rest of the WISP industry is becoming defacto public utility. You really need to become familiar with the principle of common carriage. The legal doctrine can be traced clear back to the Roman Empire. Personally I want the sanction and protection of the king, but in exchange I must be a good steward and must comply with some regulation. So, I will be granted a fiefdom and rogues will be assimilated.
Who else serves around Milton Freewater? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Form 477 NPRM Comments Due > This is an excerpt from a comment filed by a state representative from > Kansas: > > "As a state policy-maker attempting to develop incentives that will induce > broadband > providers (particularly the larger DSL and cable companies) to use > multiple > technologies > to reach beyond city limits, FCC data providing greater specificity about > which potential > customers are adversely impacted by the digital divide and left without a > viable option > for service would be invaluable." > > That ought to turn your stomach into knots. > > Let me interpret it... > > "We want detailed data, so we can help,cajole, coerce, or bribe the big > guys > into universal coverage". > > This is not a question of the FCC determining how broadband is being > deployed. > > This is a matter of us being required to provide the data so that public > money can be used to benefit the politically connected. > > My comments to the FCC... > > As a small businessman, one of the ways that we exist, is by being > flexible > and by offering services in an ad-hoc basis that larger, > inflexible entities don't. Often, small businesses are purely based upon > market need. Individuals find a need and fill it. And we > do so in our own town, or neighborhood, or in the areas near where we > live. > > One of the most critical efforts that small business people undertake, is > to > determine if there's a large enough market for what they > want to do. Often, little funding is available for this, and they > substitute days, weeks, or even months of time and personal effort > instead of hiring research companies or marketing consultants, or buying > the > data outright. > > In the case of a wireless ISP, for instance, one of the most critical > elements for success, is to map out an area, and then begin > "building out" a network. Many such WISP's are one or two man operations, > and start with minimal capital, usually enough to get > started and operate in a limited area for a short period of time. Then, > funding from operations then provides capital for expansion > and improvement of infrastructure. > > During this phase of the life of a WISP, the financial situation is > generally very fragile, and a loss of markets to move into will > generally cause business failure. > > If WISP's are required to do even MORE work, such as finding census > borders > and maintaining massive and detailed databases of location > etc, and the purpose of that work is to give free assistance to > competitors > to show them where to take your markets away from you, this > effort is 100% counterproductive. Not only do the results hurt you, but > the time it takes away from a small businessman often comes > at the expense of operations, expansion, or even quality of service. > > Perhaps people who sit behind desks in Washington DC don't care about > anything but press releases where they get to praise themselves > and get lauded on TV, but for those of us who risk our life's savings and > often years of our lives building a business by > bootstrap have a LOT more at stake than a transitory and soon forgotten > political posture by some appointed or hired public employee. > > So, as a small businessman, I cannot state how incredibly wrong ALL of > this > is, and that IN NO WAY should the FCC be in the business of > deliberating wasting the time, money, and resources of small business > people solely for the purpose of harming their future. > > So, in closing, I state for the record, there is no good aspect the > collection of detailed information. It is not and has never been > the business of Congress or the FCC to provide broadband. That's being > done > by thousands of hard working people who have risked > everything they have to try to make it happen. It seems worse than > Machiavellian, then, for the FCC to demand that these people then > waste thier time, money, and energy, in an effort where the only result > possible, is to harm them. > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > <insert witty tagline here> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:31 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Form 477 NPRM Comments Due > > >> I'm going to ask that we oppose this in its entirety, due to it giving >> away >> information we really don't need given away. >> >> Whatever your take... please file. ... something. >> >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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