Anyone can apply for a rural broadband grant from the RUS. The RUS has a person assigned to each geographical area called a GFR (government field rep) and the GFR is supposed to investigate the area to make sure it is unserved prior to awarding a grant. We have seen several companies pull the wool over the eyes of the GFR to this respect, but in our areas, the GFRs know us and ask us first when a new company comes along looking for the grant. In any event, it will not be the USDA deciding what to do with the money, it will be the ISP or WISP that got the grant deciding what to do with the money.
If anyone is wanting to expand into unserved areas, they should really consider asking for the money. Lots of small time operators have received these grants. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bcochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:17 AM Subject: [WISPA] Has anyone see these? > And we all are spending our dollars to promote broadband in our areas. > Problem is that there is already a WISP in Ripley that has been struggling > and now!!!!! > > Thanks USDA Does the USDA know what do with there monies? > > Reedy > > WV Public Records > > WV Arrests > > West Virginia Record > > WV Divorces Reedy is a town in Roane County. > > The community was named for Reedy Creek > > The latitude of Reedy is 38.899N. The longitude is -81.425W. > > It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 679 feet. > > The estimated population, in 2003, was 191. > > INCOME SNAPSHOT > > Median household income > > Local > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > $17,000 > > National > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > $41,994 > > > > Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau > > > > > timesrecbutn Image Map > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/obitsad1.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad3.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad13.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad8.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad15.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad4.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad6.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad2.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad7.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad9.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad10.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad11.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad12.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad5.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad1.shtml> > > > > > Wednesday's Internet Edition, 03:50 PM, August 06, 2008. > > _____ > > Wireless broadband > coming to Reedy > Community center > getting free access > > > > > > > > Roger Mullins (right) looks over aerial photographs with the help of > George > Dizelos of the Louis Berger Group of consulting engineers from Washington, > D.C., at a meeting in Spencer last week. > > By JIM COOPER > Editor - A chance connection is expected to bring wireless broadband > service > to Reedy by the end of this year. > > WV WISP LLC, a private company based in Jackson County, has received a > $628,200 USDA Rural Development grant that will also make computers > available for public use in the Reedy Community Center. > > "We've got some pretty high expectations," Frank Waybright, a Ripley > resident who co-owns the start-up company with local developer Rod > Parsons, > said. "We'd like to have it up and running within 90 to 120 days. It's > definitely going to make an impact." > > Waybright said the project involves installing four towers to bring > existing > service from the Ripley area. The towers will be built in Ripley, on Aplin > Ridge, Colt Ridge and in Reedy. He said the towers, which can usually be > erected in less than four weeks, could reach residents from 10 to 20 miles > away. > > Twenty-five communities in 16 states received $15.6 million from the USDA > through its Community Connect Grant program. Reedy was the only community > in > West Virginia to be selected. Nationwide, 103 applications were made. > > Richard Jenkins, the USDA's general field representative for West Virginia > and Virginia, said Reedy, a community with an estimated population of > nearly > 200, was a good fit for the grant's qualifications. > > "It's based on (rural nature) and household income," Jenkins explained. > "Reedy scored high on the subjective part of the grant. West Virginia's a > poor state and the funds are designed to go to areas that need help." > > Reedy Mayor Sam Salvucci said he first learned of the proposal after being > contacted by Waybright. > > "This guy just came up out of nowhere," he said. "He called me up one day > and told me what his plans were. We're awfully lucky we were the ones > selected." > > The grant is for a two-year period. It requires WV WISP to install 10 > computers in the community building and provide free access to the > Internet. > A full-time job will also be created for a tech support person that will > assist the public in making use of the service. Jenkins said the computers > would be available a minimum of 48 hours each week. > > The Reedy Volunteer Fire Dept. and Reedy Elementary School will also > receive > free wireless service. At present, only dial-up Internet service is > available in Reedy. > > Jenkins said he anticipates that the program would have a similar effect > as > it did when it brought broadband to another part of the Appalachian region > in which he works. > > "It's changed the outlook of so many people in the southwestern Virginia > coalfields and I hope it will do the same here," he said. > > Waybright, who has several years of experience as a network engineer, said > he had recently operated a wireless service in Jackson County until > selling > the business. WV WISP expects to turn a profit from the customers it > gains, > he said, and, according to Jenkins, from leasing space on its towers. The > service could eventually expand into Wirt County from Reedy, Waybright > said. > > > Salvucci said he was optimistic that Reedy would embrace the new service > and > the opportunity for free wireless access, which the company is expected to > continue at the community building past the two years of the grant. > > And we all are spending our dollars to promote broadband in our areas. > Problem is that there is already a WISP in Ripley that has been struggling > and now!!!!! > > Thanks USDA Does the USDA know what do with there monies? > > Reedy > > WV Public Records > > WV Arrests > > West Virginia Record > > WV Divorces Reedy is a town in Roane County. > > The community was named for Reedy Creek > > The latitude of Reedy is 38.899N. The longitude is -81.425W. > > It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 679 feet. > > The estimated population, in 2003, was 191. > > INCOME SNAPSHOT > > Median household income > > Local > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > $17,000 > > National > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > $41,994 > > > > Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau > > > > > timesrecbutn Image Map > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/obitsad1.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad3.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad13.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad8.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad15.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad4.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad6.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad2.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad7.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad9.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad10.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad11.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad12.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad5.shtml> > > <http://www.thetimesrecord.net/frontad1.shtml> > > > > > Wednesday's Internet Edition, 03:50 PM, August 06, 2008. > > _____ > > Wireless broadband > coming to Reedy > Community center > getting free access > > > > > > > > Roger Mullins (right) looks over aerial photographs with the help of > George > Dizelos of the Louis Berger Group of consulting engineers from Washington, > D.C., at a meeting in Spencer last week. > > By JIM COOPER > Editor - A chance connection is expected to bring wireless broadband > service > to Reedy by the end of this year. > > WV WISP LLC, a private company based in Jackson County, has received a > $628,200 USDA Rural Development grant that will also make computers > available for public use in the Reedy Community Center. > > "We've got some pretty high expectations," Frank Waybright, a Ripley > resident who co-owns the start-up company with local developer Rod > Parsons, > said. "We'd like to have it up and running within 90 to 120 days. It's > definitely going to make an impact." > > Waybright said the project involves installing four towers to bring > existing > service from the Ripley area. The towers will be built in Ripley, on Aplin > Ridge, Colt Ridge and in Reedy. He said the towers, which can usually be > erected in less than four weeks, could reach residents from 10 to 20 miles > away. > > Twenty-five communities in 16 states received $15.6 million from the USDA > through its Community Connect Grant program. Reedy was the only community > in > West Virginia to be selected. Nationwide, 103 applications were made. > > Richard Jenkins, the USDA's general field representative for West Virginia > and Virginia, said Reedy, a community with an estimated population of > nearly > 200, was a good fit for the grant's qualifications. > > "It's based on (rural nature) and household income," Jenkins explained. > "Reedy scored high on the subjective part of the grant. West Virginia's a > poor state and the funds are designed to go to areas that need help." > > Reedy Mayor Sam Salvucci said he first learned of the proposal after being > contacted by Waybright. > > "This guy just came up out of nowhere," he said. "He called me up one day > and told me what his plans were. We're awfully lucky we were the ones > selected." > > The grant is for a two-year period. It requires WV WISP to install 10 > computers in the community building and provide free access to the > Internet. > A full-time job will also be created for a tech support person that will > assist the public in making use of the service. Jenkins said the computers > would be available a minimum of 48 hours each week. > > The Reedy Volunteer Fire Dept. and Reedy Elementary School will also > receive > free wireless service. At present, only dial-up Internet service is > available in Reedy. > > Jenkins said he anticipates that the program would have a similar effect > as > it did when it brought broadband to another part of the Appalachian region > in which he works. > > "It's changed the outlook of so many people in the southwestern Virginia > coalfields and I hope it will do the same here," he said. > > Waybright, who has several years of experience as a network engineer, said > he had recently operated a wireless service in Jackson County until > selling > the business. WV WISP expects to turn a profit from the customers it > gains, > he said, and, according to Jenkins, from leasing space on its towers. The > service could eventually expand into Wirt County from Reedy, Waybright > said. > > > Salvucci said he was optimistic that Reedy would embrace the new service > and > the opportunity for free wireless access, which the company is expected to > continue at the community building past the two years of the grant. > > "We'll just have to wait and see," he said. "I hope they do." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert C. Cochran > > Sales Department > > Connectlink Turnkey Wireless Wide-Area Network Solutions > > P. O. 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