Sour Grapes If you want USF go get some e rate or file to become a telephone company and serve places like Dangling Rope, Utah. I see continual whining by WISPS about USF and RUS funds. Folks, you can get those dollars if you want. Just like doctors can get medicare dollars if they want to go to the effort. (Now theres a racket, and you are forced into paying for that one).
WISPs are the johnny come lately gang to the telecom scene. CLECs were all whining about the exact same things 15 years ago. Then they figured out how to get RUS and USF or they died. Most of them died. Why not complain about all the mining claims on federal land? You are not benefitting from those either. Just because some people (or more likely their ancestors) filed for territory and became ILECs and you didn't doesn't make them and their funding program bad and doesn't oppress or shortchange you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] gotta love USF!!!! > I'll stand up for Marlon here: He is a veteran WISP'er and I have > never seen him post "babble" let alone "mindless". I worked for a > phone company - it is a racket. -RickG > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Blake Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Chucks business knowledge has proven to be right on so far, >> I suspect you don't have a clue about the situation and therefore >> posted mindless babble.... >> >> >> Don't take your organs to heaven, >> heaven knows we need them down here! >> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brian Rohrbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] gotta love USF!!!! >> >> >>> If you are running a hundred miles of fiber for 30 people you are not >>> right in the head....... >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: >>> It is a cost recovery mechanism. I got audited by USAC this year to >>> prove >>> that the USF we receive is to cover the costs of providing the service. >>> But >>> think how expensive it is to run a hundred miles of fiber and put in a >>> class >>> 5 switch to serve 30 or 50 customers. >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
