Yes, I agree 4 Watts would have been a huge victory, but we didn't get 4 watts. It appears that we got 100mw EIRP, which is worthless for anything other than short range personal portable devices. It appears that we got shut out. At 100mw, they might have well just auctioned it to the RBOCs, at least consumers would have had a chance to get "broadband" that way.
We'll have to see what the rules actually say tommorrow. Maybe the Arcticle writer misunderstood, and it was 100mw radio power and 4 watts could be achieved with antenna gain. But unforutneately, I don't think so. We'll see. If it is really only 100mw EIRP, we'll need to get back up on the lobby floor, and fight for more TX power. My personal opinion is that it should still be possible to convince the FCC to allow 4 watts. I think the unlicensed community originally wanted more power also. And Geolocation w/ database meets the broadcaster's requirements. Broadcasters already endorsed 20w on non-adjacenet channels. There was no sound reason to deny 4 watts on non-adjacent channels, unless there is a conspiracy against WISPs. Its also possible that the FCC got confused by WISPA's message, misinterpretting that we wanted low power in unlicensed. The FCC left the door open for further comment on whether higher power licensed should be allowed in "rural areas". At this point, I think it will end up being to WISP's best interest to jump back on the Unlicensed bandwagon, where there is FCC support, and lobby for 4watts. But I'm gonna stop talking, as I'm getting all worked up, before I have all the facts posted to the public tommorrow. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win >I can make do with 4 watts EIRP if that is what we end up with. > If the is the only thing we didn't get, I would say we pitched a shutout. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:13 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win > > >> Useful power levels in the whitespaces. >> >> B UT, we've not seen the actual rules from the FCC yet. It's entirely >> possible that the rules will be better than what's being reported so far. >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Chuck McCown - 3" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:56 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win >> >> >>> What exactly didn't we win? >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Charles Wyble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 5:08 PM >>> Subject: [WISPA] Looks like we didn't win >>> >>> >>>> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/110408-fcc-whilte-spaces.html >>>> >>>> :( >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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/ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
