We pay rent to one county to be in their building and on their tower. The sheriff's office might be on some paperwork somewhere. Not unheard of. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:29 PM Subject: [WISPA] County
> Hi, > > I discovered today that one of my competitors that has setup several > (6+) new licensed links (using 11ghz, 18ghz and 23ghz) in the last year > is using the local Sheriff's office as the contact and registered owner > in the FCC database. > > I'm sure the Sheriff's office is using the links for their public safety > service (because that's how they are registered on the FCC site), but I > also know this competitor has setup at least one link that is not in an > area where the Sheriff's office would need any type of service (and > therefore is only using it for their own traffic). > > First, I assume this is legal because the Sheriff's office is probably > paying for all this equipment. However, because they are a "public" > office, I assume that anyone that wanted to use that transport should be > allowed, since they are allowing this other provider that is installing > them? > > Also, I would assume this would hold true for several towers (owned by > the same county) that this competitor is on for free. If they allowed > this person on the towers (in exchange for moving traffic), I would > think they would have to allow me on as well? > > Thoughts? > > Travis > Microserv > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
