> > The Senate bill asks for advanced broadband to be.... 100mbps. > AND only fiber, Powerline, and PtMP is eligible, PTP wireless is not
eligible under the amended Sentate bill That is crazy. What is crazier is the other technologies they are suggesting...Powerline and PtMP and 100 megs...humm. On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Tom DeReggi <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net>wrote: > That text is wrong, it is from the old House bill. > > The Senate bill asks for advanced broadband to be.... 100mbps. > AND only fiber, Powerline, and PtMP is eligible, PTP wireless is not > eligible under the amended Sentate bill. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "St. Louis Broadband" <li...@stlbroadband.com> > To: <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:49 PM > Subject: [WISPA] New Stimulus bill Broadband Definitions > > > >I don't know if this will be revised before it is voted on, but it appears > > that it needs to be corrected: > > In Title VI - BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS (pg 661-662) > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/08/senate-stimulus-bill-full_n_163144.html > > (j) > > DEFINITIONS - for the purpose of this section - (1) the term "advanced > > broadband service" means a service delivering data to the end user > > transmitted at a speed of at least 45 megabits per second downstream and > > at > > least 15 megabits per second upstream; (2) the term "advanced wireless > > broadband service" means a wireless service delivering to the end user > > data > > transmitted at a speed of at least 3 megabits per second downstream and > at > > least 1 megabit per second upstream over and end-to-end internet protocol > > wireless network; > > (3) the term "basic broadband service" means a service delivering data to > > the end user transmitted to a speed of at least 5 megabits per second > > downstream and at least 1 megabit per second upstream;" > > > > So the "advanced broadband service" is your backhaul @ 45/15 mbps, > > "advanced > > broadband service" SHOULD BE 5/1 mbps and "basic broadband service" > SHOULD > > BE 3/1 mbps > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.20/1943 - Release Date: > > 2/10/2009 7:20 AM > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
