I hope someone is in their ear saying that they need to also take into consideration PTP wireless for backhaul. I have written my Senators. Victoria St. Louis Broadband
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Tom DeReggi <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net>wrote: > Its what happens when polititions make technical decissions on soemthing > they no nothing about. > Most legislators don't realize the implications of the text that was > written. But the lobby group that suggested the text certainly did. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "St. Louis Broadband" <li...@stlbroadband.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] New Stimulus bill Broadband Definitions > > > > > > >> 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! 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