Its moving fast... The take on the new "conferance" bill is that 1/3 will now go to RUS and 2/3rd to NTIA. We are expecting to get the actual text by end of day.
Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "St. Louis Broadband" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] New Stimulus bill Broadband Definitions > Tom, not sure where that information is coming from. I have read Title > VI - > Broadband Communications. This is the current text that has just been > passed by the House. Is it buried some where other than that or the RUS > portion? > Thanks, > Victoria > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Tom DeReggi > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > I do not understand why this is going under the NTIA umbrella rather >> > than >> > RUS. Any ideas on that? >> > >> >> Yes. They didn't want Rural advocates to take all the money. Plus, RBOC >> want all the money for "next generation" fiber to the home, in more >> profitable areas to serve than rural. >> Also, its a situatiuon where this is a Stimulus Bill to create jobs, not >> necessarilly a bill to solve digital divide in Rural America. RUS is >> clearly >> only Rural focused. Thats my opinion on it. >> Whther that is the reason for sure, I do not know. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.23/1951 - Release Date: > 2/13/2009 6:51 AM > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
