I have been watching the vote on C-SPAN today and it is incredible. Most of the Senate are complaining that they were to receive 48 hours after the revisions to vote. My understanding is that the text of the revised bill, that can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/24/house-stimulus-bill-full_n_160569.htmlis what they are currently voting on. There are lots that are complaining that they have not had time to review, the now, 1000+ page document.
Victoria On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Tom DeReggi <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net>wrote: > 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" <li...@stlbroadband.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > 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 > > <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net>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: 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/ > > > > > > -- > > 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: 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/
