This will be interesting to see how it plays out. I recall the Open
Range original RFI called for using it 8 MHz in the BRS/EBS 2.5 GHz
band, but any .16e system uses 5 MHz channels. Not sure how one scales
when only a single channel can fit the owned allocation. I assume
they'll have to overlay 3.65 GHz all over the place.

Right about now Alvarion should be pretty darned happy I secured their
RUS Acceptance and "Buy American" status for BreezeMAX before I left
them in June of 2008. As an interesting aside, did you know that a
company can achieve "Buy American" status and not have a single part
made and assembled in the U.S.? That is because, for the purposes of the
"Buy American" USDA RUS qualification, a system can also be made in
Mexico, Canada or Israel due to certain trade agreements between the
U.S. and those countries.


Patrick Leary
Aperto Networks
813.426.4230 mobile

-----Original Message-----
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 States for
StimulusFunding?

Looking at the approval dates it says 3/2008. This was long before any
talk of stimulus mony.

Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
P.O. Box 126
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Lists
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:06 AM
To: 'Motorola Canopy User Group'; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 States for Stimulus
Funding?

This morning I was reading about Alvarion winning the $100MM bid for
supplying Open Range network with their Breezemax product (
<http://www.cellular-news.com/story/38050.php?source=rss>
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/38050.php?source=rss ) for their 17
State rollout of fixed wireless.

 

I decided to see what markets Open Range was serving, which I found
here:
<http://www.openrangecomm.com/markets.html>
http://www.openrangecomm.com/markets.html.  

 

On that page there is a link for a complete list of communities that
takes you here:  <http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/>
http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/.

 

This site is the USDA/RUS site and it states : 

 

"Special Note to Potential Loan Applicants: Potential applicants should
note that communities associated with approved applications are no
longer eligible for RUS funding."

 

Hold the phone, when did the USDA/RUS start their loan program?  

 

My understanding is that they are waiting on NTIA guidelines before they
even have an application available.  

 

According to the USDA/RUS site:
<http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband.htm>
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband.htm  they state:  

 

"New regulations are currently being developed to implement the 2008
Farm Bill requirements. With the publication of the new regulations,
revised application materials will be posted."

 

Am I missing something, or is this media hype?

 

Thanks, 

Victoria Proffer 

CEO 

StLouisBroadband.com <http://stlbroadband.com/>  

ShowMeBroadband.com <http://missouriruralwireless.com/>  

314.974.5600 

SBA Certified WOSB

 

 



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