I was wondering how products made in Israel could be approved for a "Buy American" program. Looks like it takes a "Trade Agreement" and the ability to "pull teeth". What a concept.
Patrick Leary wrote: > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:07 AM > To: 'WISPA General List' > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > ---- > 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! 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