But its worse than that... At first, one might think that the protestor would only have to prove that they had 40% coverage within their Census block they were protesting. BUT that is NOT true. Small providers will ahve little chance of winning a protest because.....
the 40% take rate is based on teh area, not the census block. An area is a set of contiguous census blocks. So if a WISP supprots 1 census block, and a big dog applies for a grant that covers 10 census blocks, if the other 9 census blocks are less than 40% covered, even if your census block is 100% covered, your census blocks get averaged into all the others , to state that the proposed full area is still underserved. Maybe NTIA might be nice and say, can you move that 1 small census block out of your plan. But they don't have to. What I'm getting at is... protests will not be easy, because you'll hqve to protest the complete area that the applicant is calling an area. That is really bad for small providers trying to protect their turf. The rules clearly reward the applicants who can serve the most underserved and unserved people regardless of who gets trampled along the way. Its doesn't mean officials will make those decissions as final outcomes, but the rules allow them to, if they want. 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: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW..... > They will be posted, for 30 days, on the NTIA site during their "due > diligence" phase. > Any ISP that contests will have to provide the proof that they have a 40% > take rate. > > > Victoria Proffer > www.StLouisBroadband.com > 314-974-5600 > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:08 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW..... > > And on that note, where can you find a list of applications? > -RickG > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Mike Hammett<wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > wrote: >> If someone comes in and undercuts you, it's your fault for not protesting >> their application. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:51 AM >> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW..... >> >>> Yesterday there was a broadband stimulus seminar in Columbus, OH > featuring >>> Senator Sherrod Brown, ConnectOhio.org, USDA Rural Development. I went >>> with >>> an open mind and left not wanting anything to do with this "free money" > to >>> be had. >>> >>> >>> >>> The government is trying to get as much control out of the ISP's that > take >>> this money as they possibly can. The reporting requirements for ISP's > that >>> take this money is a huge burden. This makes FCC Form 477 look like a > walk >>> in the park compared to what they want to know. There are about 30-50 >>> things >>> that they want you to report on and some of it is just crazy. I can't > list >>> it all but they basically want to know what brand of toilet paper and >>> how >>> much of it you use per customer.. And this will apply to your entire >>> existing infrastructure that was in place before you took the money. >>> >>> >>> >>> They can come in and look at all your confidential records anytime they >>> want. They can even change the rules years down the road and possibly > tell >>> you what to charge your customer per month to what they think is fair. >>> They >>> can also tell you how to do your QoS and what you can and can not block. >>> >>> >>> >>> This sounds like the same deal with the bank bailouts from last year >>> that >>> once they took the money and found out what role the government wanted >>> to >>> do >>> with them that they wanted to give it all back but wasn't allowed. The >>> majority of the attendees once we got into the workshops and started >>> talking >>> among each other was that they don't want anything to do with this money >>> at >>> all either once they found out all the hidden strings attached to it. >>> >>> >>> >>> They are encouraging few larger projects than many smaller ones. I asked >>> them what about the area that already has 2-3 fixed wireless ISP's and >>> if >>> they give the money to a very large outfit that comes into the area and >>> undercuts the smaller guys by $5/month and runs them out of business if >>> that >>> could happen and they said it probably would. I said well you just >>> killed >>> 3 >>> small businesses to create a larger one what the heck did you just >>> accomplish that for and they just gave me a blank stare like I was >>> crazy. >>> >>> >>> >>> This is not about getting broadband internet to un-served/underserved >>> area's, this entire stimulus is about the government trying to gain as >>> much >>> control as they possibly can into the ISP business.. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm going to start running ads saying "go with us, we refused to take >>> the >>> stimulus money." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Kurt Fankhauser >>> WAVELINC >>> P.O. 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