Does the process explicitly say that an awarded company has to open their network to competition? Or is this sort of a vague rule?
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Chuck Bartosch <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:06:11 -0400 >There is no provision in the rules to protest a plan because you don't >think it's a good plan. > >In fact, there's an OMB circular (from July I believe) that explicitly >disallows ANY communication until the evaluation process is over about >individual applications with the grant reviewers OR the agency over >anything except for contesting an application due to your coverage >area. I don't think I kept a copy of that circular, but I'm sure you >can find it on line. > >The only exception is if they reach out to you-but they are instructed >to ignore and refuse any other input. They are bound by law on this. > >Just to be clear here, you *could* talk to them in very general terms >about how the application process worked. But you cannot talk in any >form about an individual application, yours or anyone else's. > >It might sound like I'm nay-saying here, but I'm just pointing out >what the law allows you to do-and it doesn't allow the approach you're >suggesting as I understood the circular. > >Chuck > >On Sep 15, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > >> Its also feasible to protest a plan simply because its a poor plan. >> The >> NTIA/RUS needs to approve grants for companies that use tax payer >> money >> optimally wisely and benefit the public, and >> adhere to the NOFA rules. If you think you can do a better plan, >> but didn;t >> have time to submit it until Round2, why should the ROund1 plan get >> approved >> if its less good? >> And if one doubts the entent of an applicant, we should tell NTIA >> what we >> think. We are not only competing providers, but we are also the >> public that >> has to pay the taxes 5to fund these projects. >> >> I know in my State, there were numerous good applications that >> targeted >> truely needy areas, and made an effort to avoid other provider >> infrastructure. I plan to support those projects. >> For example only about 20% in my opinion were bad applications that >> would >> directly compete with me and other WISPs in their core markets. I >> plan to >> protest that 20%. Anyone that was smart would have avoided pre- >> existing >> providers or called them a head of time to work benefit for them >> into the >> proposal to gain their support. If they didn't do that, they >> deserve to >> have their applications protested, in my opinion. >> >> As well, if a grant application covers an area that you entended on >> applying >> for in Round2, I see no problem in telling NTIA/RUS that, and >> advising that >> the Round1 funds are oversubscribed, and Round1 funds should go to >> projects >> without alledged conflict of interests first, and at minimum deny the >> conflcit of interest applicants until round2, where they can be mroe >> fairly >> considered, and so there is more time to gain fact on what is and >> isn't >> underserved areas, and consider all potential applicants for the >> areas. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "L. Aaron Kaplan" <[email protected]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:19 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects >> >> >>>> >>>> >>>> Seriously? You would categorize government-subsidized broadband >>>> expansion >>>> as capitalistic competition? >>> >>> >>> I should have said - receiving some funds and thus increasing the >>> speed of biz expansion. >>> I see nothing un-capitalistic per se about receiving funds in order >>> to >>> revive the economy. >>> >>> The real question however is, will *only* the big boys get something >>> thus driving the smaller boys out of biz! >>> (maybe that is the case in the original posting and I just did not >>> know it). >>> >>> >>> *If* the stimulus package would be needed in the first place however, >>> is of course a completely different topic. >>> >>> But seems like I just put my fingers into a wound. 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