It depends on what you're buying from them, but the basic answer is "no they do not have to sell at their cost".
If you're buying transit, you strike your own deal with the bandwidth supplier. In that sense you're just paying "cost" on the bandwidth. But, they have to determine the transit terms for the application. That will include a profit number for them. But, they have to live with the proposal they make. They can also sell bandwidth, at a predesigned schedule. They make a profit there too, but they have to live with their proposed schedule. That or I missed something big in the NOFA. Chuck Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2009, at 10:08 AM, "Robert West" <robert.w...@just- micro.com> wrote: > Okay, so for the grant they MUST provide the bandwidth for the same > price > they are paying for it??? But are they then able to throw a bunch > of BS > fees on top of it? If they have to provide at the same price, then > it's not > bad but I suspect it will be more cumbersome. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Charles Wu > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:33 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects > >> In our case, our competitor applied for a shade under a million >> bucks to >> provide middle mile into the area, as in to bring cheaper broadband >> to the >> masses. That doesn't sound like it will benefit us, the cheaper >> broadband >> is for their system. > > If it's a middle mile application, they would be in violation of their > funding contract if they bandwidth wasn't available to you for the > same > price that they're buying it for -- IMO, you would win either way > > 1. You get access to cheap bandwidth for the same price as them > 2. They deny you access, you report them to the government, they get > audited, shut down, thrown in jail, you have one less competitor, > and you > get to buy their system for pennies on the dollar =) > > -Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Chuck Bartosch > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:28 PM > To: [email protected]; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Searchable Map of Stimulus projects > > Though it is a requirement (as Tim set out), the requirement doesn't > really have a lot of teeth in my view. If a competitor doesn't want -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
