oooops ,wrong email! still good reading!!!!!!!!! --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Jason Bailey <j284...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Jason Bailey <j284...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC creating policy... To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 12:04 AM just one of the many emails i read daily,read it all. goin to bed --- On Fri, 2/19/10, Jeremie Chism <jchi...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jeremie Chism <jchi...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC creating policy... To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Friday, February 19, 2010, 10:57 PM Excellent point. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2010, at 9:36 PM, "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> wrote: > I personally think we need to be taking the same approach as the > Telco.... > > > " what do you mean there is a problem, all the broadband anyone > needs is > there, tthe customer just needs to pick up the phone and call". > > WISPs are here and can solve the problem. > > What we need is education programs to make consumers aware of WISP > providers > and their capabilty. > > And challenge cosumers to point out applications that they need > 100mbps for > that WISPs speeds cant solve. > > We need to point out passing out Free money to large companies isn't > going > to fix the problem. > But helping Small providers to continue delivering Wireless > solutions will. > > I personally think the FEDs should loan guarantee every local WISP's > request. > Wireless has such a short ROI, there really isn't that much risk in > guaranteeing a loan. > > The entire US's broadband problem could be solved simply by Federal > Loan > guarantees for SMALL loans to Local providers. > And it wouldn't cost the Tax payers a dollar. > > Consumers are ready to pay the bill, as soon as they get rid of the > Pipe > dream for something they dont really need (fiber and 100mbps to the > home). > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MDK" <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 5:37 PM > Subject: [WISPA] FCC creating policy... > > >> I note with some interest the note published about how these lobbying >> groups >> want the FCC to provide broadband at very high speed via policy. >> There's >> a nice menu of dreams in the article referenced... There's two >> kinds of >> people in the world.. Dreamers and doers. And some of us are a >> little >> or a lot of both. You have to dream it before you can do it, or >> else >> you >> are just implementing someone else's "dream", which never works all >> that >> well. But, to propose dreams to people who can neither do, nor >> know how >> to do, but possess too much power already, asking them to wield >> more... >> ARRGH! Don't get me started on the vapid stupidity of it all. >> >> I note with interest that there are "magic bullet" prescriptions, >> such as >> tearing down the "duopoly", etc, etc. The proponents of these >> often see >> specific items as the "key". Yet, in real life, there isn't a >> single >> key, >> and the answers are a lot more complex than the dreamers like to >> write. >> So, in that realm of thought, I'd like to make my own list... Two >> lists, >> actually... First, the things that obstruct, and then, the things >> that >> could be done to help. I'm writing this as I see it, not >> intending to >> speak for all. You may wish to make your own list... But if >> WISPA is a >> lobbying organization, then we need a cohesive view of the things >> that >> obstruct OUR growth and the things we generally need. >> >> First, the obstructions I find... >> >> 1. Lack of capital. I have had only a tiny amount of credit for >> my >> entire time in business, and I'm not getting more anytime soon. >> Besides, >> DEBT isn't going to help. Whether you're buying growth out of >> profits... >> or paying debt out of profits... Debt still has to be paid, even >> when the >> cash flow has hickups, and I had a real big one about 18 months ago. >> >> 2. Public property restrictions. The inability to use public >> facilities - be it buildings, towers, land - is often a factor. >> The >> minimum cost for a USFS site is based on the size of your market >> (not who >> you reach, your potential), and it starts out at several times my >> only >> paid >> lease on private land. Cities, counties, states, have entirely >> inconsistent regulatory frameworks, and just locating who to reach is >> often >> a maze. Often local politics throws up barriers, as you could be an >> outsider to the process. >> >> 3. Regulatory fiat: Not just reporting mandates, but threatened >> "neutrality", and other mandates present risks that make future >> investment >> harder, as margins get slimmer and costs higher per customer. >> Regulating >> your tasks. Like classifying making a network cable as a licensed >> position, one that requires YEARS of outside of the industry >> experience, >> and >> then hiring someone with a very high price tag, just to do utterly >> simplistic things with no valid reason to be restricted. >> >> 4. Public perceptions: Often, I've seen the "only the phone and >> cable >> co >> are REAL broadband providers" meme repeated by even my own friends >> who >> know >> what I do. >> >> 5. Slow technological change - especially as it concerns regulatory >> bodies. >> >> 6. Spectrum unavailability: Right now, I'm seeing so much noise >> in some >> places that no frequency is useable. >> >> 7. Spotty availability of hardware: This seems to be related to >> economic >> conditions, but it doesn't help, that's for sure. Importing >> yourself >> isn't >> THAT hard, but it's still not easy. >> >> 8. The cost of doing business. Everyone wants a chunk of your >> backside... >> State, federal, county, local, workman's comp, unemployment, >> insurance, >> and >> the list goes on and on. Whether you're a WISP or a used clothing >> store, >> we're all getting killed here. >> >> What could help: >> >> 1. A much faster regulatory process, one with easier public >> access, and >> more interactive. The FCC seems to talk to only the big players >> on their >> own initiative. They're in DC and only talk to who comes to DC to >> meet >> them. I certainly haven't got time, nor do hardly any of you - >> witness >> how hard it is for WISPA to get people to events and doing stuff. >> No >> fault >> on WISPA's or the guys who DO contribute the time... Just pointing >> out how >> isolated they are in DC from where the rubber meets the road. >> >> 2. Easy and assured access to things like utility poles and easier >> rules >> to >> running our own cables over public ways, etc. >> >> 3. A concerted effort by public officials to be inclusive when it >> comes >> to >> promoting the types of providers. Would help overcome public >> misperception. >> >> 4. Access to capital. This is a huge thing, and I'm not holding >> my >> breath, considering that the current government fad is to destroy any >> enterprise that doesn't promote specific partisan politics. It's >> complex, >> it reachs into things like securities, lending, tax policy, and a >> huge >> number of other things. And, it's as easily applied to WISP's as >> it is to >> tire shops and roofers and farmers. >> >> 5. This one's blank for the moment. How about you? What have >> you >> got? >> And please don't put "get more taxpayer's money" here. That's only >> going >> to "help" spend money that has strings attached, and I've never >> found that >> strings improve my operation. >> >> I think perhaps this list could be refined, perfected, and turned >> into a >> meme... A cohesive idea repeated consistently and preached >> consistently >> and unwaveringly to EVERYONE, be it FCC or Congress or the public, >> or even >> our own members, so they vote better or smarter. >> >> What say you? >> >> >> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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