That is good information to know and it's good to know the independent WISP's did not cause the huge drop. What this does illustrate though is that as reported, the WISP industry is still very small even when compared to satellite which is almost double in size. Hopefully with the push to get more WISP's to report and with the tools being made available that make the task easier, the fixed wireless reported number of customers will exceed the satellite providers. If the satellite industry got a special NOFA and stimulus funding for CPE devices, and if WISP's show more customers than they do, it would make a more compelling case to get the government to recognize fixed wireless as an important contributor to the broadband market. This could help make better arguments for our FCC filings and/or spectrum requests.
Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Stephen Coran Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 2:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WISPA Members] Form 477 Revisited: Not as bad as it looks I talked today to the Clearwire lawyer who filed their Form 477 reports. As I had thought might be true, in the 2H 2008 report for which the results were recently released, Clearwire re-classified its subscribers as "mobile" where before they had been listed as "fixed wireless." It was explained to me that the new form for 2H 2008 put "portable" uses in the "mobile" category whereas before Clearwire had listed its subs as "fixed wireless." The lawyer was unsure how many subs Clearwire claimed, but I am guessing it explains a large portion of the "loss" of fixed wireless subs. Of course, this does not alleviate the challenges associated with preparing and filing the Form 477s nor does it excuse non-compliance, but it does explain the situation. Stephen E. Coran Rini Coran, PC 1140 19th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 202.463.4310 - voice 202.669.3288 - cell 202.296.2014 - fax [email protected] - e-mail www.rinicoran.com www.telecommunicationslaw.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting or destroying the e-mail and any attachments without retaining any copies. Thank you for your cooperation. IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any matter addressed herein. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
