Mind you that "sovereign" part only applies to whatever they wish to apply it
to. They're not at all, when it suits them. IN this, they have their
cake, eat it, and expect us to give them an unlimited supply, as well.
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From: Jack Unger
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 3:18 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Broadband work with Indian Reservation
Gosh, I just do not understand how some native American peoples could feel so
"territorial". What's up with that???
Forbes Mercy wrote:
Travis,
I totally understand since 2003 I have tried to get on tribal hills and
unless I piggyback on an existing tower all I can get is "we want to do
Internet ourselves, I check back in every two to three years, same thing. I
should feel lucky they haven't tried to ban us.
Forbes
On 8/13/2010 1:55 PM, Travis Johnson wrote:
The reservation in our area put an actual ordinance in effect that bans all
"outdoor antennas" on any structure (including their homes, sheds, garages,
barns, etc.). We still do installs there (along with 2 or 3 other providers),
but technically they could enforce it.
The reason? Because they are going to do their "own" internet, TV and VoIP
solution... they have only been talking about it for almost 6+ years and have
not installed a single piece of equipment. They have two nice water towers, and
a nice tower up on a 500ft tall butte right in the middle of their area... but
they won't allow ANYONE on any of it because "they" are going to do it.
This is the EXACT reason the tribes are SO FAR behind, and can't compete in
the real world. They won't allow us to bring them technology that would help
all their people. Instead they just built a huge new Tribal headquarters and
are trying to get money to build a huge gambling casino.
Travis
Microserv
MDK wrote:
I tried to, but it fell through. They chose to spend a HUGE amount of
money for Fiber to the curb and try to administer it themselves, rather than
about 15% of the cost for me to bring in broadband and maintain it. As far as
I know, it has been a disaster, but they're now so invested in it they won't
change. This is a very small reservation, and they only wanted to get
broadband to the most densely populated part of it. I may still end up
putting in wireless to the "remote" parts, since lots of non-indians live out
there.
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541-969-8200 509-386-4589
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From: Rick Harnish
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:28 PM
To: [email protected] ; 'WISPA General List' ; [email protected]
Cc: 'A Goldman'
Subject: [WISPA] Broadband work with Indian Reservation
I will be attending a Strategy Meeting in New York later this month which
is hosted by NABA (Native American Broadband Association and Intersections
International). Alex Goldman will be covering these meetings as well. Between
now and then, I would like to hear from WISPs across the country that may have
worked with Indian tribes in the past or are presently working with them. Part
of Alex's articles will focus on how private ISPs are successfully working with
the Indian Nation, however I would also like to hear the downside of anyone's
experiences. NABA has reached out to WISPA to develop alliances and
collaboration, both on the lobbying front and the development of public/private
partnerships so that many of the grants awarded to the Indian tribes will have
a good local ISP partner to assist in the implementation of the projects.
If your ISP business is near a reservation, I would like to hear from you
in the next week.
Respectfully,
Rick Harnish
Executive Director
WISPA
260-307-4000 cell
866-317-2851 WISPA Office
Skype: rick.harnish.
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