Tom asked,

A relevent question is... What percent of Pre-existing PArt-101 licenses are owned by who? For example, what percentage of PArt101 licenses are owned by Sprint or Fiber tower? Surely without those numbers disclosed, we really cant understand who these auxilary stations really would be helping. If our competitors own most of the PArt101 licenses, Icant agree that helping our competitors be more successful will make WISPs more sucessful. I'd want to see that private independant WISPs and WISP industry own a significantly large enough portion of the PArt101 band already. Can we get these specs?

FCC microwave license data is public; you can download the whole database. I've done this a couple of times, most recently a bit more than a year ago. (Warning: It's pretty tricky to work with. It's relational, with a ton of little files, and they just distribute the text files, not the SQL that may generate the most interesting answers. But if you like hacking in Access, it can be fun to try.) From that data, not today's, here is the count of the top 100 licensee names. (L=licensee; CL=licensee contact)

entity_name     entity_type     CountOfcall_sign
Verizon Wireless        CL      6956
FIBERTOWER CORPORATION  CL      3930
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC  L       3450
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP    CL      3389
FiberTower Network Services Corp.       L       3265
RADIO DYNAMICS CORPORATION      CL      2988
Cingular Wireless LLC   CL      2484
METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS, INC L       2460
AT&T Mobility LLC       CL      2270
Keller and Heckman LLP  CL      1977
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD  L       1480
Comsearch       CL      1471
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD  CL      1461
CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS III, LLC    CL      1416
AT&T CORP.      CL      1355
Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III, LLC    L       1185
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP      L       1174
Teligent, Inc.  CL      1108
Sensus  CL      1090
T-Mobile License LLC    L       1064
Consolidated Spectrum Services  CL      1003
LOS ANGELES SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP    L       968
AT&T CORP.      L       895
Clearwire Corporation   CL      798
TELECOM TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT, INC.      L       797
McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP      CL      789
Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC      L       786
CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC      L       775
KATLINK LLC (debtor-in-possession)      L       770
KATLINK LLC (debtor-in-possession)      O       770
Telecom Transport Management, Inc.      CL      752
Covington & Burling LLP CL      745
CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC      CL      737
BNSF Railway Co.        L       726
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC   CL      723
BNSF Railway Co.        CL      718
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC   L       679
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC   CL      677
McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY CL      648
AT&T CORP       L       615
T-Mobile License LLC    CL      608
W. Stephen Cannon, Management Trustee   L       599
W. Stephen Cannon, Management Trustee   O       599
Dow Lohnes PLLC CL      599
Qwest Corporation       L       586
Qwest Corporation       CL      576
BACKLINK V, LLC CL      575
BACKLINK V, LLC L       575
ART Licensing Corp.     L       571
Constantine Cannon      CL      571
Alltel Communications, LLC      L       552
WILKINSON BARKER KNAUER, LLP    CL      550
TRILLION PARTNERS, INC. CL      538
Trillion Partners, Inc. L       529
BACKLINK IV, LLC        L       511
BACKLINK IV, LLC        CL      511
BACKLINK III, LLC       L       508
BACKLINK III, LLC       CL      508
BACKLINK II, LLC        L       506
BACKLINK II, LLC        CL      506
BACKLINK I, LLC L       505
BACKLINK I, LLC CL      505
CHEVRON USA INC L       495
CBS BROADCASTING INC.   L       492
NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE CO.       L       490
Clearwire Spectrum Holdings II, LLC     L       484
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.   L       467
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.   CL      462
Sprint Nextel Corporation       CL      453
GTECH CORPORATION       L       452
Stratos Offshore Services Company       CL      447
ALLTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.     CL      447
Alltel Communications, LLC      CL      438
CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP  L       428
Wiley Rein LLP  CL      426
MCI WORLDCOM NETWORK SERVICES INC       L       425
American Electric Power Service Corporation     CL      410
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF    L       406
Covington & Burling     CL      406
Brooks, Pierce, et al.  CL      403
Pacific Gas and Electric Company        L       398
Winstar Wireless Fiber Corp. (Chapter 7 Debtor) L       395
Winstar Wireless Fiber Corp. (Chapter 7 Debtor) O       395
UTC SPECTRUM SERVICES   CL      391
SprintCom, Inc. L       386
Teligent License Company II, L.L.C. (debtor-in-possession)      L       385
Teligent License Company II, L.L.C. (debtor-in-possession)      O       385
Graham Brock, Inc.      CL      384
MICHIGAN, STATE OF      L       380
MOTOROLA INC    L       380
Pacific Gas and Electric Company        CL      374
PACIFICORP      L       369
Gannett Co., Inc.       CL      367
CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO     CL      352
American Electric Power Service Corporation     L       344
Schwartz, Woods & Miller        CL      342
Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, Chartered       CL      340
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY   L       336
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY        L       334
USCOC OF GREATER IOWA, LLC      L       333



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