Marco,
Your letter makes some great points but in somewhat insulting way
that may cause it to just be tossed aside rather than taken
seriously. If you would like me to re-write a future letter for you
so that it makes it's points in a more considerate way, I'll be
happy to help you with that.
I think this article shows just how far WISPs (and WISPA) need to go
to make elected officials aware that "all wireless isn't mobile".
They seem unaware that WISPs supply FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND and
that mobile broadband is (like Matt Larsen says) "toy broadband".
Rather than piss and moan, when are we going to get our act together
and get our message about the benefits of FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND
out to Congress?
jack
On 2/10/2011 2:27 PM, Marco Coelho wrote:
Here's some more:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_us/us_obama
my response:
Dear Mr. President,
I have built, own, and operate an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
company. I have done this with my OWN money, blood, sweat, and
tears for over 13 years. We presently cover 5000 square miles of
previously unsupported areas. So far your broadband stimulus
moneys' have done nothing for my customers but cause interference
from wanabe ISPs using the peoples money to mess things up.
Sure, most of them will be out of business in a couple of years,
but it's still adds more work for those who have to live through
it. We may even do pretty well buying up all that equipment that
was purchased with the peoples monies and squandered.
Leave business to the business people. We don't want your money,
it came with too many strings attached. Rather than sell radio
spectrum, also an asset of the people, you should designate more
of it for the unlicensed bands that us WISPs use.
Marco Coelho
President,
Argon Technologies Inc.
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Greenville, TX 75403-0875
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