There has been a bill introduced to Subcommittee which will need immediate attention from ALL Wisps in states which have Senators on the list below. The Government Affairs Committee and Rini Coran will be working late into the evening developing a strategy and a whitepaper on this proposed legislation. This legislation includes a repacking and auctioning off of 84 MHz of spectrum in the Whitespaces bands. I ask that everyone look at his list of committee members and identify whether any of them are representing your state. It sounds like Senator Rockefeller and Senator Hutchison are sponsors of this bill. It is their goal to get it approved through committee before they go on recess at the end of next week.
We will be creating a letter which will help you understand the issues with the bill from the wisp industry perspective and a whitepaper with alternative language. This may take an effort of phone calls to your Senators offices, email campaigns and hopefully some personal meetings while they are home on recess. Not doing so, may result in the loss of unlicensed use in the majority of TV Whitespaces which would result in very little spectrum available and equipment volumes that would not scale well to reduce costs. This is important, we ask that you all participate in some level. These are your elected representatives, they need to hear a public outcry concerning this legislation. A copy of the bill can be found at http://www.publicknowledge.org/files/docs/spectrum_bill.pdf. Of particular interest is section 512. Subcommittee Members _____ Democrats Republicans . John F. Kerry - Chairman . Daniel K. Inouye . Barbara Boxer . Bill Nelson . Maria Cantwell . Frank R. Lautenberg . Mark Pryor . Claire McCaskill . Amy Klobuchar . Tom Udall . Mark Warner . Mark Begich . John Ensign - Ranking Member . Olympia J. Snowe . Jim DeMint . John Thune . Roger F. Wicker . Johnny Isakson . Roy Blunt . John Boozman . Patrick J. Toomey . Marco Rubio . Kelly Ayotte Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 Option 2 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. [email protected]
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