Several years back on the first version of the FCC transparency requirements, I 
paid a telecom law firm to  draft disclosure documents for us.  It was a 
disaster and I just walked away from it.  Typical lawyers, they wanted to do 
very extensive questionnaires and interviews basically to find all the devious 
things we were doing so we could disclose them in infinite detail and proper 
legalese.  It was crazy.  I couldn’t get across that we probably didn’t do any 
of that stuff, we just wanted a very basic disclosure document to satisfy the 
FCC requirements.  Lawyers don’t understand simple, and they don’t understand 
the difference between evil empires like AT&T or Comcast, and some little WISP 
just trying to deliver Internet to local folks.

 

I’m expecting WISPA will do better.

 

From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Daniel White
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:54 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC Enforcement Actions

 

WISPA will be adding a lot of boiler-plate documents like this once the new AMS 
platform is launched by the end of the month.

2020 is going to be an exciting year for the organization.

 


  
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ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>  wrote on 12/11/19 08:56:



One would think that WISPA could provide some boilerplate that gives everyone 
the maximum latitude to do what they want while providing letter-of-the-law 
coverage of the compliance requirements.  

 

From: Adam Moffett 

Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 8:28 AM

To: af@af.afmug.com <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>  

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC Enforcement Actions

 

Yes.  And I bet a lot of WISPs comply by using some copy-pasta from someone 
else's website and just change the name.  Big providers will comply by having 
the disclosure somewhere on their website but buried under a nest of links that 
nobody will follow. 

Most consumers will be too lazy to find these factual disclosures, and the ones 
that do seek them will have trouble finding them, and the ones that find 
something will find boiler-plate wishy washy legalese saying "I'll manage my 
network both neutrally and also however I want to".

</cynicism>

 

On 12/11/2019 10:21 AM, Steve Jones wrote:

THis is a shot across the bow to us though to get with the program.

 

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:20 AM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com 
<mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I think in my 15 years here, maybe two customers read the terms of service, and 
probably only one of them would read the disclosure

 

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:03 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com 
<mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I doubt any consumers are making choices based on legally mandated disclosures.

....but I can't claim to understand humans.

 

On 12/11/2019 8:04 AM, can...@believewireless.net 
<mailto:can...@believewireless.net>  wrote:

I thought this was odd: " By failing to comply with the Transparency Rule, the 
Company has deprived consumers of critical information that must be available 
when selecting Internet service in the marketplace. As the Commission has 
previously stated, clear disclosures help consumers make well-informed choices 
about their purchase and use of broadband Internet access services."

 

If you were comparing ISPs based on their disclosures and the one you were 
looking at didn't have one, wouldn't you just move onto the next provider? If 
they are the only provider available, would it really matter then?

 

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