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. <https://atheral.co/wp-content/uploads/Atheral-Logo-Vertical-Grad-150px-x-86px.png> Daniel White Co-Founder & Managing Director of Operations phone: +1 (702) 470-2766 direct: +1 (702) 470-2770 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? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com _____ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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