I finished our draft today. Having reviewed a ton, either there was a boilerplate or everybody copied rises since half of the ones I went through were the same as theirs
On Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 1:30 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > One thing about it, if they do a great job, then it is one more reason to > belong to WISPA. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2019 12:25 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FCC Enforcement Actions > > > 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. > > > > [image: photograph] > > > *Daniel White*Co-Founder & Managing Director of Operations > > *phone:* +1 (702) 470-2766 > *direct:* +1 (702) 470-2770 > > 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 > > *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> > 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> 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 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 > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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