So 10 years of idle time means you cannot renew. It's definitely an investors game
On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:02 PM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net> wrote: > In the interest of getting the ACTUAL rules into this discussion instead > of just speculation, this is what the FCC rules are on term and renewal > requirements: > > (3) *License term:* Each PAL has a ten-year license term. Licensees > must file a renewal application in accordance with the provisions of > Section 1.949. > > (4) *Performance requirement:* Priority Access Licensees must provide > substantial service in their license area by the end of the initial license > term. “Substantial” service is defined as service which is sound, > favorable, and substantially above the level of mediocre service which > might minimally warrant renewal. Failure by any licensee to meet this > requirement will result in forfeiture of the license without further > Commission action, and the licensee will be ineligible to regain it. > Licensees > shall demonstrate compliance with the performance requirement by filing a > construction notification with the Commission in accordance with the > provisions set forth in § 1.946(d) of this chapter. The licensee must > certify whether it has met the performance requirement, and file supporting > documentation, including description and demonstration of the bona fide > service provided, electronic maps accurately depicting the boundaries of > the license area and where in the license area the licensee provides > service that meets the performance requirement, supporting technical > documentation, any population-related assumptions or data used in > determining the population covered by a service to the extent any were > relied upon, and any other information the Wireless Telecommunications > Bureau may prescribe by public notice. A licensee’s showing of substantial > service may not rely on service coverage outside of the PAL Protection > Areas of registered CBSDs or on deployments that are not reflected in SAS > records of CBSD registrations. > > (i) *Safe harbor for mobile or point-to-multipoint service.* A Priority > Access Licensee providing a mobile service or point-to-multipoint service > may demonstrate substantial service by showing that it provides signal > coverage and offers service, either to customers or for internal use, over > at least 50 percent of the population in the license area. > > (ii) *Safe harbor for fixed point-to-point service*. A Priority Access > Licensee providing a fixed point-to-point service may demonstrate > substantial service by showing that it has constructed and operates at > least four links, either to customers or for internal use, in license areas > with 134,000 population or less and in license areas with greater > population, a minimum number of links equal to the population of the > license area divided by 33,500 and rounded up to the nearest whole number. > To satisfy this provision, such links must operate using registered > Category B CBSDs. > > > Mark Radabaugh > WISPA Policy Committee Chair > 419-261-5996 > > Mark > > > On Jan 24, 2020, at 6:30 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > > On 1/24/20 3:07 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > You have to actually have gear up, it's not like n license where you just > register. It's got to be live and transmitting, and it's verified every 4 > minutes > > > > Right, someone gets the PALs, does nothing so it's usable as GAA, then at > some point later start transmitting in the PAL to kick the GAA users > somewhere else possibly more congested. > > -- > 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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