Maybe I misunderstood the last session there with the FCC and what was being discussed. They did say that throwing a ton of money at being a lobbyist made no sense. However, they DID have people at the Tennessee meetings on broadband and coordinated that appearance with other ISPs attending. And, they did say how to personally address the issue with the FCC and state entities. Template letters (ala WISPA) were brought up, etc.
For what is worth…. OK, I’m done. Back to making money from all the stuff I learned at the FISPA conference ☺ From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 2:04 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FISPA conference Context Context Context ...... What Fred Stated (on the WISPA list) earlier was accurate and factual. I also have no ill will or desire to speak ill of FISPA, after all I am and have been a member for the last 20+ years (am getting too old to count). Buying group, Information sharing, facilitating dialog etc etc etc, yes absolutely .. Advocacy group, they are not. At the present time they have morphed into more of CLEC's and Fiber Provider's association vs just ISP's (most of their members were ISP's and have grown up !). They do presentations at the meetings in regards to the Legal affairs and the status of where things are.. the Legal Advisors Kris and others have common clients with the FISPA membership. But as an association taking an active position or role with legislative affairs is something they very much choose not to do. Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net<mailto:supp...@snappytelecom.net> ________________________________ From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 1:35:11 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FISPA conference OK I saw some perspectives on the WISPA list…. My response there was…. Ummmmm…. You guys need to take a new look at this. Either everything they said from the platform is a lie, of they are indeed working for a “spot at the table”, so to speak. The “buying part” (ATT) was about 20% of the conference. And, the perspective about where ATT sits within the group of mostly small fish within the attendees was transparent and “not a thing” so to speak. Maybe it started out the way you recall it, but I took nothing away from the conference but them being what you described, from the very helpful session tracts to the panels of attorneys that can fight the battles we need to the final meeting with FCC representation and discussions on what we can do to increase the little guys presence with the FCC and provide input and influence on policy. SMH / ?? Paul From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 10:48 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FISPA conference >>They are parallel organization to WISPA, and our fighting for our seat at >>the table with legislators. I would seriously challenge that statement, especially the last half of the above sentence.. Please read carefully !.. http://www.fispa.org/about-us/ http://www.fispa.org/about-us/mission/ Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net<mailto:supp...@snappytelecom.net> ________________________________ From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 9:00:51 AM Subject: [AFMUG] FISPA conference Guys, Just throwing this out there. If you are doing FTTX or even with your towers, you should consider joining FISPA. They are parallel organization to WISPA and our fighting for our seat at the table with legislators. A LOT is up in the air right now regulatory wise, and supporting them ultimately also supports us ISPs. Paul Paul McCall, President PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 pa...@pdmnet.net<mailto:pa...@pdmnet.net> www.pdmnet.com<http://www.pdmnet.com> www.floridabroadband.com<http://www.floridabroadband.com>
