reselling a connection is legit for 477 purposes? We do that but i never claimed it since its not our infrastructure.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Bob Telephone Company from Bob, Montana probably doesn't have any > customers in Missouri. That sort of thing. > > As Cameron suggested, some is from billing address vs. installation > address. Some is geocoding errors. Some is just crappy systems. Some might > actually be that they are selling someone a T1 service way out of area. In > that last case, it would be legit. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Monday, August 28, 2017 9:27:24 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] FCC Form 477 > > > Maybe they resell something in that other location. If they're using a > system (like Plat) which generates covered blocks based on where your > customers are, then something you resell in another area would show up in > the report. > > I'm wondering what the opinion is on partially covered blocks these days. > If you cover a portion of a census block, do you claim it or not? I think > many operators (including some large ones) are claiming coverage of any > census block they touch. I've heard at least one claim that it's a > defensive move to prevent people getting government funding to overbuild > them. Incidentally, it also prevents *yourself *from getting government > funding to build there so I'm thinking it isn't such a wise choice. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 8/28/2017 9:36:02 AM > Subject: [AFMUG] FCC Form 477 > > On your Federal Communications Commission Form 477, make sure your stated > coverage is at least somewhat representative of what you actually cover. In > doing some market research, I keep finding ISPs (not just WISPs) obviously > based out of one or two towns in one state, but have claimed some census > blocks in other states. This seems very much so an error in the filing and > not an expansion network. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > > >
