Actually to be fair, and give credit where credit is due.... Steve Coran did the vast majority of the writing. I am really pleased with his work, and there is never a lot of changes needed after his initial drafts. I did however provide additional insight, oversite that our needs were met based on committee discussions, and approved the final draft.
Steve has been essential to getting this done, and I thank him for his hard work. The bad news is... This simulus bill is all happening to fast. Because its all on short notice, its not clear if our message gets heard in time, nor whether there is time for legislators to write amendments on our behalf, if they heard it. The broadband peice is just one small component of the many pages that Congress must debate in the stimulus package. What I'm getting at is, in contrary to public opinion in the media, Broadband topics are not getting the attention that they deserves in this proceeding at the congressional level. We can only do the best we can, to attempt to get the message out, and put it on the record. I'm suspecting that most of the battle will get fought after legislation, lobbying for actual rules of implentation, such as with NTIA. I think we also need to be reminded that the Broadband Stimulus is not likely going to be the only proceeding this year regarding Broadband. Everytime we get a message to legislators, that message is eventually heard, to effect the writting of future proposed bills that could be brought to congress. There is a new National Broadband Policy that needs to be defined by our new President, both in congress and at the FCC. This is just stage one to help influence that policy. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband Legislative Committee Chairman ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Harnish To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: [WISPA Announcements] WISPA Urges Conference Committee to AmendBroadband Stimulus Legislation Today a letter was mailed to Senators and Congressmen who are participating in the Stimulus Package Conference Committee. Legislative Chairman, Tom DeReggi and WISPA Counsel Steve Coran wrote this letter. I have attached it to this announcement. Respectfully, Rick Harnish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Announcements mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/announcements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.22/1946 - Release Date: 2/11/2009 11:13 AM
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