I just received the Talking Points from Peter Pratt. I recommend everyone read these points before dismissing this webinar. "If You Don't File, You Don't Count, and Filing Is Difficult." This webinar is a service from WISPA. We encourage members and non-members to attend. This is a very important week for the future of your business, please attend. We encourage non-members to join approximately 300 WISPs who are members of WISPA. We invest your dues primarily into lobbying efforts at the FCC to further enable your businesses to succeed. If you would like to join and do your part to further the success and future of our industry, go to http://signup.wispa.org.
Main Theme: Incumbent Service Providers Need to Protect Their Service Areas from Broadband Stimulus Overbuilds by Filing Their Territories with the RUS of USDA by 05/23 Key Points: 1. Off Track: All of us that support the broadband stimulus program must realize that unfortunately there have been instances of, from funding Round 1, of federal funds overbuilding incumbent networks. Incumbents must use the filing window this week to best protect their investment. 2. Deadline: The RUS filing deadline for incumbent service providers is this Sunday, May 23, at 12:00 noon CDT. 3. Importance: If you do not file, you do not count. The RUS has stated that the incumbent service area filings due this Sunday are the only means by which incumbents may tell the agency where they already provide broadband services. 4. Terminology: The filing's official name is: Public Notice Filing (PNF) Response 5. Support: The consulting team on this Webinar has assembled a highly automated database system to support the actual filings with RUS by incumbents, and the all important up front tracking of what operators have filed in your area. 6. Complexity I: Although RUS has provided maps of service areas filed, at aggregate levels, the process is very difficult. Manual hunt and peck approaches to the federal database can leave an operator at risk of missing particular Proposed Funded Service Areas filed for their territories. 7. Complexity II: RUS requires a response to be filed by each incumbent against each service area outlined by each applicant. The simple filing of a mapped location by the incumbent covering its entire current territory is not sufficient. 8. Scale: The large incumbent carriers have the IT resources and personnel to easily manage these critical filings. Small to medium sized wireless operators, cable MSOs, and telephone operating companies are finding this filing requirement particularly difficult. WISPA/Stimulating Broadband RUS Response Filing Webinar https://www1.gotomeeting.com/default/images/1x1.gif https://www1.gotomeeting.com/default/images/1x1.gif Join us for a Webinar on May 17 <https://www1.gotomeeting.com/en_US/organizers/webinar/previewEmail.tmpl?wid =978267344&Email=Invitation&history=false> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/images/webinar/themes/business/button_registerN ow.gif <http://www.wispa.org/> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/g2w/images/978267344/54147898301723618 StimulatingBroadband.com <http://www.stimulatingbroadband.com/> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/default/images/1x1.gif Peter Pratt and Liz Zucco of Stimulating Broadband will discuss their online program to assist operators in filing their responses to RUS Grant Applications. All operators interested in protecting their service areas are invited to attend. The deadline to file is currently May 23rd, 2010, however due to an outage this weekend, the deadline may be extended. Title: WISPA/Stimulating Broadband RUS Response Filing Webinar Date: Monday, May 17, 2010 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: WindowsR 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000 MacintoshR-based attendees Required: Mac OSR X 10.4.11 (TigerR) or newer Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at: <https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/978267344> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/978267344 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/default/images/1x1.gif Respectfully, Rick Harnish President WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. [email protected]
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