Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire
TOM DeREGGI, I would like to make you a Serious Business Offer. OK? Seriously. This is a real offer. In fact, you really can't turn me down, as you'll come to understand in a moment. Here's the deal. You're going to start a business or expand the one you've got now. It doesn't really matter what you do or what you're going to do. I'll partner with you no matter what business you're in - as long as it's legal. But I can't give you any capital - you have to come up with that on your own. I won't give you any labor - that's definitely up to you. What I will do, however, is demand you follow all sorts of rules about what products and services you can offer, how much (and how often) you pay your employees, and where and when you're allowed to operate your business. That's my role in the affair - to tell you what to do. Now in return for my rules, I'm going to take roughly half of whatever you make in the business each year. Half seems fair, doesn't it? I think so. Of course, that's half of your profits. You're also going to have to pay me about 12% of whatever you decide to pay your employees because you've got to cover my expenses for promulgating all the rules about who you can employ, when, where, and how. Come on, you're my partner. It's only "fair." Now. after you've put your hard-earned savings at risk to start this business, and after you've worked hard at it for a few decades (paying me my 50% or a bit more along the way each year), you might decide you'd like to cash out - to finally live the good life. Whether or not this is "fair" - some people never can afford to retire - is a different argument. As your partner, I'm happy for you to sell whenever you'd like. because our agreement says if you sell, you have to pay me an additional 20% of whatever the capitalized value of the business is at that time. I know. I know. you put up all the original capital. You took all the risks. You put in all the labor. That's all true. But I've done my part, too. I've collected 50% of the profits each year. And I've always come up with more rules for you to follow each year. Therefore, I deserve another, final 20% slice of the business. Oh. and one more thing. Even after you've sold the business and paid all my fees. I'd recommend buying lots of life insurance. You see, even after you've been retired for years, when you die, you'll have to pay me 50% of whatever your estate is worth. After all, I've got lots of partners and not all of them are as successful as you and your family. We don't think it's "fair" for your kids to have such a big advantage. But if you buy enough life insurance, you can finance this expense for your children. All in all, if you're a very successful entrepreneur. if you're one of the rare, lucky, and hard-working people who can create a new company, employ lots of people, and satisfy the public. you'll end up paying me more than 75% of your income over your life. Thanks so much. I'm sure you'll think my offer is reasonable and happily partner with me. But it doesn't really matter how you feel about it because if you ever try to stiff me - or cheat me on any of my fees or rules - I'll break down your door in the middle of the night, threaten you and your family with heavy, automatic weapons, and throw you in jail. That's how civil society is supposed to work, right? This is Amerika, isn't it? That's the offer Amerika gives its entrepreneurs. And the idiots in Washington wonder why there are no new jobs. This Is Why There Are No Jobs in America HYPERLINK "http://www.stansberryresearch.com"www.stansberryresearch.com Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-Access, Inc. www.cv-access.com / cprofito'at'cv-access.com Providing Broadband Internet Access to California's Rural Central Valley From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 6:18 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire In support of your points On the news the other day, they pointed out a dituation where the city of Wash DC is having the cops harrass the Bicycle Taxis, and got Politions on the record saying that they are trying to find a way to regulate them. The count is something like 50 total bucycle Taxi across the city. Isn't this a bit extreme and wasteful to go after a few bicycle riders? They literally work hard to give others enjoyment, a public good. My point here is... if the government can see it, they will try to regulate it. Thats what governments do, they regulate things. The government really needs to stop, they are sticking their nose into way to many businesses, taking regulation to a point of harrasment instead of a public good. Its the whole thing about making regulation in search of a problem, instead of the proper way which is indentifying a clear problem and regulating to solve it. Or in my opinion, to get out of the way and let the free market solve
Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire
In support of your points On the news the other day, they pointed out a dituation where the city of Wash DC is having the cops harrass the Bicycle Taxis, and got Politions on the record saying that they are trying to find a way to regulate them. The count is something like 50 total bucycle Taxi across the city. Isn't this a bit extreme and wasteful to go after a few bicycle riders? They literally work hard to give others enjoyment, a public good. My point here is... if the government can see it, they will try to regulate it. Thats what governments do, they regulate things. The government really needs to stop, they are sticking their nose into way to many businesses, taking regulation to a point of harrasment instead of a public good. Its the whole thing about making regulation in search of a problem, instead of the proper way which is indentifying a clear problem and regulating to solve it. Or in my opinion, to get out of the way and let the free market solve it. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: MDK To: WISPA General List Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire Mark, you seem to think that what I'm advocating is a 'dream' or some kind of old fashioned fantasy. To correct your mistake here, I must point out that the "system" you seem to want to continue has brought this nation to the brink of bankrtuptcy, destroyed our industrial and scientific base, our technology base has eroded, our information age has enabled our competitors now, and we're rapidly proceeding to a nation full of people who feed each other at mcdonald's, mow each other's lawns, provide internet, and lend each other money - or, in terms of reality, a fantasy. The history of our current telecom industry points to only one thing... Congress is wholesale inept at regulating business, services or industry. We have 5 bazillion laws, all being targeted for efforts to gain advantage for this or that segment, or for this, or against that industry. While we have played in the tide pools, away from the ocean sized breakers of Congressional and Federal controls, it has abundantly clear that what is going on is not sustainable, not good, not even faintly viable. I am not advocating a fantasy... I am advocating a restoration of the PROPER governance our constitution provided and served us so incredibly well while we stuck to it. And, has done such immense damage when we ignored it. I am confused about why you think that WISPA and all other ISP organizations should not propose a clear philosophical message that FREE MARKETS WORK. Duhh, we know they do, we compete as best we can, hobbled by the regulatory structure that grants others certain advantages, etc. There's NOTHING wrong with the idea that Congress should set about undoing the sins of the last generations. Furthermore, as someone said, WISPA itself should, just because it is an advocacy organization, have a clear and unambiguous philosophy on what the organization is going to advocate for, not just WHO it advocates for - and I recall the heated discussions on that topic. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++ -- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire
The thing is, he has no constitutional authority for ANY of this. Instead, we have the three blind mice trying to make the country work. WE know what we're doing and how to get it done. They need to respect that they don't know squat and need to get the heck out of the way. ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++ From: Mark Nash Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:28 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Legislative Situation Is Dire As much as I can feel for you Sam, put yourself in government-man-decision-maker shoes. Put your money where you think it will be successful, and small players can't provide that assurance. It's just too much of a gamble. That's how I would feel I would think. This is a high-tech service better left up to high-tech companies. (from their perspective). Never mind that there is success happening in small doses everywhere. It's a question of confidence and CYA'ing on the part of the decision-makers. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] WISPA FCC Filing on Poles, Rights of Way, etc.
Very interesting. WISPs can have it for the same franchise agreement that others use to get into the ROWs. My issue is that most poles here are to short for another player, namely, its setup for Power at the top, 3ft down to the LV stuff, 2ft down to phone, 6in to cable, and blamo no more room to add a cable run and stay above the road clearance. This means going underground and that adds a lot of expense, but mostly its the time that doing so takes. The place that I have a true hurdle is rail roads. 12K min PER crossing. Yes I read the document and I do see how the wording could put WISPs at a disadvantage. I would like to hear from WISPs that have been denied ROW access because they were not cable/telco/etc. On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Jack Unger wrote: > This week WISPA filed FCC Comments highlighting the deployment hurdles that > WISPs face that cable companies and telecommunications companies do not > face. Cable and telco companies enjoy pole attachment and other facilities > and siting privileges that WISPs do not have. WISPA urged the FCC to act to > extend these siting and facilities privileges to WISPs. > > Our complete filling is attached. > > As always, questions are welcomed. > > Respectfully Submitted, > > Jack Unger > Chair - WISPA FCC Committee > 818-227-4220 > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" > Serving the WISP, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993 > www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com > > > > > > > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
