Re: [WISPA] More FCC news

2009-10-31 Thread Tom DeReggi
- Original Message - From: Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC news Typical, how many can believe that these guys pushing this: The plan would involve the FCC buying

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2009-10-30 Thread Scottie Arnett
Typical, how many can believe that these guys pushing this: The plan would involve the FCC buying spectrum back from TV folk and then auctioning it off to wireless folk make at least a $100,000 clear a year? Plus the lobbyist and what they make? We pay their salaries as American citizens! Most

[WISPA] More FCC news

2009-10-28 Thread John Vogel
I found this interesting. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/28/fcc_mulls_tv_spectrum_auction_for_broadband/ The US Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan that would reclaim some precious airwaves from the country's television broadcasters and reinvent them as wireless

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-28 Thread David Hulsebus
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Yunker Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-28 Thread reader
Message - From: David Hulsebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality If the 10 % didn't know what their usage patterns were I probably wouldn't implement this cap. I have a many

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Scottie Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality More on this...Many of us have not already

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Yunker
Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet they (FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance. I would have to disagree. It would appear that in this case, the FCC would be treating an

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Scottie Arnett
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Yunker Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 9:09 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet they (FCC

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
7:00 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality Well, what you have to do is include a number of gigs that cover typical and slightly above typical usage. Structure it so only power users or P2P users would top that usage. For some new projects I'm working on, I'm considering

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread reader
. insert witty tagline here - Original Message - From: Scottie Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality From a business standpoint, I do not see why

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2008-07-27 Thread Matt
usage based means tiers of prices... No matter what you tell people or how you warn them, if your bill this month is $100 and last month it was $25, they WILL BE ANGRY. Further, automating systems to bill per gig is kind of a pain. The answer, then, I guess is... convenience. We were

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread David Hulsebus
I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water to fill my pool was going to cost me. I have 60 customers that I loose money on every month. I can afford the implementation for what I will gain in

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Yunker
I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water to fill my pool was going to cost me. The problem with that analogy is two fold: (1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
] On Behalf Of Larry Yunker Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water to fill my pool

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Mike Hammett
- Original Message - From: Larry Yunker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Tom DeReggi
- From: David Hulsebus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000

[WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Larry Yunker
It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for its P2P throttling. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html It's set to be vote on officially next Friday. This is a disturbing decision if it

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread reader
- Original Message - From: Larry Yunker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:36 AM Subject: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for its P2P

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Matt
It's set to be vote on officially next Friday. This is a disturbing decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks. I agree. Will this also mean that we will no longer be allowed to block ports

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Forrest W. Christian
I have said this over and over in various forums: Throttling/shaping on a per-application basis is not a good idea. Bandwidth caps and pay-per-bit are the correct way to handle bandwidth hogs. The FCC doesn't care how you limit, as long as you apply it equally to all bandwidth types.

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
for not telling folks. I hope that full disclosure allows us to content to do as we wish. - Original Message - From: Forrest W. Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality I

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Blair Davis
This whole thing makes me wounder... What about when it is spelled out to the user before they sign up? I inform all users that we reserve the right to limit traffic, especially peer to peer traffic. I also tell them that we do not support or recommend VoIP services. They are welcome to try

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Yunker Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:37 AM To: 'WISPA General List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for its P2P throttling. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blair Davis Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 6:13 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality This whole thing makes me wounder... What about when it is spelled out to the user before they sign up

Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
penetration. I know I have been waiting for it since 2002. Let the NEW games begin! Scott -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:04 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News