Pre-answering for John here....
I have sat in on a few meetings with FCC officials and spoken at FCC
events regarding rural broadband, and it is pretty clear that the people
from the FCC I talked to wanted to see WISPs provide competition to
cable and DSL, especially in the underserved areas of the country. The
FCC is taking pressure from several different places because of our lack
of leadership in broadband, and WISPs are looked at as one of the few
viable alternatives to provide service in rural areas - and a positive
influence in urban areas as well, where more competition is better.
Matt Larsen
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Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
Sorry John...
I should have been more precise in my question...
What does the FCC see as a role for WISP's, not WISPA...
Sorry about that.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] regulation, the role of WISP's, and the future
Mark Koskenmaki said:
Further, this is directed at WISPA leadership... What is the FCC looking
for us to do? Do they have a defined role they're expecting us to be
filling? If they do, should we be attempting to change it, or should we
embrace it?
The FCC does not want or expect anything from WISPA. We formed WISPA to
tell the FCC what we want them to do. We want them to make policy in such a
way that our third pipe of broadband has a chance to prosper and flourish,
expanding broadband access and competition to areas all over the country,
urban and rural alike. That is what WISPA does.
Scriv
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