This is a good thought to get something out of the deal. I really think that we need access to utility easments.
Imagine putting an AP everywhere the cable and phone company aggregates thier fiber/wires etc. Imagine being able to put an AP on or near a stop sign or anywhere you deem necessary to deliver your service. This would greatly help our LOS problems and bandwidth issues. Quoting John Scrivner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How about if we propose to the Congress that they allow a per base > station license to be paid annually for broadband use that gives first > in rights to those who launch broadband in a given geography in the > channel registered for each base station? Then everyone would have the > ability to have access to spectrum with some rights to prevent > interference and have something that investors could be comfortable with > investing in. This would eliminate the spectrum class split we have now > where some have rights of licensed use and others (like us) cannot play > in the game without using spectrum with no spectrum rights (unlicensed). > The government could have the revenues they demand which they normally > get from auctions which I oppose due to the inability for smaller > operators to have a chance to buy in. > Just a thought. > Scriv > > > Rudy Worrell wrote: > > >Time to organize troops... Nuff said! > > > >Who's got lead? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Blair Davis > >Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 6:49 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List > >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good news and bad news today > > > >Now we know why they want the 477 forms..... > > > >Brian Webster wrote: > > > > > > > >>Well, it does not surprise me that the government has decided to tax the > >>unlicensed spectrum. Today the Bush administration announced a plan to tax > >>Wi-Fi and other unlicensed spectrum. It is not clear how they will do it > >> > >> > >yet > > > > > >>but the process is in motion. That's the bad news, the good news is they > >>reached agreement on the 5.4 GHz spectrum and that should become available > >>once equipment gets certified. Check the RCR news site for the full > >> > >> > >stories. > > > > > >>Oh well, I suspected that it would not last forever the truly free use of > >>the spectrum. > >> > >>http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25545 > >>http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25539 > >> > >> > >> > >>Thank You, > >>Brian Webster > >>www.wirelessmapping.com > >>Free World Dialup #481416 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
