Marlon,
You may want to take the time to at least read the Results in Brief page
3, Conclusion page 37, Recommendation for Executive Action, page 38
and IF you have time the WISPA comments...of course. ;-P
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
Righto.
And keep in mind that high level people tend to consider us telecom
providers. Taken in that light, this is (so far) a good thing.
The GAO folks that a few of us on the wispa board talked to seemed
genuinely interested in what was really going on in the real world.
I've not read this yet though, more to put on the list.
As an fyi for those that don't know it, wispa was allowed to have
someone (Tom D. in this case) "proof" the report before it was sent out.
laters,
Marlon
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi"
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To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] GAO: Broadband Access Difficult To Measure
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06426.pdf
If interested in the WISPA submitted comments on the report....
Appendix V, Page 62-63.
Take note that this report will likely be referred to by every
legislators this year, for the basic review of the state of Broadband.
I find it an honor and victory, that WISPA was allowed to contribute
its comments for support of Wireless in the report.
I believe this report will benefit WISPs. It clearly shows, the need
for support of WISPs. One must ask themself, why are so many
Americans underserved? And how come the dominant technology providers
that own the majority market haven't served them yet? Maybe its time
to support the alternative solutions, that have not had much support
comparatively?
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>;
<isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:06 AM
Subject: [WISPA] GAO: Broadband Access Difficult To Measure
All,
It would seem there are flaws in the way information was collected
from the FCC. From the information collected it seems as though only
the telecoms are providing broadband and apparently not too quickly
in rural areas.
As quoted from the article;
"There's not only a lack of broadband access in rural
areas of the U.S., there's a lack of information about broadband
access in rural areas, according to
a new study by the Government Accountability Office
(GAO)."
Also quoted from the article;
"Wireless technology was cited as an alternative to
the costs of rolling out cable to rural areas, but difficulties in
finding available spectrum and negotiating
deals with municipalities hindered telecoms' entrance
into providing Wi-Fi access in both urban and rural areas. Local
municipalities are pursuing their
own initiatives to set up wireless Internet access in
regions not served by major telecom providers."
Full story here;
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/05/gao_broadband.html
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
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