Clearwire may be the party that is applying for all of the RUS
loans in our rural areas.
Well he won;t be getting RUS loans, if you are protesting as you should be,
as RUS loans are for unserved areas, and you obviously are serving it
already.
Competing against Clearwire is no different than competing againt any other
ISP or WISP.
And on the RUS loans deal, does anyone know who to complain to if I don't
feel there was adequate legal notice to the RUS loan being applied for in
my area?
Not to be a smart alec, but try calling RUS. Their contact info or links to
them are plastered all over the FCC web page :-)
The problem I see in your case is that they are deploying on the same tower
as you. It sounds like you don;t have a loyal tower owner or not good enough
clauses to protect your right to spectrum. For example is the Orthogon
equipment using 5.8Ghz? Are you using 5.8Ghz? Execute that
Non-Interference clause, if you can. Provided you bought the right to
broadcast at 5.8Ghz first.
The problem with them being on the same tower is, you are competing for the
exact same clients. My advice is take advantage of any customer awareness
that they generate for you. If you are there first, hopefully you know the
market better. Time to vamp up your marketing, and running your signup
promotions.
The good news is that Clearwire's sectors most likely are not going to
interfere with you (provided using 2.5Ghz or what ever it is).
Just remember the DSL world, when there were 100 ISPs all selling DSL in the
same town, and there was enough business to go around.
Don't worry about Clearwire, worry about your business. What are you going
to do to make custoemrs want to use you. Let Clearwire worry about why they
think customers should chose them instead. Ask your self why customers would
choose clearwire over you. My answer would be, " no reason I could think
of". So you have as much a chance at the client base as Clearwire.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Clearwire is coming to my area. (eek?)
I have a tower in rural Western Washington.
Today I went in to find 5 of thier radios still in the box, 1 Orthogon
systems PTP ethernet bridge, an APS rack etc....
So... does anyone else out there compete with Mr McCaw? How does his
service stack up?
I don't mean to be a "the sky is falling" or conspiracy theory kind of
guy but not only is Clearwire suddenly up in this area, but I think
Clearwire may be the party that is applying for all of the RUS loans in
our rural areas.
And on the RUS loans deal, does anyone know who to complain to if I don't
feel there was adequate legal notice to the RUS loan being applied for in
my area?
ryan
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