As one of the active FCC committee members doing this work, I would like to
point out some important things that have taken place in the last few weeks.
The WISPA "Licensed-Lite" proposal has gained support in full or a large
part by the following organizations and brought them to the table to talk
with us:
MSTV,
- They represent ABC (and Disney), CBS, NBC (and General Electric), FOX
and PBS. They also represent many of the wireless microphone users. This
group has huge influence at the FCC and in congress.
FiberTower
Sprint
T-Mobile
Rural Telecommunications Group
CompTel
The momentum is as high as ever been for our organization. The media is
going to start using the buzz word "Licensed-Lite". If all WISP's could at
least file comments to the FCC that say I am Joe WISP and I support the
WISPA "Licensed-Lite" proposal that would make a big difference.
We need to keep the momentum going, numbers and voices count. Not only as an
industry organization, but as independent operators.
PLEASE FILE COMMENTS WITH THE FCC. Time is running out before the meetings
and the commissioners minds get made up. They need time to formulate their
own thoughts and position on the topic.
Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com
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Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:32 AM
To: 'WISPA General List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Motorola
Canopy User Group'
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Subject: [FCC Committee] ****Plea for TV Whitespaces Comments!****
Wispa Members and List Users,
Yesterday, WISPA filed our Ex Parte Comments for FCC Docket 04-186,
Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands Additional Spectrum for
unlicensed devices below 900 MHz and in the 3 GHz band. The submission can
be found at
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_documen
t=6520176838. Please review our comments first. Jack Unger, Steve Coran of
Rini/Coran and the entire FCC Committee spent hours lobbying, discussing,
researching and writing these comments which encourage unlicensed use of the
TV Whitespaces which will be opened up in Feb. 2009 due to the Digital TV
transition. We owe all of these people many thanks and it is our
responsibility to support their efforts by submitting our support through
individual comments.
While reviewing the comments on the FCC website this morning, it became
apparent to me that there is stiff competition from the AV industry against
this proposal. I reviewed nearly 300 comments from people all over the US
in opposition to this FCC proposal. I did see several which supported the
use of these bands for Wireless Broadband but we are heavily outnumbered.
There are currently over 30,000 comments filed under this docket. Others
see how important this is, our industry needs to understand it as well.
It is my responsibility to all of the WISP operators to encourage each of
you to file your comments in full support of the WISPA Ex Parte Comments or
at least partial support with clarification if you oppose some part of our
comments. I will be filing my comments as soon as I finish this email.
This is a huge opportunity for each of us to help educate the FCC
commissioners on the importance of opening up this valuable spectrum to
unlicensed (light licensed) operation for wireless broadband. You can
review all comments at
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts?ws_mode=ret
rieve_list&id_proceeding=04-186.
Please go to
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/Upload?hot_docket=1009000856|04-186|TV+White+S
paces&Send=Continue to file your comments today. The deadline is quickly
approaching with the FCC Commissioners set to publicize the rules for these
bands on November 4th. It is essential that you take 5-10 minutes out of
your busy schedule today or tomorrow to write and file your comments.
Rick Harnish
President
WISPA
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