So I went to this map and typed in my parents address in IL. They are in a yellow area - is there a plan for providing a list of WISPs? or is this more for government use to show WISP coverage?
Martha Huizenga DC Access, LLC 202-546-5898 */Friendly, Local, Affordable, Internet!/**/ Connecting the Capitol Hill Community /* Rick Harnish wrote: > > Sorry Guys, I forgot to post the website. > http://www.wirelessmapping.com/Google%20Maps3.htm > > > > *From:* motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] > *On Behalf Of *Rick Harnish > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:47 PM > *To:* 'Motorola Canopy User Group'; memb...@wispa.org; 'WISPA General > List' > *Subject:* Re: [Motorola II] [WISPA Members] Lobbying Donations So Far > > > > Here is what has been documented so far. If Matt doesn't have zip > codes of the coverage areas, there is a 10 mile circle drawn around > the office address I believe. That is why it is important that > everyone registers there zip codes. I would like to see that map turn > YELLOW over the next few weeks. > > > > *From:* motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] > *On Behalf Of *Ben Wiechman > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:29 PM > *To:* 'Motorola Canopy User Group' > *Subject:* Re: [Motorola II] [WISPA Members] Lobbying Donations So Far > > > > Is there a working copy of Brian's map available for us to verify > coverage that we have entered into the directory and ensure accuracy? > > Ben Wiechman > > *From:* motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] > *On Behalf Of *Rick Harnish > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:20 PM > *To:* memb...@wispa.org; 'Motorola Canopy User Group' > *Subject:* Re: [Motorola II] [WISPA Members] Lobbying Donations So Far > > > > Jason, > > > > First Question: This lobbying effort is to guide the policy and rules > that are written once the Broadband Stimulus Act is passed through > Congress, which the Obama Administration wants done by Feb. 16^th . I > don't know anything about a bailout plan. Our lobbying efforts will > try to insure that at least a portion of the funding granted by this > act will be reserved for small to medium size companies and we will > also be seeking to identify WISPs as credible Broadband providers in > many underserved areas of the country. All of our efforts will be to > support the WISP industry as the various Government departments work > through > > > > Second Question: We are working in partnership with WISP Directory > and Brian Webster's Wireless Mapping to get a better idea on the > actual WISP coverage across the United States. We need all WISPs to > go to www.wispdirectory.com <http://www.wispdirectory.com> and check > their company information and add the zip codes they cover. Once > those records are updated, Matt Larsen sends the info to Brian and he > generates a estimated coverage map by drawing circles around the > center of each zip code reported. It is not perfect by any means but > it is aggregate data that we can use to prove the scope of our > industry to politicians. > > > > Third Question: Would you be willing to write some survey questions > and send them to me? I'm not entirely sure what you are looking to > accomplish but survey's are excellent tools to do this type of study. > > > > Thanks, > > Rick > > > > *From:* members-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:members-boun...@wispa.org] > *On Behalf Of *Jason Petrillo > *Sent:* Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:01 PM > *To:* memb...@wispa.org > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA Members] [Motorola II] Lobbying Donations So Far > > > > Rick, > > As part of the lobbying effort what sort of metrics will you > use to prove that a bailout is needed? I've done a bit of research > and can't find any timely data specific to WISPs. Maybe a survey of > WISPA members would be in order? > > > > > > > > Jason > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > WISPA Membership Mailing List > > ----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
