Well I was wondering about that "buy american" thing. Most of the good wireless gear is not made in the US anyways.
Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 Statesfor StimulusFunding? The pull teeth part has nothing to do with the trade agreement stuff -- that's just a basic part of the USDA RUS that's been in there for years (pre-dating the 2002 inception of the rural broadband component of the RUS). It is not any harder or easier to get an Israeli or Mexican or Canadian product qualified than a U.S. product. The pull teeth part is just the process of doing the Technical Acceptance application, which requires lots of supporting documenation, test data and customer testimonials. Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:02 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 Statesfor StimulusFunding? I was wondering how products made in Israel could be approved for a "Buy American" program. Looks like it takes a "Trade Agreement" and the ability to "pull teeth". What a concept. Patrick Leary wrote: > This will be interesting to see how it plays out. I recall the Open > Range original RFI called for using it 8 MHz in the BRS/EBS 2.5 GHz > band, but any .16e system uses 5 MHz channels. Not sure how one scales > when only a single channel can fit the owned allocation. I assume > they'll have to overlay 3.65 GHz all over the place. > > Right about now Alvarion should be pretty darned happy I secured their > RUS Acceptance and "Buy American" status for BreezeMAX before I left > them in June of 2008. As an interesting aside, did you know that a > company can achieve "Buy American" status and not have a single part > made and assembled in the U.S.? That is because, for the purposes of > the "Buy American" USDA RUS qualification, a system can also be made > in Mexico, Canada or Israel due to certain trade agreements between > the U.S. and those countries. > > > Patrick Leary > Aperto Networks > 813.426.4230 mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:07 AM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 States for > StimulusFunding? > > Looking at the approval dates it says 3/2008. This was long before any > talk of stimulus mony. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] > On Behalf Of Lists > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:06 AM > To: 'Motorola Canopy User Group'; 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] Is Open Range Monopolizing 17 States for Stimulus > Funding? > > This morning I was reading about Alvarion winning the $100MM bid for > supplying Open Range network with their Breezemax product ( > <http://www.cellular-news.com/story/38050.php?source=rss> > http://www.cellular-news.com/story/38050.php?source=rss ) for their 17 > State rollout of fixed wireless. > > > > I decided to see what markets Open Range was serving, which I found > here: > <http://www.openrangecomm.com/markets.html> > http://www.openrangecomm.com/markets.html. > > > > On that page there is a link for a complete list of communities that > takes you here: <http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/> > http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/. > > > > This site is the USDA/RUS site and it states : > > > > "Special Note to Potential Loan Applicants: Potential applicants > should note that communities associated with approved applications are > no longer eligible for RUS funding." > > > > Hold the phone, when did the USDA/RUS start their loan program? > > > > My understanding is that they are waiting on NTIA guidelines before > they even have an application available. > > > > According to the USDA/RUS site: > <http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband.htm> > http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband.htm they state: > > > > "New regulations are currently being developed to implement the 2008 > Farm Bill requirements. With the publication of the new regulations, > revised application materials will be posted." > > > > Am I missing something, or is this media hype? > > > > Thanks, > > Victoria Proffer > > CEO > > StLouisBroadband.com <http://stlbroadband.com/> > > ShowMeBroadband.com <http://missouriruralwireless.com/> > > 314.974.5600 > > SBA Certified WOSB > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > ---- > ---- > 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/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > -------- > WISPA Wants You! 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