Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW.....

[Brian Webster]

Title: Thank You,

That point was actually clarified on the FAQ list posted. Thank You, Brian Webster St. Louis Broadband wrote: Humm, not what I am reading into it. Lol, maybe I have read it too many times…  ;-)     Victoria Proffer www.StLouisBroadband.com 314-974-5600   From: Brian Webster [mailto:bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:41 AM To: WISPA General List Cc: li...@stlbroadband.com Subject: Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW.....   It's really 40% of the homes passed by the applicants designated service area. Same rules apply for the percentage of households who have access to broadband. The percentage is calculated over the area designated by the applicant as their complete project area. The only real chance you have to challenge is on the applications that come in as unserved, but even then the RUS and NTIA have said they will reserve the right to then convert that application to an underserved one. Thank You, Brian Webster RickG wrote: Is that 40% of homes passed or 40% of LOS?   On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:40 AM, St. Louis Broadband<li...@stlbroadband.com> wrote:   They will be posted, for 30 days, on the NTIA site during their "due diligence" phase. Any ISP that contests will have to provide the proof that they have a 40% take rate.     Victoria Proffer www.StLouisBroadband.com 314-974-5600   -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:08 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW.....   And on that note, where can you find a list of applications? -RickG   On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Mike Hammett<wispawirel...@ics-il.net> wrote:     If someone comes in and undercuts you, it's your fault for not protesting their application.     ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com       -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:51 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: [WISPA] just attended broadband stimulus seminar and WOW.....         Yesterday there was a broadband stimulus seminar in Columbus, OH         featuring     Senator Sherrod Brown, ConnectOhio.org, USDA Rural Development. I went with an open mind and left not wanting anything to do with this "free money"         to     be had.       The government is trying to get as much control out of the ISP's that         take     this money as they possibly can. The reporting requirements for ISP's         that     take this money is a huge burden. This makes FCC Form 477 look like a         walk     in the park compared to what they want to know. There are about 30-50 things that they want you to report on and some of it is just crazy. I can't         list     it all but they basically want to know what brand of toilet paper and how much of it you use per customer.. And this will apply to your entire existing infrastructure that was in place before you took the money.       They can come in and look at all your confidential records anytime they want. They can even change the rules years down the road and possibly         tell     you what to charge your customer per month to what they think is fair. They can also tell you how to do your QoS and what you can and can not block.       This sounds like the same deal with the bank bailouts from last year that once they took the money and found out what role the government wanted to do with them that they wanted to give it all back but wasn't allowed. The majority of the attendees once we got into the workshops and started talking among each other was that they don't want anything to do with this money at all either once they found out all the hidden strings attached to it.       They are encouraging few larger projects than many smaller ones. I asked them what about the area that already has 2-3 fixed wireless ISP's and if they give the money to a very large outfit that comes into the area and undercuts the smaller guys by $5/month and runs them out of business if that could happen and they said it probably would. I said well you just killed 3 small businesses to create a larger one what the heck did you just accomplish that for and they just gave me a blank stare like I was crazy.       This is not about getting broadband internet to un-served/underserved area's, this entire stimulus is about the government trying to gain as much control as they possibly can into the ISP business..       I'm going to start running ads saying "go with us, we refused to take the stimulus money."                   Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com                             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----     WISPA Wants You! 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