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Sadly this program is not about creating jobs or supporting the small
business owner who make up most of the work force in America. Its about
expanding broadband and those who pay the most to their lobbyist will
likely win the grants. Since Verizon and Comcast pay their lobbyist 6 figure salary's doesn't take much to figure out who will get the lions share of the money. Hopefully some of the little guys will get some money, but I'm not holding my breath. Clearly vendors are the big winners here, but they have no concern about expanding broadband...they only want to sell their products whether used in the middle of a city or the middle of a corn field. Trying not to be cynical, but having dealt with enough government run programs in the past, I've clearly have become a realist when looking at any government run program! Matt Liotta wrote: My two cents is that BIP/BTOP is going to be great for vendors and terrible for WISPs. The vendors don't care who gets awarded the money as long as they sell gear.-Matt On Aug 12, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Blake Bowers wrote:Just an observation. Lots of companies are asking for letters of support from public safety agencies. As Chief of my Fire Department, I have gotten a number of requests in the past week. The really interesting ones are the ones that A. Show no benefit to public safety other than they say broadband will be more available and cheaper. b. Come from companies that are my normal vendors in my business, that are branching out. Now, instead of selling me product so I can make money, they are going to put up their own, so they can compete with me in the leasing world, while they also provide broadband. Hmmmmmmm Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! 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/ |
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