Just to add on Jonathan's student requirements...I live in a county of less than 3,000 households. Our school system's have 100Mbit connections to the Internet. They also have fiber connecting every school to each other, and have been doing "video" classes for over 4 years.
I think that is great, considering the fastest connection for Internet here for home/business is 3 Mbit. I do have some sub's that are teachers, and the constantly complain about the speed they have at home. My statement to them is this: "I guess it is much like driving a Corvette all day and then going to your house to drive a Volkswagen?" They always respond with a resounding yes. Then I tell them, "Well, in our part of the country, Corvettes are only sold to government based entities." They and us get a good laugh out of that, and I then go on to explain the technical reasons behind that. Most get completely lost then. Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Jonathan Schmidt" <jeschm...@jeschmidt.com> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:22:51 -0600 (GMT-06:00) >Jack, you're quite welcome. There are lots more examples, like renewing >my ham radio license (have you checked http://www.vanityhq.com/ to see a >GOOGLE MAP of all the hams in your neighborhood?...it's amazing). > > > >About the 10Mbps.it isn't a requirement at all now nor is 5Mbps even. My >point is that the various bureaucratic and legislative ears are bombarded >by a cacophony of specifications and functions that make no sense to them. >Hence, we get things back that make no sense. > > > >. . . j o n a t h a n > > > > _____ > >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Jack Unger >Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:36 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Says Fixed Wireless Only Delivers 1 Mbps > > > >Jonathan, > > > > > >Thank you for your very good examples of how you use "always-on" broadband >to take care of Medicare, driver's license renewals, etc. > > > > > >We will use these examples to help make the case why broadband should be >extended to all Americans. > > > > > >Your point about students needing 10 Mbps is important too although, >without adequate spectrum, this can be technically challenging to do >wirelessly for large numbers of people. Perhaps the government should >consider subsidizing WISPs who extend fiber to rural locations. > > > > > >jack > > > > > > > > > >Public Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> ><http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger> > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
