I just think we were at a disadvantage from day 1 because.... Obama had a Blackberry, so was well versed on the value of mobility. But he didn't have a Fixed Wireless to his home to fully understand its value equally. Actually, his field locations often do, but not sure he knows. :-)
PS. I know, shouldn't be talking politics. Just an observaation. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article > Are you on the right list? This is WISPA - Wild Independent Studys of > Politics in America :) > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Jerry Richardson > <jrichard...@aircloud.com>wrote: > >> How did politics get in my inbox? >> >> Who's moderating this list anyway? They are asleep at the wheel! >> >> Sent Mobile >> Jerry Richardson >> airCloud Communications >> >> On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:20 PM, "Philip Dorr" >> <wirel...@judgementgaming.com> wrote: >> >> > 5% Truman >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Marco Coelho <coelh...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out and design a >> >> President..... 5% of Lincoln, 25% Teddy Roosevelt, 25% Ronald >> >> Reagan, >> >> 20% Bush Jr., 25% ?? Suggestions? Patton maybe? Churchill? A blend? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Marco >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert West >> >> <robert.w...@just-micro.com >> >> > wrote: >> >>> I liked him. Voted for him. Now, had enough of him. Where's LBJ >> >>> when we >> >>> need him?!!! :) >> >>> >> >>> Bob- >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- >> >>> boun...@wispa.org] On >> >>> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 PM >> >>> To: WISPA General List >> >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article >> >>> >> >>> You know I really didn't like Obama in the beginning. >> >>> >> >>> Now he's really pissing me off. >> >>> >> >>> Josh Luthman >> >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >> >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> >>> 1100 Wayne St >> >>> Suite 1337 >> >>> Troy, OH 45373 >> >>> >> >>> "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to >> >>> continue >> >>> that counts." >> >>> --- Winston Churchill >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:53 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> I was just wondering about this the other day. It seems that we >> >>>> (USA) give >> >>>> things away so freely only to have them used against us. In the >> >>>> case of >> >>> the >> >>>> net, I find it ironic that the very thing we developed is being >> >>>> used to >> >>>> attack our government and our people in so many ways yet we let >> >>>> everyone >> >>>> connect to it. I think we should start cutting of the ilk that >> >>>> hack or >> >>>> attempt to hack into our networks. >> >>>> -RickG >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Chuck Profito < >> cprof...@cv-access.com >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>>> From NewsMax: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM Article Font Size >> >>>>> By: Bradley A. Blakeman >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Without the ingenuity of America's brightest minds and the >> >>>>> investment of >> >>>>> U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now >> >>>>> know it >> >>>> today. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Now, the Obama administration has moved quietly to cede control >> >>>>> of the >> >>>> Web >> >>>>> from the United States to foreign powers. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Some background: The Internet came into being because of the >> >>>>> genius work >> >>>> of >> >>>>> Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, >> >>>>> while >> >>>>> working >> >>>>> for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research >> >>>>> Projects >> >>>>> Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented >> >>>>> the idea >> >>>> of >> >>>>> "open-architecture networking." >> >>>>> >> >>>>> This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth >> >>>>> of the >> >>>>> Internet. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a >> >>>> worldwide >> >>>>> computer Internet communications network that forever changed >> >>>>> the world >> >>>> and >> >>>>> how we communicate in it. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> They discovered that providing a person with a unique identifier >> >>>>> (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a >> >>>>> network of >> >>>>> servers would allow users to communicate with others. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the >> >>>>> identifier >> >>>>> and connect networks to networks, passing on information from >> >>>>> computer >> >>> to >> >>>>> computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This new >> >>>> process >> >>>>> of communication became know as the "information super highway," >> >>>>> aka, >> >>> the >> >>>>> Internet. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Now for the bad news: In an effort to show the world how >> >>>>> inclusive, >> >>>>> sharing, >> >>>>> cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama >> >>>>> administration >> >>>> set >> >>>>> off on a plan to surrender control and key management of the >> >>>>> Internet by >> >>>>> the >> >>>>> U.S. Department of Commerce and its agents. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The key to the control America has over the Internet is through >> >>>>> the >> >>>>> management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers >> >>>>> that >> >>>>> service the Internet. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the >> >>>>> Internet >> >>>>> Assigned >> >>>>> Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. >> >>>>> Department >> >>>>> of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the >> >>>>> DNS, IP >> >>>>> addressing, and other Internet protocol resources. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet >> >>>>> protocols, a >> >>>>> person or entity would not have access to the Internet. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> For years, the international community has been pressuring the >> >>>>> United >> >>>>> States >> >>>>> to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They >> >>>>> want an >> >>>>> international body such as the United Nations or even the >> >>>>> International >> >>>>> Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates >> >>>>> international >> >>>>> telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet >> >>>>> in >> >>>> behalf >> >>>>> of all nations. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The argument advanced for those seeking international control of >> >>>>> the >> >>>>> Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, >> >>>>> pervasive, and >> >>>> a >> >>>>> dependent form of international communications, that it would be >> >>>> dangerous >> >>>>> and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Just this past spring, within months of Obama's taking office, his >> >>>>> administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to >> >>>>> relinquish >> >>>>> some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama >> >>>>> administration >> >>> has >> >>>>> agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and >> >>>>> countries >> >>>> on >> >>>>> IANA. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one >> >>>>> giant leap >> >>>> for >> >>>>> surrendering America's control over an invention we have every >> >>>>> right and >> >>>>> responsibility to control and manage. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> It is in America's economic and national security interests not to >> >>>>> relinquish any control. We are responsible for the control, >> >>>>> operation, >> >>>> and >> >>>>> functionality of one of the modern world's greatest inventions >> >>>>> and most >> >>>>> powerful communications network. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> What better country to protect the Internet than the United >> >>>>> States? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> We invented it, and we paid for the research and implementation >> >>>>> that >> >>> made >> >>>>> it >> >>>>> possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we >> >>>>> believe >> >>> in >> >>>>> the >> >>>>> fundamental right of free speech, and we practice a free market of >> >>>> commerce >> >>>>> and ideas. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> America has always been against censorship and has shared its >> >>>>> invention >> >>>>> with >> >>>>> the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. >> >>>>> The user >> >>>>> fee >> >>>>> to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. >> >>>>> government; a >> >>>>> consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide >> >>>>> access to >> >>> the >> >>>>> Internet through servers for their subscribers. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Look no further than China's recent move against Google to >> >>>>> censor the >> >>>>> Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other >> >>>>> nations less >> >>>> free >> >>>>> than the United States seek to control the Internet beyond even >> >>>>> their >> >>> own >> >>>>> borders. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management >> >>>>> of the >> >>>>> Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets >> >>>>> with >> >>>>> nothing >> >>>>> in return to show for it. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The Obama administration's actions will set in motion a slow and >> >>> complete >> >>>>> takeover of the Internet by the United Nations or some other >> >>>>> equally >> >>>>> U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is >> >>>>> gone, it >> >>>>> will >> >>>>> be gone forever. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, >> >>>>> financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as >> >>>>> a great >> >>>>> power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and >> >>> information. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope >> >>>>> for a more >> >>>>> peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be >> >>>>> looking >> >>> for >> >>>>> ways to weaken us. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and >> >>>> protect >> >>>>> our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President >> >>>>> George W. >> >>>> Bush >> >>>>> from 2001-20004, teaches Public Policy & Politics & International >> >>> Affairs >> >>>>> at >> >>>>> Georgetown University. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> C Newsmax. All rights reserved. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >> >>>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- >> >>>>> boun...@wispa.org] On >> >>>>> Behalf Of RickG >> >>>>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:58 PM >> >>>>> To: WISPA General List >> >>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Commissioner Robert McDowell's statement on >> >>>>> Broadband... >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I wonder what the catch is :) >> >>>>> -RickG >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:07 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> "First, do harm". >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/ >> >>>>>> DOC-296081A1.pdf >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> This speech was made at the end of January... 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