On 3/9/2010 2:35 PM, Bob Moldashel wrote:
What is the issue? Is it the cost factor?? Are they being schmucks???
What is it.
The Commission Part 25.256 states that the earth station "_must
negotiate_ in good faith with the terrestrial licensee (thats you) to
arrive at _mutually agreeable_ operating _parameters_ to prevent
unacceptable interference"
It does not say you need to pay their engineering firm bocu dollars
every time you want to put up a base station. The rules explicitly say
that they need to come up with operating PARAMETERS not procedures.
They can't say you need to have their cousin "Mikey" do the engineering
study and you pay them $3000 each time you want to do it and then they
will approve each individual engineering study. It says they have to
come up with a set of operating "parameters" not procedures. Tell them
you need a set of operating parameters to ensure that you don't
interfere with them.
And they can't ignore you. The Commission states they "must" negotiate
with you. Document all your correspondence in writing, certified mail
and build a case. When they fail to respond appropriately you can
submit your own engineering study and request the Commission make a
determination at that point. They can't just ignore you or make your
life miserable or cost prohibitive to do business.
So again...what are the issues???
Hi Bob...
You are right but it like going up against Goliath. When I was working
for a WiSP in NoVA two years ago I was working on this and had to deal
with Comsearch. At that point in time, I found out a ways through it
they did one and at the outset they quoted me some gargantuan price. I
said no way Jose. They eventually came back with a cheaper price which
was more reasonable. They (the earth stations) were looking to have
every location approved. THen a few months later Comsearch pulled the
plug on them doing the engineering work. Last year they then put up this
website
http://www.comsearch.com/interactive_solutions/3650MHz_Quick_Look/overview.jsp
so it seems they are back in that biz again.
I have to go back through my files (I moved last April and haven't
unpacked my office yet) and see who was the one company that was at
least cordial to us.
The Commission is going to have to do better than what they did. I was
going to originally do my testing in the Amateur 3.5 band down there but
then I left and now here at PAETEC. Doing testing in the amateur band
would have been ok since I am a licensee and I would have put my
callsign in the SSID for id purposes.
73 Leon WA4ZLW
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