I filled mine out at the doctors office with the flu. If I can do it everybody else should be able to take 5 minutes out to do something that will help us all.
Sent from my iPhone4 On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:19 PM, "Rick Harnish" <rharn...@wispa.org> wrote: > TOPIC: Treatment of Fixed Wireless Broadband in Open Internet Decision to be > made at the FCC Commission Meeting on Dec. 21st, 2010. > > DEADLINE: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 5:30 PM EST > > IMPORTANCE LEVEL: HIGH > > > > All WISPs and WISP Vendors, > > > > Friday I sent out an announcement of a critical decision that is tentatively > scheduled to be made at the December 21st FCC Commission meeting which may > severely impact your business and its future. WISPA filed its Ex Parte > comments on Friday, which I have attached. Doc121010-013.pdf. Below, is an > excerpt of commentary made by Steve Coran, WISPA’s telecommunication attorney > about this “Open Internet” proposal. > > > > As you may be aware, at the December 21 meeting, FCC Chairman Genachowski > intends to put to full Commission vote his proposed "Open Internet" (net > neutrality) rules. This means that all communications with Commission > decision-makers must be completed by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, December 14. The > Chairman has Commissioner Clyburn's vote, and will not get Commissioners > Baker and McDowell on board. Commissioner Copps would prefer more stringent > Title II regulation and may hold out for some concessions, but at the end of > the day its widely believed he will sign on to the rules, yielding a 3-2 vote > along party lines. Republican House members have already indicated that an > FCC vote in favor of "Open Internet" rules would exceed the FCC's authority > and be subject to legislation and political fall-out. > > > > From recent press reports and the Chairman's statements, and of relevance to > WISPA, we understand the proposed rules will create two separate regulatory > regimes, one for fixed and one for mobile. Mobile wireless broadband > providers will be subject to less stringent requirements, while fixed > wireless will be included in the more heavily regulated class of broadband > providers. On the other hand, the Chairman has indicated that he will allow > "pay-as-you-go" or usage-based billing. Not sure about any caps or > constraints, but at least on this point the Chairman is open to innovative > billing models. > > > > As we did during the TV Whitespaces proceedings, we have taken the time to > write a template letter that we encourage ALL WISPs and our partner vendors > to file. The deadline is Tuesday, December 14th at 5:30 pm EST. Feel free > to customize this letter, also attached to personalize it to your specific > company demographics. Any text in Red should be replaced by company specific > information. This campaign is extremely important and has a very short > window of opportunity for each of you to respond by. > > > > Once you have customized the letter, please make a .pdf copy or a .doc file > and upload it at the following website. > http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=rhroc. If you choose not to > use the WISPA template letter but want to write your own comments, you can > either follow the previous procedure or use the Express filing method at > http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/display?z=nc5cd. The proceeding number > ET Docket Nos. 09-191 and WC Docket No. 07-52. You can add the second > Proceeding Number by clicking Add Proceeding. > > > > I would like to thank Doug Clark, Jack Unger and Steve Coran for their > assistance in editing and refining this letter template. If you do not care > for the tone of this letter, please feel free to write your own. > > > > I cannot stress how important this is for each WISP company to do. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Rick Harnish > > Executive Director > > WISPA > > 260-307-4000 cell > > 866-317-2851 WISPA Office > > Skype: rick.harnish. > > rharn...@wispa.org > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > > Behalf Of Matt > > > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 2:14 PM > > > To: WISPA General List > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Open Internet Filers thus far > > > > > > > Below is a list of companies that have filed their letters on the > > > Network > > > > Neutrality Open Internet proposal thus far. The deadline is tomorrow > > > at > > > > 5:30 pm EST. We need much better involvement than this to impact the > > > > decision. Thank you to those who have done this already. It is best > > > to > > > > make a .pdf of the letter to upload. One provider sent a word doc > > > and it > > > > showed up with “track changes” turned on. He has since contacted the > > > FCC > > > > and asked them to remove it and will upload a new letter. > > > > > > Is there a step by step guide for filing? > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --------- > > > 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/ > > <DOC121010-013.pdf> > <00017549v4.doc> > <00017549v4.docx> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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