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Filing with confirmation #20101214466539 Tom Fadgen Coastinet.com _____ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rick Harnish Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 1:03 PM To: memb...@wispa.org; 'WISPA General List'; motor...@afmug.com Subject: [WISPA] ONE HOUR LEFT!!!! Importance: High Have you protected your business yet today. If not, don't do anything else today until you file your "Open Internet" letter. If you don't, everything else may be moot anyways. This is my last post of encouragement. I bet you are all tired of hearing it. 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
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