Genachowski was confident that they do. He says Congress granted them that permission in 2008 (I believe).
However, there is a large contingency of politicians, companies and special interest groups that disagree with the Chairman’s viewpoints. This ruling will be challenged in Court very quickly. Rick From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeremie Chism Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:06 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Flexible rules promised for wireless The real question is does the FCC have the jurisdiction to do any of this. I think when one of the big guys challenges it in court we will see that they don't. I am sure that will change at some point in the future. Sent from my iPhone4 On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:44 AM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: The first step to breaking the net was form 477. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:57 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: The whole problem was creating monopolies in the first place, and then pretending you can "fix" what you broke by half-baked notions of government created markets... There is NOTHING broke about 'internet' because it hasn't been regulated. Your issue is nothing but a complaint about the results of what should never have been done in the first place. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -------------------------------------------------- From: "Fred Goldstein" <fgoldst...@ionary.com> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 6:56 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Flexible rules promised for wireless > Well, no, what IS PROFOUNDLY BROKEN is that the ILECs are no longer > required to be common carriers. They built their network using > common carrier privileges. They got their market share using common > carrier privileges. And then they turned around and got their > common carrier obligations lifted by the profoundly corrupt > Cheney-Rove FCC. So now they control the content on their wires, and > you can't lease them. That's just wrong. And the Genachowski FCC > isn't doing squat about that, though they absolutely have the power > to do so. We do need a national common carrier utility. There is a > clear distinction between carriage and content. ISPs are content, not > carriage. And WISPs are self-provisioned ISPs who deliver content > over unlicensed facilities without using a carrier, and without being one. > > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -- -RickG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
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