I have written in a more eloquent way to various of my congresspeople, however, this was more of a quick rant on a yahoo message board. I am a true believer in democracy, capitalism, and the free market. I very strongly don't believe in socialism.
I don't feel that the majority of those at the wheel at the moment have a clue as to what they are doing. They're more after sound bites and speech fodder. wispa is a good beginning for our industry, but there are some steps that would really help make some changes and mature this industry.. I'll try to put some of those down and post them up early next week. Marco On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Jack Unger <jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: > Marco, > > Your letter makes some great points but in somewhat insulting way that may > cause it to just be tossed aside rather than taken seriously. If you would > like me to re-write a future letter for you so that it makes it's points in > a more considerate way, I'll be happy to help you with that. > > I think this article shows just how far WISPs (and WISPA) need to go to > make elected officials aware that "all wireless isn't mobile". They seem > unaware that WISPs supply FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND and that mobile broadband > is (like Matt Larsen says) "toy broadband". > > Rather than piss and moan, when are we going to get our act together and > get our message about the benefits of FIXED WIRELESS BROADBAND out to > Congress? > > jack > > > > On 2/10/2011 2:27 PM, Marco Coelho wrote: > > > Here's some more: > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_us/us_obama > > > my response: > > Dear Mr. President, > > I have built, own, and operate an Internet Service Provider (ISP) company. > I have done this with my OWN money, blood, sweat, and tears for over 13 > years. We presently cover 5000 square miles of previously unsupported areas. > So far your broadband stimulus moneys' have done nothing for my customers > but cause interference from wanabe ISPs using the peoples money to mess > things up. > > Sure, most of them will be out of business in a couple of years, but it's > still adds more work for those who have to live through it. We may even do > pretty well buying up all that equipment that was purchased with the peoples > monies and squandered. > > Leave business to the business people. We don't want your money, it came > with too many strings attached. Rather than sell radio spectrum, also an > asset of the people, you should designate more of it for the unlicensed > bands that us WISPs use. > > Marco Coelho > President, > Argon Technologies Inc. > > > -- > Marco C. Coelho > Argon Technologies Inc. > POB 875 > Greenville, TX 75403-0875 > 903-455-5036 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > > > -- > Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > Author (2003) - "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks" > Serving the WISP, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993www.ask-wi.com > 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > -- Marco C. Coelho Argon Technologies Inc. POB 875 Greenville, TX 75403-0875 903-455-5036
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