> For those who may have missed it, the petition is here: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021978603
I am sorry if I don't get this right Fred, but I don't believe this is the petition, rather than it is the complaint. Is that correct? And let me state on a side note ... your interjections in WISPA business, in my opinion, is extremely valued! There have been several times that you have broken a complex problem down to common sense. Thank you. Victoria Proffer <http://www.stlwimax.com/> STLWiMAX, LLC 314-720-1000 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 8:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Happy Independence Day! At 6/29/2012 08:45 PM, Victoria Proffer wrote: ... In my years in this industry, it is clear that some fail, as well as some become a sterling example of what I consider my industry is primarily made of, girt, fortitude, honesty, common sense, gumption, imaginativeness (check it out, it is a word =), resourcefulness ... oh well, you get the picture =) With that said, I have to make my comment. It is one as an individual and not necessarily representing the views of the board of directors. The Century Link FCC filing is a direct attack on our industry and what our, sometimes small, enterprises stand for. The Century Link filing, in my opinion and it has been mentioned, a clear sign of weakness on their part and shows their dependency on .gov subsidies. In this aspect is a victory for WISPA! Yet it is slanderous document that WISPA and the individuals accused must refute. As an elected member of the WISPA board of directors, I can assure you that the board is addressing these issues and considers this a priority. For those who may have missed it, the petition is here: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7021978603 Century Telephone Enterprises, by whatever name it's using, has always been the worst of the worst. My nickname for them is "The Devil Incarnate". These are the folks who, facing a modem pool owned by a tiny carrier during the dial-up years, simply refused to pass calls to that carrier as "local", even though the rate center was local. Utterly sleazy. Their petition is indeed slanderous, basically claiming that WISPs can't offer as good a service as they can, and demanding that the FCC treat all WISPs like satellite providers. This would let CenturyLink take Phase I CAF funding of $775/subscriber to overbuild WISPs. To show how ridiculous this is, just turn it around. What could you, as a WISP, do with a gift of $775 in capital per subscriber? Yeah, a lot more than they can. That's a lot of money to a WISP, but bupkis to a subsidy whore like Century. I look forward to the Board's response, and if the Petition is open to Comment from others, it deserves a serious blasting. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701
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