The feedback we are getting back from DC is that certain parties at the FCC 
noticed our #CBRS tags but didn’t think it was getting much traction.    So… 
time to ramp it up.

Mark

> On Dec 6, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Do you really think this is going to do anything though? It's very easy to 
> post something like this on Facebook, but I feel like it really doesn't have 
> any actual affect.
> 
> Kind of like some of the protesters we've seen in recent months and years 
> where you have to ask yourself it's great that you have an opinion but is 
> your protest really doing anything.
> 
> On Dec 6, 2017, at 09:02, Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net 
> <mailto:m...@amplex.net>> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> You all screamed a month ago when the CBRS order came out and wanted to do 
>> something about it.   NOW IS THE TIME, and very few of you are 
>> participating.   Please follow the instructions below.   
>> 
>> This isn’t that difficult.  If you can’t figure it out, ask the youngest 
>> person on your staff.
>> 
>> 
>>      The FCC is laughing at us - they know they sucked all the air out of 
>> the room with Network Neutrality and they intentionally timed the 
>> publication and comment deadlines for CBRS to bury them in the NN 
>> controversy and the holidays.   And it’s working for them.
>> 
>> 
>> PLEASE post comments on your business and/or personal accounts on Twitter, 
>> Facebook, and/or LinkedIn in support of CBRS.    
>> 
>>  
>> 1)    Be part of our Twitter campaign: Take a clear picture of a rural or 
>> small-town location near you that could be better served with fixed wireless 
>> and CBRS spectrum. Upload it to your social media account with language like 
>> the following. Be sure to tag WISPA, your Members of Congress, and the White 
>> House.
>> 
>>  
>> Please keep it professional and do not criticize any FCC commissioners or 
>> other government officials; we need their support! You can identify your 
>> Members of Congress by visiting www.House.gov <http://www.house.gov/> or 
>> www.Senate.gov <http://www.senate.gov/>, and their social media links will 
>> be listed on their websites.
>> 
>>  
>> Twitter (no more than 280 characters):
>> 
>>  
>> Dear @FCC: Here’s another area at risk of never getting broadband service if 
>> you change the #CBRS rules to favor big mobile carriers. Insert rural photo 
>> https://goo.gl/TKczyK <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert your member of 
>> Congress’s Twitter name here] @WhiteHouse @WISPANews
>> 
>>  
>> Calling all WISPA members, WISP customers, and allies: Help us tell @FCC 
>> that the current #CBRS rules are helping to close the rural broadband gap 
>> and should not be tinkered with! https://goo.gl/TKczyK 
>> <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert your member of Congress’s Twitter name here] 
>> @WhiteHouse @WISPANews
>> 
>>  
>> Dear @FCC: Don’t sink our hopes for rural broadband; keep the #CBRS rules! 
>> https://goo.gl/TKczyK <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert your member of 
>> Congress’s Twitter name here] @WhiteHouse @WISPANews
>> 
>>  
>> Attention @FCC: Don't take away rural consumers' best hope for finally 
>> closing the broadband gap! Keep the #CBRS 
>> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBRS?src=hash> rules! https://goo.gl/TKczyK 
>> <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert your member of Congress’s Twitter name here] 
>> @WhiteHouse @WISPANews
>> 
>>  
>> Hey @FCC -- Don’t leave rural areas behind by changing the #CBRS rules to 
>> favor the big mobile companies! https://goo.gl/TKczyK 
>> <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert your member of Congress’s Twitter name here] 
>> @WhiteHouse @WISPANews
>> 
>>  
>> In the #CBRS <https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBRS?src=hash> spectrum band, 
>> census-tract-sized PAL licenses are crucial for bringing broadband internet 
>> to rural customers. https://goo.gl/TKczyK <https://goo.gl/TKczyK> [insert 
>> your member of Congress’s Twitter name here] @WhiteHouse @WISPANews @FCC
>> 
>>  
>> Facebook and LinkedIn:
>> 
>>  
>> Dear @FCC: Don’t leave rural areas like mine behind by changing the #CBRS 
>> rules to favor the big mobile companies! @Your-member-of-Congress: Please 
>> let FCC know your views! More info at WISPA.org <http://wispa.org/>: 
>> https://goo.gl/TKczyK <https://goo.gl/TKczyK>
>>  
>> Any of the above options will work as well.
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> 2)    The “easy way”:  Follow WISPA on these networks, watch for our posts, 
>> and then “like,” “retweet,” “share,” etc. We will be using the hashtag 
>> #CBRS.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 3)    Down the road, we will ask you to contact your U.S. House and U.S. 
>> Senate members; be prepared to draft your company’s official comments to the 
>> FCC; and sign on to WISPA’s industry letters to the FCC and/or Congress. 
>> Stay tuned!
>> 
>>  
>>  
>> 
>> FOR MORE INFORMATION: 
>> 
>> ·         Jimmy Carr, Chair of WISPA’s Legislative Committee, 
>> jc...@wispa.org <mailto:jc...@wispa.org>
>> ·         Mark Radabaugh, Chair of WISPA’s FCC Committee, m...@amplex.net 
>> <mailto:m...@amplex.net>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Radabaugh
>> WISPA FCC Committee Chair
>> fcc_ch...@wispa.org <mailto:fcc_ch...@wispa.org>
>> 419-261-5996
>> 
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