[CWN-Summit] Recent Washington Developments

[Sascha Meinrath]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Harold Feld wrote:

> Time for me to call in some five minutes. :-)

Done & done -- hope it doesn't hurt to be both on their as an organization 
and as an interested individual.  Sending in the comment _really_ did only 
take 5 minutes -- if everyone on this list sent a comment in today it 
would represent an amazing counterpoint to the arguments being made by 
Intel and the Satellite Industry Association.  Please take a few minutes 
right now to do this.

--Sascha

Here's the basic info:

> Both Intel and SIA promote use of this space for licensed, rather than 
> unlicensed, access.  Notably, Both point to the lack of response by the 
> unlicensed access community and the number of parties who filed in favor 
> of licensing the band.
>
> Now this is something of a crock, since we had NYC Wireless, CUWIN and 
> Dandin Group (Dewayn Hendricks shop) on our comments, along with 
> Consumer Fed. of America (50 million members through their individual 
> organizations) and a host of others.
>
> But this is what I was talking about in CU.  Our silence has impact as 
> well as our speech.  How can we tell Congress that people really want 
> this stuff when there is basically one set of comments?
>
> I would urge everyone to take five minutes and file now in this 
> proceeding. Go to http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi.
>
> Then fill out the form.  The docket number is 04-151.  In the space 
> marked "file brief comment," please say who you are and that access to 
> this space for both high power and low power mobile devices would be 
> very useful.  If you feel like it, please explicitly endorse the issues 
> raised in by NYCWireless, et al.  We objected to the professional 
> installer requirement and the inclusion of identity beacons in mobile 
> devices.  The NYCWireless comments should be at the MAP and NAF 
> websites.
>
> Because the IEEE 802.18 Committee has submitted comments suggesting that 
> this band be reserved exclusively for high-power point-to-point links, I 
> would urge those who feel strongly about low power mesh networks to 
> discuss the importance of low power as well as high power.
>
> If you have some pre-existing materials in Word or PDF or WordPerfect, 
> you can include them as an attachment.  If you want to write lengthy 
> comments and submit them, write them in one of these formats, then 
> submit as an attachment.
>
> If you want to see what else has been filed in the proceeding, so you 
> can reply to these comments, follow this link. 
> http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi and plug in the docket 
> number (04-151).
>
> Technical comments explaining the value of unlicensed and rebutting 
> licensees would be enormously helpful.
>
> In other news, the unlicensed access in the broadcast bands proceeding 
> (04-186) has been delayed 90 days.  The new deadline for filing is 
> November 30.  An analysis of this is at my blog, Tales of the Sausage 
> Factory, hosted at http://www.wetmachine.com If you are interested in 
> helping us get comments ready for this proceeding, please let me know.

-- 
Sascha Meinrath
Project Manager & Pres.  *  Project Coordinator  *  Project Manager
Acorn Worker Collective *** CU Wireless Network *** Eggplant Active Media
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