[CWN-Summit] Recent Washington Developments

[Stelios Valavanis]

done. took me 2mins. i pointed out greater commercial development potential 
with openness. i feel that i represent that to some extent in our group even 
though i'm also on the non-profit side. the FCC needs to hear it.

On Monday 30 August 2004 12:01 pm, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> 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.

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