WISPs Weigh in on Middle Mile Broadband Questions

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: November 9, 2009 9:28:54 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] WISPs Weigh in on Middle Mile Broadband Questions

WISPs Weigh in on Middle Mile Broadband Questions

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association is telling the Federal Communications Commission that the National 
Broadband Plan can and should address the market conditions that prevent wireless ISPs from obtaining "adequate, 
reasonably priced, and efficiently provided access to both middle mile and second mile connectivity." WISPA surveyed it 
members finding: 1) for every link in the broadband delivery chain, costs are higher when competition and access to 
Tier 1 carriers does not exist; 2) no single technology satisfies the needs of unserved and underserved consumers, 3) 
many WISPs lack the scale to win discounted pricing, and 4) affordable access to transport and connectivity facilities 
will become an increasingly critical problem as consumer bandwidth needs grow. WISPA recommendations cover: tariff 
structure, assistance to small broadband providers, open access, spectrum, funding, and access to towers and poles.

<http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/document/view?id=7020244726>

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