10 years of idle time without getting a return on your investment, while the GAA user use the spectrum for free. Not a winning investment, though there is a lot of stupid money out there.
Mark > On Jan 25, 2020, at 9:30 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So 10 years of idle time means you cannot renew. It's definitely an investors > game > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, 12:02 PM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net > <mailto:m...@amplex.net>> wrote: > In the interest of getting the ACTUAL rules into this discussion instead of > just speculation, this is what the FCC rules are on term and renewal > requirements: > > (3) License term: Each PAL has a ten-year license term. Licensees must > file a renewal application in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.949. > > (4) Performance requirement: Priority Access Licensees must provide > substantial service in their license area by the end of the initial license > term. “Substantial” service is defined as service which is sound, favorable, > and substantially above the level of mediocre service which might minimally > warrant renewal. Failure by any licensee to meet this requirement will > result in forfeiture of the license without further Commission action, and > the licensee will be ineligible to regain it. <>Licensees shall demonstrate > compliance with the performance requirement by filing a construction > notification with the Commission in accordance with the provisions set forth > in § 1.946(d) of this chapter. The licensee must certify whether it has met > the performance requirement, and file supporting documentation, including > description and demonstration of the bona fide service provided, electronic > maps accurately depicting the boundaries of the license area and where in the > license area the licensee provides service that meets the performance > requirement, supporting technical documentation, any population-related > assumptions or data used in determining the population covered by a service > to the extent any were relied upon, and any other information the Wireless > Telecommunications Bureau may prescribe by public notice. A licensee’s > showing of substantial service may not rely on service coverage outside of > the PAL Protection Areas of registered CBSDs or on deployments that are not > reflected in SAS records of CBSD registrations. > > (i) Safe harbor for mobile or point-to-multipoint service. A Priority > Access Licensee providing a mobile service or point-to-multipoint service may > demonstrate substantial service by showing that it provides signal coverage > and offers service, either to customers or for internal use, over at least 50 > percent of the population in the license area. > > (ii) Safe harbor for fixed point-to-point service. A Priority Access > Licensee providing a fixed point-to-point service may demonstrate substantial > service by showing that it has constructed and operates at least four links, > either to customers or for internal use, in license areas with 134,000 > population or less and in license areas with greater population, a minimum > number of links equal to the population of the license area divided by 33,500 > and rounded up to the nearest whole number. To satisfy this provision, such > links must operate using registered Category B CBSDs. > > > > Mark Radabaugh > WISPA Policy Committee Chair > 419-261-5996 > > Mark > > >> On Jan 24, 2020, at 6:30 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us >> <mailto:se...@rollernet.us>> wrote: >> >> On 1/24/20 3:07 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >>> You have to actually have gear up, it's not like n license where you just >>> register. It's got to be live and transmitting, and it's verified every 4 >>> minutes >> >> >> Right, someone gets the PALs, does nothing so it's usable as GAA, then at >> some point later start transmitting in the PAL to kick the GAA users >> somewhere else possibly more congested. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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