Couple of lawyers have made their entire career selling and reselling that same
2.5G spectrum. Robert Finch and SelectSpectrum come to mind.
Mark
> On Sep 23, 2024, at 1:55 PM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
>
> The whole EBS thing was kind of a scam. Educational institutions could get
> the spectrum if some consultant clued them in to apply for it. Very few ever
> used it for educational broadcast TV, but then they could lease it out to
> companies like Clear so it was like free money for the schools. I seem to
> remember no new EBS licenses were issued, but existing license holders were
> allowed to expand their circles to natural boundaries like county lines at
> one point.
>
> The circles were not necessarily around the schools, but around a tower or a
> location where they might build a tower.
>
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2024 12:45 PM
> To: af@af.afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs
>
> I remember getting PCNs for Clearwire (later just "Clear") with 255
> installations per PCN.
> I also recall complaining about such ridiculous notices.
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> On 9/23/2024 8:26 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>> I remember around the time JAB/Rise was taking off there was a flurry of
>> other WISPs that took off and then crashed and burned rather suddenly. I
>> think at least one of them used WiMAX equipment that was somewhat popular
>> with apartment dwellers because they had indoor modems. I also seem to
>> remember equipment vendors left holding the bag, and surplus equipment
>> showing up on eBay. I think one of them approached us about M&A but they
>> were offering stock claiming that was better than cash because it would go
>> up in value (yeah, right).
>>
>> Anyone remember the names of these companies, I’m drawing a blank. Also any
>> recollection of what went wrong and lessons learned that might apply to the
>> current rush to deploy broadand.
>>
>>
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