Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
I agree, but the only way for that to work is going to be lots and lots of documentation, so that when the customer does change something after the fact and gets fined, you can go back and say "that wasn't that way when it was certified". On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:19 PM Steve Jones wrote: > If

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Steve Jones
If you were certified, and you received a fine, then whoever did the certification absolutely should be the one accountable. Thats the entire purpose, ensuring you are compliant. Its no different the your CPI in CBRS On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:02 PM Mathew Howard wrote: > True, but then any cert

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
True, but then any certification you did wouldn't mean much. The only way I see that you can make a certification actually mean something is if it gives them so level of guarantee that they won't get fined. Although, I guess if it's a certification that comes from an organization with enough credi

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
So kind of like WinnForum did with CBRS? They are not a TPA or a SAS vendor, but they decide the qualifications and then certify them? From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 11:14 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Steve Jones
It would be like any certification, paperwork documents what, specifically was certified, the mechanism and testing methodologies used, equipment used for testing, environment it was tested in. Base it off the FCC hardware certification. Indemnification for the operator against faulty testing proce

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mark Radabaugh
There have been discussion at the WISPA board level regarding having a for-profit entity that could do things like this. There were not a lot of good ideas presented as to what the ‘for profit’ version of the organization would do that wouldn’t end up stepping on the toes of the vendor and cons

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
network a colonoscopy. From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 10:20 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry It seems to me, that just about anybody with the proper knowledge could start a service like that... you&#

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Adam Moffett
Quite the opposite.  You don't know what the customer did before you got there and after you left.  And even a "small" mistake could be a $50,000 problem.  A consultant would be crazy to accept liability for FCC fines, quite the opposite:  You'd want them to sign an agreement indemnifying you f

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
It seems to me, that just about anybody with the proper knowledge could start a service like that... you'd basically just have to be willing/able to take on the liability for any FCC fines that somebody got on a system that you certified. One downside to the FCC doing it, is that I think a lot of

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Adam Moffett
Interesting idea. On 2/26/2020 10:45 AM, Steve Jones wrote: I always wished the FCC, or better yet, WISPA would offer a network audit service. Just to come in and verify compliance. Tier one is just looking at your configs, doesnt cost a huge amount, tier 2 they actually do EIRP verification

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry So sounds like consensus is we can continue to operate under the NN license until 10/24/2022? I do have these AP locations registered and will double check power is within limits. Thanks Chris On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:32 AM Mark

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
If you're intending to keep operating that long, I would make sure all the CPE locations are registered too. On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 9:38 AM Chris Fabien wrote: > So sounds like consensus is we can continue to operate under the NN > license until 10/24/2022? > I do have these AP locations regist

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Steve Jones
I always wished the FCC, or better yet, WISPA would offer a network audit service. Just to come in and verify compliance. Tier one is just looking at your configs, doesnt cost a huge amount, tier 2 they actually do EIRP verification and all that in the field for a bigger price. Id rather pay some o

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mark Radabaugh
It 10/24/2022 is what your license says then yes, that is correct. Mark > On Feb 26, 2020, at 10:37 AM, Chris Fabien wrote: > > So sounds like consensus is we can continue to operate under the NN license > until 10/24/2022? > I do have these AP locations registered and will double check power

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Chris Fabien
So sounds like consensus is we can continue to operate under the NN license until 10/24/2022? I do have these AP locations registered and will double check power is within limits. Thanks Chris On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:32 AM Mark Radabaugh wrote: > I would very much second that statement - make

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Tim Hardy
For what it’s worth, I researched current FCC license records for Radio Service NN and here is the number of licenses that expire by year: 2020969 Most of these on 4/17/2020 2021363 2022298 2023260 2024220 202583 20261 > On Feb 26, 2020, at 10:31 AM, Mark Radabaug

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mark Radabaugh
I would very much second that statement - make sure you are following all the rules for 90z going forward. Mark > On Feb 26, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: > > Yeah, but tricky part is going to be stuff that's still operating legally > under an unexpired license that the SAS can't ma

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
Yeah, but tricky part is going to be stuff that's still operating legally under an unexpired license that the SAS can't manage. I think it would be wise to make sure everything is properly registered and you're not doing anything questionable if you plan to keep operating under the old rules much b

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Steve Jones
I was told when I asked about examples being made that hopefully SAS will sort things out on its own. If it goes outside of SAS being able to manage an issue, such all illegal operators, particularly when more sensing capability comes into play with SAS 2.0, you do not want to be the guy who gets n

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mathew Howard
Yeah, I agree, they probably will make an example out of a few operators. But I don't see any reason why they'd bother with somebody who still has a valid license. They'll probably go after some guys that are blatantly running some old Ubiquiti or WiMax gear after their license expires. On Wed, Fe

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mike Hammett
imalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:05:22 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry people are confusing grandfathered with expiry. The grandfather thing was a deal you had to do to get the grandfather CBRS status. by the time most of us realized, the dea

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Mark Radabaugh
> On Feb 25, 2020, at 5:20 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: > > > I would assume that if a CBRS operator puts up gear that you're interfering > with, it's going to be handled pretty much the same way it was under the old > rules (in other words, work it out with eachother, or shut up and live with

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Mathew Howard
Yeah, I know... people keep talking about the grandfather status like it's a big deal, but it really isn't. If CBRS had gone online a couple of years ago, then yeah, it probably would have been, but it's not really going to matter at this point. I would assume that if a CBRS operator puts up gear

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Peter Kranz via AF
.com> pkr...@unwiredltd.com From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:05 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry people are confusing grandfathered with expiry. The grandfather thing was a deal you had to do to get the

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Steve Jones
people are confusing grandfathered with expiry. The grandfather thing was a deal you had to do to get the grandfather CBRS status. by the time most of us realized, the deadline had passed. the expiration is just that, when your license expires, it does NOT give you grandfather status in regard to C

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Mathew Howard
grandfathered status is pretty much irrelevant at this point anyway... if I understand right, it goes away after April regardless of when your license expires, and since CBRS is really just starting to get deployed now, it's probably not going to make much difference to most people. But yeah, the

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Chris Fabien
No... On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 1:11 PM Eric Nielsen wrote: > Did you register for grandfathered status before the deadline? > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM Chris Fabien wrote: > >> We have a little bit of old WiMax gear, PMP320 and Telrad. At some point >> my understanding was we could operat

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Eric Nielsen
Did you register for grandfathered status before the deadline? On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM Chris Fabien wrote: > We have a little bit of old WiMax gear, PMP320 and Telrad. At some point > my understanding was we could operate this until the expiry of our 10 year > license. Has that changed

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Adam Moffett
That is my understanding as well. On 2/25/2020 12:50 PM, Chris Fabien wrote: We have a little bit of old WiMax gear, PMP320 and Telrad. At some point my understanding was we could operate this until the expiry of our 10 year license. Has that changed now? We are not planning to deploy anythin