WISPs Seeking Changes to 2.5 GHz Draft Rules
The Wireless ISP Association wants changes to draft rules for the 2.5 GHz band to ensure WISPs will bid for the band in an eventual auction. WISPA President Claude Aiken spoke with an aide to FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel about…
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proposed changes, said a filing Monday in docket 18-120. WISPA asked the FCC to offer small business and rural provider bidding credits, as it traditionally does in auctions. WISPA “expressed strong disappointment with the Draft Order’s proposal to auction spectrum in two blocks, one of 100 MHz and the other of 16.5 MHz” and prefers smaller blocks that would be less expensive for WISPs. The order is teed up for a commissioner vote next Wednesday (see 1906190063).