WISPs Oppose Major Changes to CBRS Rules
New Era Broadband, a wireless ISP in Ohio, opposed any move to relocate the citizens broadband radio service band or raise power levels (see 2511260031). Moving the band would “basically put us out of business,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 17-258. “Drastically changing the CBRS rules could cost our business, which would directly impact 7 jobs, nearly 800 internet users, multiple first responders, firehouses, township operations.”
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Denson Technologies, a WISP in Montana, said it plans to use CBRS spectrum to provide service under the BEAD program. Major changes to the band “would render much of our deployed equipment obsolete, undermine years of investment, and introduce substantial operational disruption.”
Stream IT Networks, a California WISP, also raised concerns. “To sum up: relocating CBRS, raising power levels too high, or removing [general authorized access] spectrum would cause serious harm to our network and the people who depend on it.”