[Hen] WiMAX coverage of Oklahoma State Higher Ed Campuses

[Johnson, Bill]

Folks; 

 

I may have sent these before but here they are again. If you DON"T hold
an EBS license, it is still important to know who does hold the EBS
licenses which cover your campuses;

 

Here is a simple .xls spread sheet for State System College Campuses.
Find your campus on the left, then look for the A, B, C, D and F groups
to the right to see who holds that License. Keep in mind that they may
(probably) have some kind of "lease". Also, keep in mind that every
lease needs to be looked at by a lawyer to determine if it's still
valid. Lots of rules have changed in recent years about EBS. If some
school discovers their lease is invalid and can get their channels back,
your campus may benefit.

http://www.onenet.net/~bjohnson/wireless/EBS/Campus_Coverage.xls

 

Here is a .kmz showing all the State System College Campuses;

http://www.onenet.net/~bjohnson/wireless/EBS/Campus_Coverage.kmz

 

Here is a .kmz showing (mostly) all the EBS and BRS license GSAs in
Oklahoma. (Disclaimer; this information is only as accurate as the FCC
database I used to seed it. Some of these may be expired, others may
exist which are not shown.

 

http://www.onenet.net/~bjohnson/wireless/EBS/Oklahoma%20Channel%20Assign
ments%20EBS%20BRS%20(Web%20Version).kmz 

(Note; on the left are "Radio Buttons" for each channel group, from A to
H. A, B, C, D and G are EBS.  E, F and H are BRS (commercial).

 

I think it's important that you contact each school who holds a license
which covers your campus. Here are some speaking points you may wish to
consider;

 

1)       Are you aware that your school holds and FCC license whose call
sign is "XXXNNN" (you can get this from the Channel Assignment .kmz
above) which covers our college campus in "City"?

a.       Many superintendents may have a blank look on their face at
this point.

2)       Have you leased your "Excess Capacity" perhaps to Sprint,
Clearwire, Xanadoo or other?

a.       If so, how much of your license capacity did you retain? (Most
will not realize the FCC prohibits them from leasing more than 95% of
the capacity

b.       If so, how do you and the lessee intend for your school to make
use of the portion not leased to their company?

c.       If so, will you or the lessee provide "Proof of Substantial
Service" to the FCC by May of 2011"? Remember this is a "New" and Never
before Required Proof!

d.       If so, are you aware that some in the industry doubt that all
lessees will in fact be able to make the proofs for every license by
this date? If they do not, do you have a contingency plan? Might our
college help with those plans?

e.       If NOT, would you consider joining forces with other Oklahoma
schools such as our college for WiMAX deployments?

3)       How can our college and the OSRHE help your school obtain best
value for your license?

 

In general, the licensees need to be "thinking" about their licenses. If
you are the one who helps them start thinking, maybe they will reward
your college with authorization to use some of their capacity.

 

  

 


Bill Johnson


Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 

Director of Network Operations - OneNet
Director - Netrad Infrastructure for CASA

405.225.9444
cell 405.919.1718
video 164.58.250.185

          "Vita Abundantior"

 

 

 

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