Some great form 477 for service providers who need more information on Form 477 and filing it.
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Calea and the ISP
The Communications and Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) passed in 1994 is a piece of legislation every U.S. ISP should know about and be in compliance with. If for the simple fact the government can levy heavy fines if you aren’t compliant. For those of you wanting some background please follow these links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/policy-and-licensing-division/general/communications-assistance First of all CALEA isn’t simply sticking wireshark onto your network and sending a packet dump to a law enforcement agency. It is much more complicated than that. You...
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One of the more common things I see on lists is asking for what billing platform to use for your ISP. I have put together a list for ones to help you in your research. These are presented in alphabetical order. These can also be found on https://startawisp.info Wisp Focused Azotel https://www.azotel.com/ Billmax https://www.billmax.com/ Celerate https://github.com/Celerate/celerate-controller Freeside http://freeside.biz/ Hydra https://www.hydra-billing.com Platypus http://www.ispbilling.com/ Powercode https://powercode.us/ Sonar https://sonar.software Swiftfox https://swiftfox.net/ Splynx https://splynx.com/ VISP https://visp.net/ Telecom Focused Aradial https://www.aradial.com/ Billing SaaS https://info.enghousenetworks.com/billing-saas/ BluLogix https://blulogix.com/the-bluiq-platform/ Cadebill https://www.cadebill.com/...
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Flash Briefing for April 22nd, 2019 https://www.telecompetitor.com/usda-reconnect-broadband-funding-program-will-begin-accepting-applications-april-23/ <USDA announced reconnect broadband funding progam. Application acceptance will start tomorrow April 23rd. The USDA will make three different types of awards: $200 million in grants, with a requirement for 25% in matching funds, with an application deadline of May 31 $200 million in 50% grant/50% loan combinations, with an application deadline of June 21 $200 million in low-interest loans, with an application deadline of July 12 FCC Cracking down on out-of-compliant set top boxes https://www.lightreading.com/video/video-hardware/fcc-cracks-down-on-video-streaming-boxes-/d/d-id/750916?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT...
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This post is a huge shout out to Tasos Alexiou from RF Elements. This story started out at WISPAPALOOZA Vegas this year. I had a few clients who have been fighting noise issues. While working the Cambium booth we would go over the benefits of ePMP for noise mitigation. This would naturally lead to an antenna discussion. You can’t have an antenna discussion without mentioning RF Elements and their horn design. As with anything, clients are skeptical to things outside the conventional way of...
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