[189499] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP License in the USA?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan White)
Tue May 31 14:25:59 2016
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 13:24:35 -0500
From: Dan White <dwhite@olp.net>
To: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
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Not familiar with the process, but look at E-rate if you want to provide
service to schools, libraries and health providers.
On 05/31/16 13:14 -0500, Lorell Hathcock wrote:
>NANOG:
>
>Our owner has hired a consultant who insists that we should have an ISP
>license to operate in the United States. (Like they have in other countries
>like Germany and in Africa where he has extensive personal experience.)
>
>I am asking him to tell me which license we should have because I don't know
>of a license that we are required to have to route IP traffic to end
>customers.
>
>I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a
>requirement to pass traffic.
>
>He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar.
>
>Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal license for
>a small operator to pass IP traffic from the internet to end users
>(commercial and/or residential).
>
>I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem to kick
>in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a license.
--
Dan White
BTC Broadband
