[189501] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ISP License in the USA?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (STARNES, CURTIS)
Tue May 31 14:35:01 2016
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From: "STARNES, CURTIS" <Curtis.Starnes@granburyisd.org>
To: Dan White <dwhite@olp.net>, Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 18:34:06 +0000
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E-Rate is more of a "discounted" rate process than a license.
I work for a mid-sized school district and apply for and are granted E-Rate=
funding every year.
So from the end user stand point not as a transit ISP, E-Rate would not app=
ly.
Curtis Starnes
Senior Network Administrator
Granbury ISD
600 W. Bridge St. Ste. 40
Granbury, Texas=A0 76048
(817) 408-4104
(817) 408-4126 Fax
curtis.starnes@granburyisd.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Dan White
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 1:25 PM
To: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
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Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA?
Not familiar with the process, but look at E-rate if you want to provide se=
rvice to schools, libraries and health providers.
On 05/31/16=A013:14=A0-0500, Lorell Hathcock wrote:
>NANOG:
>
>Our owner has hired a consultant who insists that we should have an ISP=20
>license to operate in the United States. (Like they have in other=20
>countries like Germany and in Africa where he has extensive personal=20
>experience.)
>
>I am asking him to tell me which license we should have because I don't=20
>know of a license that we are required to have to route IP traffic to=20
>end customers.
>
>I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a=20
>requirement to pass traffic.
>
>He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar.
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>Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal license=20
>for a small operator to pass IP traffic from the internet to end users=20
>(commercial and/or residential).
>
>I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem to=20
>kick in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a license=
.
--
Dan White
BTC Broadband
