[189510] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ISP License in the USA?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (STARNES, CURTIS)
Tue May 31 15:15:07 2016
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From: "STARNES, CURTIS" <Curtis.Starnes@granburyisd.org>
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>, "nanog@nanog.org"
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Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 19:12:07 +0000
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Maybe the consultant is confusing "licensing" with IP address allocations f=
rom ARIN.
Curtis Starnes
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-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:06 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA?
On 5/31/16 2:53 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
> I would suggest getting a new consultant .. :)
>
What Dennis said.
> Lol got me! There is nothing that I know of that you have to "license" =
to become a ISP in the US of A. . You do have to fill out Form 477 twice a =
year. :)
But only if you provide:
- facilities-based broadband services, and/or,
- provide wired or fixed wireless local exchange telephone service
- provide interconnected VoIP service
- provide facilities based wireless telephony (see https://transition.fcc.g=
ov/form477/WhoMustFileForm477.pdf)
If you provide basic dial-up services, or wireless Internet over unlicensed=
channels - there's no licensing requirement whatever.
As Dennis said - first get a new consultant. Look for one who can work thr=
ough your service model - what you're going to be selling, to whom, using w=
hat technology(ies) - and work from there to whatever licenses (if any) tha=
t you require.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
