[189518] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP License in the USA?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue May 31 16:50:14 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <90726ac6-9462-2cbe-680e-c11614e7c81e@meetinghouse.net>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 13:48:24 -0700
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On May 31, 2016, at 12:05 , Miles Fidelman =
<mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
>=20
> On 5/31/16 2:53 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
>=20
>> I would suggest getting a new consultant .. :)
>>=20
> What Dennis said.
>=20
>> 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. :)
>=20
> 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.gov/form477/WhoMustFileForm477.pdf)
>=20
> If you provide basic dial-up services, or wireless Internet over =
unlicensed channels - there's no licensing requirement whatever.
This also applies if you are applying over unbundled elements or other =
leased facilities AIUI.
Owen
