[RTC List] Fwd: local hosts - Why are we held hostage?

[Dwight Winegar]

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> Subject: Re: [RTC List] local hosts - Why are we held hostage?
>
> I second that!   Thanks again Larry for your observations and  
> sharing - it's this sort of writing and discussion that makes RTC,  
> the list and the Broadband conference come together and worth  
> participating in.  As for the $500K - this is totally outrageous!    
> What other non-profit or any other person or entity among us here in  
> this region would get paid this much for such a project - especially  
> with how it has gone.  It seems there needs to be accountability for  
> how that money was spent, and if there might actually be some  
> sizable portion of it still existing for deployment [of  
> infrastructure].    BTW - how reliable (or perhaps I should use the  
> word "consistent") is Microwave over water?  Certainly it can cause  
> amplification has allowed low powered local stations to broadcast  
> with a far more ERP across a bay (e.g. Monterey Bay from Carmel to  
> Santa Cruz) but question has come up about the consistency,  
> especially with weather conditions.
>
> - Dwight
>
> On 28 Dec 2008, at 10:41 AM, Keri Raphael wrote:
>
>> Thanks Larry, for this writing.  I agree that the $500K study money  
>> should have been used to actually do something about the issues.   
>> Most of already knew what the study 'discovered' and would have  
>> been glad to offer that info for free to any PTB wanting to know.
>> Keri
>>
>>
>

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