RE: ISP License in the USA?

["STARNES, CURTIS" <Curtis.Starnes () granburyisd org>]

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 apply.

Curtis Starnes
Senior Network Administrator
Granbury ISD
600 W. Bridge St. Ste. 40
Granbury, Texas  76048
(817) 408-4104
(817) 408-4126 Fax
curtis.starnes () granburyisd org
www.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>
Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA?

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.

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Dan White
BTC Broadband