RE: ISP License in the USA?

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

Maybe the consultant is confusing "licensing" with IP address allocations from 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.gov/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 through your service model - what you're going 
to be selling, to whom, using what technology(ies) - and work from there to whatever licenses (if any) that you require.

Miles Fidelman

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