LMDS Band (with Santa Barbara Operators)
While the LMDS bands are not directly availble to the
smaller users that tend to use ISM band communications, they are of
interest nevertheless, for several reasons:
- They are used for similar services (multipoint data applications)
- Where the LMDS operators are active, they are competitors of
the independent wireless ISPs
- LMDS equipment may eventually be colocated in the same antenna sites as
ISM band equipment
For these reasons, we are including this page of information.
Overview of the band
As this picture (from
from http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/auctions/summary/bandplan.html#lmds)
shows,
two blocks were auctioned. Block B is 150MHz, block A is a whopping 1150 MHz
in three separate sub-bands.
Local Licensees
These licenses were issued in auction 17, in 1998 and run through 6/17/2008.
Market ID: BTA406 (Santa Barbara/Santa Maria). Both of these companies
also hold the licenses for San Luis Obispo.
Nextband Communications, LLC
Block A, call sign WPLM403. Paid $389K.
TWG LMDS, LLC
Block B, call sign WPLM542.
Paid $88K (reflecting 45% discount off bid of $160K).