[1st-mile-nm] Qwest: Santa Fe DSL Update

[Bob Knight]

Interesting. Speeds and pricing for each tier? Is it symmetric (doubtful)?

LCWA is installing its DS-3 (45 megabits symmetric) in the next two weeks. The membership 
fees will remain at $30 per month. We'll also be working to ensure our backbones are 
running as fast as possible. With 802.11a channel bonding, that's 108 megabits nominal, 
100 observed on some links. Without, 54 megabits, 48+ observed. There are customer premise 
equipment (CPE) limitations to 3 megabits for some, but upgrades are fairly inexpensive 
and will deliver 7+ megabits. That's 802.11b. If a member wants to go to 11a, there are 
some caveats, but they should be able to see in excess of 15-20 megabits near the network 
edge, presuming a clean backbone path.

While some of our technology may eventually be supplanted by WiMax, I don't think the 
business model will, unless national or global service is a requirement.

Not for everyone, but it works for many people.

Bob
President, La Canada Wireless Association

Richard Lowenberg wrote:
> More residents get high-speed Internet access
> www.santafenewmexican.com/news/65923.html
> 
> By Wendy Brown | The New Mexican
> wbrown at sfnewmexican.com
> August 2, 2007
> 
> More than 500 Santa Fe residents in the areas of Old Pecos Trail and Los
> Sueos Trail are among those in the state reaping the benefits of Qwest's
> $270 million settlement with the state Public Regulation Commission.
> 
> The company extended high-speed Internet access to remote terminals on
> those roads in April, May and June, according to a progress report the
> company filed this week.
> 
> Increasing the number of Qwest customers in New Mexico with high-speed
> Internet access is one of the top priorities in the company's 2006
> settlement with the commission. And the company outlined other high-speed
> Internet plans in this week's report.
> 
> Although Qwest officials had given up on providing high-speed Internet
> access to Chupadero, a small community north of Tesuque, officials are
> reconsidering that decision, the report says.
> The company might be able to provide the service to Chupadero with a new
> radio technology, the report said.
> 
> Since the company began spending the settlement money in February, Qwest's
> central offices in Angel Fire, Amber Mesa, La Mesa and Santa Teresa have
> received high-speed Internet service, the report says. Central offices
> with high-speed service are able to provide customers with that service.
> 
> The company expects to deploy high-speed Internet services to the
> remaining 18 offices on the company's list in the next 12 months, the
> report says.
> 
> Eldorado is included on the list of places to receive high-speed Internet
> services, but there is no set deployment date. The company will not
> release the deployment date until it is just about to happen, said Gary
> Younger, a Qwest spokesman.
> 
> In all, the company plans to provide high-speed Internet service to 13
> remote terminals in Santa Fe with the settlement money. Remote terminals
> help the company expand service beyond the company's central offices.
> 
> Younger said the company expects to provide high-speed Internet access to
> two more Santa Fe remote terminals soon, and that will provide the service
> to hundreds of more customers. Younger said he could not provide more
> details about where the terminals are located.
> 
> The availability rate for broadband should be up to 73 percent for the
> state's Qwest customers by the end of 2007, the report says. That is up
> from an original rate of 69.7 percent. The final goal is 83 percent.
> 
> As for the big picture, the company more than tripled the amount of money
> it spent it the first quarter, but is $17.4 million behind on keeping up
> with the average the company must spend per month to comply with its $258
> million investment requirement by 2010.
> 
> Younger, however, said that is to be expected because the company is in
> the phase of planning and gathering resources for the settlement's
> projects. We're on track, said Younger. We're going to meet all our
> targets.
> 
> The company spent $3.06 million in the first quarter and more than tripled
> that amount to $10.07 million in the second quarter, according to Qwest.
> 
> John Arnold, spokesman for the commission, said it is reviewing Qwest's
> report and does not have a comment on it yet. The PRC expects to have
> Qwest officials present the second quarter numbers at a commission
> meeting, but hasn't set a date yet, he said.
> 
> When the company released its first-quarter results in May, commissioners
> did not express concern about the low investment number, which represented
> two month's worth of information.
> Brian Harris, a telecommunications lawyer with the state Attorney
> General's Office, said the office is keeping an eye on the numbers as they
> come in, but he does not think there is cause for concern over Qwest's
> progress so far.
> 
> The company has three years to spend the money, Harris said, and it takes
> time to plan telecommunications projects.
> 
> The commission approved the settlement agreement in December, ending
> ongoing litigation over a 2005 promise the company made to invest $788
> million in New Mexico's telecommunications system.
> 
> ----------
> Qwest spending in New Mexico since Feb. 1
> Five investment categories were listed in a settlement with state
> regulators:
> 
> o High-speed Internet deployment: $6.93 million
> o Diverse telecommunications routes: $140,174
> o Cable improvements: $709,237
> o Advanced telecommunications technology projects: $3.71 million
> o Network improvement: $1.63 million
> 
> o Total: $13.1 million
> o Spending required by July 31, 2010: $258 million
> 
> Source: Qwest
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Richard Lowenberg
> P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
> 505-989-9110,  505-603-5200 cell
> 
> New Mexico Broadband Initiative
> www.1st-mile.com/newmexico
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