[1st-mile-nm] Broadband Census Report on NM and what we should do

[peter]

If Tom B is on this list

Go to Economic Development - Science and Technology and get the Leapfrog 
Technology Road map that is Linked to the Deutsch Tel / US West 
prospective business plan created in 2000 / 1 under secretary Garcia.

A bi partisan effort created this plan which listed all the major 
directives and actions by all parties / State and private enterprise to 
move New Mexico across the digital divide into the future and us far as 
I know this has been buried by the Bell Heads and is still gathering dust.

If Bill R is really interested in moving this state forward all the 
planning and mapping road map has been DONE and you don't have to spend 
a dime more to figure it out.

If this state implemented a minor part of that plan we would be in the 
top 10 in broad band instead of saying - Thank God for Mississippi "

( : ( : pete

Peter Baston

*IDEAS*

/www.ideapete.com/ <http://www.ideapete.com/>


 



Richard Lowenberg wrote:
> http://broadbandcensus.com/blog/?p=549
>
> New Mexico Infrastructure Report Fails to Incorporate Broadband Access
>
> Broadband Census New Mexico
> By Drew Bennett, Special Correspondent, BroadbandCensus.com
>
> This is the tenth of a series of articles surveying the state of broadband, and
> broadband data, within each of the United States. Among the next profiles:
> Arizona, Nevada and Utah.
>
>
> August 29 ? As with other states seeking to promote the availability of
> high-speed internet access in a broadband-centered world, New Mexico is
> struggling just to keep up.
>
> Despite boasting one of the world?s premier centers for science and research
> at Los Alamos National Laboratory and experiencing a recent population boom,
> New Mexico remains far behind the rest of the country in broadband and digital
> deployment. According to a report by the Kauffman Foundation and the
> Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the state ranks 46th in
> percentage of internet users, 49th in e-government, and 36th in broadband
> telecommunications.
>
> New Mexico?s deficit in broadband infrastructure is particularly glaring.
> According to Federal Communications Commission statistics, only 78% of New
> Mexicans have access to digital subscriber line (DSL) service and only 77% have
> access to cable modem service ? well below the national averages of 82% and
> 96%, respectively.
>
> And the quality of service received when broadband connectivity is available is
> 15% slower than the national average, according to the Communications Workers
> of America?s Speed Matters web site.
>
> In capital Santa Fe, policy-makers are beginning to focus on the state broadband
> situation. In 2006, Governor Bill Richardson appointed Thomas Bowles as his
> science and technology adviser, stating that ?New Mexico is becoming a
> national leader in the high tech field and Tom Bowles will help further this
> progress.?
>
> Sources close to Bowles say that the technology advisor seeks to drive
> innovation through technology, and that he understands the importance of
> improving broadband infrastructure as a part of this agenda, yet two years
> later the state has yet to produce a strategy for improving broadband
> connectivity.
>
> ?New Mexico has an opportunity to set national examples when it comes to
> broadband networks,? said Richard Lowenberg, a broadband expert and state
> consultant. Lowenberg is a long-time advocate for high-speed, open fiber
> networks who has worked with Japanese broadband officials. Japanese broadband
> has been noted for offering particularly high speeds at low costs.
>
> There are multiple initiatives throughout New Mexico to develop municipal
> broadband wireless networks, community fiber networks, and funding through
> Department of Agriculture and its Rural Utility Service. These grants deliver
> broadband to rural areas and to Navajo and Pueblo reservations. Lowenberg
> believes that a comprehensive plan that integrates and builds on these efforts
> is what is now needed.
>
> ?The key is an economic model that aggregates demand, integrates systems like
> energy systems, and seeks out applications that help pay for these networks so
> that they can reach everybody,? Lowenberg said.
>
> Besides telecommunications carriers, energy utilities, railroads, highway
> authorities and backbone data infrastructure providers should all be involved
> in a state broadband policy, said Lowenberg. Any broadband mapping project
> would need to consider all possible infrastructure that could be utilized in a
> state-wide effort to expand and enhance broadband services.
>
> Lowenberg would like to see New Mexico ?work towards a comprehensive
> infrastructure that gets us to where we want to be in 10 years.?
>
> Governor Richardson has developed a plan, dubbed Invest New Mexico, to offer
> solutions to New Mexico?s ?perfect storm of infrastructure problems.?
> However, the 55-page Invest New Mexico report fails to consider and integrate
> improvements in broadband infrastructure as part of the state-wide plan.
>
> The Invest New Mexico initiative asks ?what infrastructure can we invest in to
> expand our economy?? Yet the answers that it poses have nothing to do with the
> potential that many others see in deploying faster and better broadband
> infrastructure.
>
>
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