[1st-mile-nm] Insanely ill-informed NYT broadband article

[Steve Ross]

The problem is that the incumbents dictated the story to the 
NYT, and the stenographer there just put it all in. So I 
don't really want to let them off the hook.


BTw, clarification as I was typing like mad. There's a 
totally unsourced statement in the article that it would 
take until 2015 to do the build. That's 6-7 years. The only 
way THAT could happen is if the regulatory machinery for 
handing out the funds is delayed.

Steve

Geoff Daily wrote:
> Don - I think that could be a great suggestion.
> 
> Steve - This letter may be more powerful if it doesn't start out bashing 
> the incumbents. That's not needed here: we just need to bash the faulty 
> information/ideas/perceptions of this article.
> 
> Let me know if you want to rework yours a bit. I may do so myself and/or 
> start my own response.
> 
> G
> 
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, <DSSA310 at aol.com 
> <mailto:DSSA310 at aol.com>> wrote:
> 
>     *All:*
>     ** 
>     *I think a response has to be crafted that would be an op-ed piece,
>     or column, that has the capacity to be widely circulated.  It's too
>     "off the cuff" for now.  Perhaps Steve can develop the draft and get
>     it out for comments immediately so that he could send it in tomorrow.*
>     ** 
>     *Don*
>      
> 
>