[1st-mile-nm] FCC approves CenturyLink, Qwest merger with conditions

[peter baston]

Its here from the " National "sic plan although its a future goal so dvide
by year and political willpower

http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective

http://www.broadband.gov/

*The U.S. National Broadband Plan sets a goal of 4 Mbps downloads (1Mbps
upload) by 2020, which, by comparison is a minimum of a half-decade later
and often substantially slower than other countries. The concomitant goal of
100 Mbps access for 100 million households by 2020 would cover an estimated
74-76% of the population.[25]<http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective#_ftn25>
10
years ago, the United States was a leader in broadband penetration; however,
the latest OECD ranks the U.S. 15th, behind France, Sweden, Canada, and a
dozen other countries.[26]<http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective#_ftn26>As
our research clearly documents, even if the U.S. achieves its current
broadband speed targets by 2020, unless it substantially raises its
broadband goals, the country will remain substantially behind many other
countries. *

Why is this a too low Junk speed,   simple speeds are measured in megabits
and storage in Megabytes ( 8 bits in a byte ) so the true target for 9 years
out is .5 megabyte per second down and .125 megabyte up which I am sure is
what the target in the FCC and agreement plan defines although today who
knows, cocombinet goal is per price fluctuaion so they wil not be giving you
100 mps / 12.5 megabytes per second at $10 a month in the future or today.

The Jetsons must be laughing their heads of and thank goodness for smart
wireless and Steve Jobs

For those of you who are interested this is what we missed 10 years ago
http://www.ideapete.com/leapfrog.html and why the smoke and mirrors with
speeds http://www.ideapete.com/megaBS.html

( : ( : pete

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IDEAS  "I"  Quality Assurance - Due Diligence
www.ideapete.com
Cell: 303-579-6531
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:24 PM, David Breecker <
david at breeckerassociates.com> wrote:

> Does this rely on a standard FCC definition of what constitutes
> "broadband"?  And would someone please remind me of what that too-low figure
> is?
>
> dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.
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>
>
> On Mar 23, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:
>
> FCC approves CenturyLink, Qwest merger with conditions
>
> Mar 23, 2011 12:02 PM
>
>
> http://broadcastengineering.com/news/fcc-approves-centurylink-qwest-merger-with-conditions-20110323/
>
>
> The FCC <http://www.fcc.gov/> approved the merger March 18 of CenturyLink<http://www.centurylink.com/>and Qwest
> Communications International <http://www.qwest.com/>.
>
> As a condition of the approval, the FCC imposed protections against the
> risk of harm to competition and ensured the merged entity will live up to
> its commitments to expand its network and launch a major broadband adoption
> program for low-income consumers, an FCC statement said.
>
> Based on the companies’ agreement to certain conditions, the FCC found that
> the potential public interest benefits of the merger are likely to outweigh
> the potential harms.
>
> Among the conditions for approval were steps to improve broadband adoption
> for low-income households. Specifically, the conditions include requiring
> the launch of a major broadband adoption program focused on connecting the
> millions of low-income consumers in the combined company’s 37-state
> territory.
>
> The company also must offer qualifying households broadband starting at
> less than $10 per month and a computer for less than $150 and keep the
> window open for five years for qualifying consumers to sign up. And, the
> company must make a significant annual commitment to marketing, outreach and
> digital literacy training and include detailed reporting on outcomes and an
> independent analysis of the program’s effectiveness.
>
>
>
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