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

[peter baston]

Shucks even the Kiwis are talking 100 Gig
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/17/alcatel_bids_110g_kiwi_fibre/ by the
french no less and look whats happening in the fourth world

 " Valsecchi says. Elsewhere, Kazakhstan telco Kazakhtelecom recently put a
100Gbps link in the backbone network between Alma-Aty and Taldy-Kurgan."

Yikes where does that leave the USA ?

Nice one for Jason " Kazakhtelecom  is XXXXXXXX faster than our system "

( : ( : pete

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM, peter baston <pete at ideapete.com> wrote:

> 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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> Pete Baston
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> www.ideapete.com
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> Mailto:pete at ideapete.com
>
>
>
> 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.
>> Santa Fe: 505-690-2335
>> Abiquiu:   505-685-4891
>> www.BreeckerAssociates.com
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------
>> Richard Lowenberg
>> P. O. Box 8001,  Santa Fe, NM  87504
>> 505-989-9110 off.; 505-603-5200 cell
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
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