From rl at 1st-mile.com Mon Jan 6 10:17:24 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:17:24 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Colorado Lawmakers aim to shift $50 million phone subsidy toward broadband Message-ID: <88d63c76c8558f7cdcf0fa608b9b9b99@dcn.org> A news item about efforts in neighboring CO. RL ----- Lawmakers aim to shift $50 million phone subsidy toward broadband By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Posted: 01/05/2014 http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_24843279/lawmakers-aim-shift-50-million-phone-subsidy-toward? Colorado lawmakers and industry officials are dialed in on plans to overhaul a program that reimburses carriers more than $50 million annually for providing land-line phone service in rural areas. A revamp of the so-called High Cost Support Mechanism is expected to rank among the top business issues this coming session after efforts over the past three years failed. The federal government and other states have already restructured similarly outdated subsidies, shifting the money toward broadband expansion. Though competing measures are floating around, the consensus is that Colorado will also aim to repurpose the funds for broadband rather than eliminate the subsidy, which is backed by a 2.6 percent surcharge on land-line and mobile phone bills. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has initiated a review to determine which areas of the state have sufficient competition and should no longer qualify for High Cost support. Industry leaders expect that process to free up several million dollars as early as this year. (Snip?.) ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From frank at wmxsystems.com Mon Jan 6 10:34:41 2014 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (frank at wmxsystems.com) Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 11:34:41 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Colorado Lawmakers aim to shift $50 million phone subsidy toward broadband Message-ID: <20140106113440.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.e82638339e.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.com Wed Jan 8 11:41:30 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:41:30 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] How Broadband Mapping Drives Economic Development and Planning Initiatives Message-ID: <69d16989c7d9854db97e2390ef9a36bd@dcn.org> Here's an article on Broadband Mapping by Connected Nation (which I and others have sometimes been critical of in the past), highlighting the approach and benefits of this important work. http://informedinfrastructure.com/7236/how-broadband-mapping-drives-economic-development-and-planning-initiatives/ As we all know, broadband infrastructure, services and gaps mapping can have many benefits, especially for improved location-based decision-making. All states and some territories are currently involved in NTIA funded and FCC coordinated State Broadband Mapping. NM DoIT has been taking the lead on this for New Mexico, and has additionally produced some integrated initiatives, studies, reports and recommendations, as cited on this list previously. As possible, it would be good to get updates on NM's broadband mapping, program status, data refinement and analysis, limits to what will be able to be accomplished with current NTIA funding, and future/ongoing possibilities. See: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/index.shtml RL ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.com Wed Jan 8 11:45:41 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:45:41 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Narrowing the Digital Divide in the Navajo Nation Message-ID: <4bf9d4d07402d40861ba1232257d5896@dcn.org> From the NTIA, an updated article on their funded broadband initiative with Navajo Nation. http://www.commerce.gov/blog/2014/01/07/narrowing-digital-divide-navajo-nation RL ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.com Mon Jan 13 11:16:51 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:16:51 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Broadband Article Message-ID: <62b517d15e55531d8c56a54e2e4f5784@dcn.org> The article copied below, from the Santa Fe New Mexican, is making it onto a number of national broadband lists. Unfortunately, the article doesn't really say much. I have been following current Santa Fe broadband initiatives closely, and I know that a number of those directly involved are subscribed to this list. I therefore ask those of you who can, please use this list to provide additional details, status and other appropriate, non-proprietary information. I also ask that this be a civil exchange, without any self-serving rants. Having personal off-list familiarity with the broadband issues at play in City and County of Santa Fe, and the north central NM region, I can imagine a productive conversation on grounded realities, options, best ways forward. RL ---------- Science Matters: City targets lack of broadband options http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/health_and_science/science-matters-city-targets-lack-of-broadband-options/article_bd4891ff-78a8-5ec4-baad-15759c749c01.html Posted: Thursday, January 9, 2014 Roger Snodgrass As a lot of developments swirl around the Internet, which has become a critical source of economic opportunity in the world today, Santa Fe?s quest for cheaper, faster access to the Web faces a test as early as next month. Even with a million dollars to spend, thanks to a capital improvement project funded in 2012, city officials will have to make a very strategic move to gain much headway against even modest community needs and expectations. By contrast, all of of Taos soon will be connected to the Internet at gigabit speed, about a thousand times faster than what is currently known as high speed. The next level is called terabit speed, and it is another thousand times faster. By partnering with the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and using its grid for distribution, Taos expects to leap forward in the information age. A federal grant of $64 million covers the cost, which is about what it would cost to do the same in Santa Fe. Also making a bold move, Google is rolling out a new fiber-optic program in Kansas City, Mo.; Kansas City, Kan.; and Austin, Texas, among other places, that offers connection speeds of up to 1,000 megabits per second, which the company predicts will be about 100 times faster than existing high-speed broadband. In Santa Fe, city project administrator Sean Moody puts the issue in the context of telecommunications and its local impact. ?This is on the radar of city council that includes cell towers and overhead power lines,? he said. Economic development and education are in there, too, along with urban planning. Various cooperative efforts have been and will continue to play a role in local efforts. The city can hope to get lucky like Taos, but meanwhile, it has to work effectively with what it has. Capital improvement project funds must be spent on something that needs to be built, and Moody thinks he has found a bottleneck that could be fixed with a little work. Currently, there is one major link from Santa Fe to the backbone of the Internet, the main pipes that loop east and west through Albuquerque and connect with the rest of the world. ?The distribution is relatively competitive and well-regulated.? Moody said. ?What is not competitive is the wholesale transport side.? Providers pay fees for access, and if you use that provider, ?The world is at your disposal.? There are at least four potential candidates for competition, but by the time that main branch line connects Santa Fe, he said, there is only a single player, and that?s Qwest. It?s called Qwest Classic. Moody has compared rates in Albuquerque with Santa Fe rates, and he has determined there is no significant difference in rates at speeds between 5 Mbps and 10 Mbps. But large businesses such as Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, big data users like film-editing services, large employers such as Thornburg Investment Management and Genzyme Genetics, and the city and county are paying twice as much for bandwidth at the 100 Mbps scale. He believes the minimal competition could be remedied by building a co-location facility that would house a second pipe, enabling interconnection with additional providers. All the major networks run through the same pipes, although they don?t necessarily own them in the same way. Andrew Blum writes in Tubes, a popular book that explores the physical aspects of the Internet: ?The networks carry networks. One company might own the actual fiber-optic cables, while another operates the light signals pulsing over that fiber, and a third owns, or more likely rents, the bandwidth encoded in that light.? Few of the players can stake a claim based on actual digging to deposit cable, but among them they own rights to many strands of cable, or even bandwidths of light within a strand of fiber, in which the stream of information is transmitted. To those who want a faster Internet connection from the Santa Fe capital project, Moody advises patience. ?This has value immediately, by opening up the wholesale market and value in the future by opening fiber,? he said. ?Whether we start operating at terabit speeds or start flying around on jetpacks, whatever we do, this program and the co-lo are going to be instrumental.? If you asked the precocious kids in the ?It?s not complicated? AT&T commercials whether bigger and faster is better, they probably would say yes. But sometimes the situation is complicated. ?Right now, Santa Fe may be on a long list of places where Internet operators would like to go, and this speeds it up by about 10 years,? Moody said. ?We?re doing this because we want to get there sooner.? ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.com Mon Jan 13 21:17:59 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:17:59 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Congress takes on Telecommunications Act & FCC 2104 Agenda Message-ID: <46a148fb5789014a8d28c77fe68e2bd4@dcn.org> Two big national telecommunications issues and agendas are kicking off the new year. Congress is going to take on the Telecommunications Act, last revised in 1996, and the FCC is now being led by Chairman Tom Wheeler, who has just laid out their agenda for 2014. Following are links to a Benton Foundation posting on the context, process and critical issues to be addressed in a new Telecommunications Act. There will be calls for public and other sector input. This will likely be a compromised process and outcomes once again, but will have major bearing on our national, state and local broadband networking future. "The Five Questions" http://benton.org/node/171984 A few days ago, Chairman Wheeler presented: "Adapting Regulatory Frameworks to 21st Century Networks and Markets" www.fcc.gov/blog/adapting-regulatory-frameworks-21st-century-networks-and-markets We'll follow these issues and initiatives as they develop and as relevant to the State, localities and people of NM. RL ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From owen at backspaces.net Tue Jan 14 08:49:35 2014 From: owen at backspaces.net (Owen Densmore) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:49:35 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Congress takes on Telecommunications Act & FCC 2104 Agenda In-Reply-To: <46a148fb5789014a8d28c77fe68e2bd4@dcn.org> References: <46a148fb5789014a8d28c77fe68e2bd4@dcn.org> Message-ID: This is interesting stuff, thanks! Now I wonder: would the overall goal ever be something like regaining our position as a leader in broadband coverage, services, and speed? Last I looked we were in the 20's (from the top) compared to the rest of the world. -- Owen On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > Two big national telecommunications issues and agendas are kicking off > the new year. > Congress is going to take on the Telecommunications Act, last revised > in 1996, and the FCC is now being led by Chairman Tom Wheeler, who has > just laid out their agenda for 2014. > > Following are links to a Benton Foundation posting on the context, > process and critical issues to be addressed in a new Telecommunications > Act. There will be calls for public and other sector input. This > will likely be a compromised process and outcomes once again, but will > have major bearing on our national, state and local broadband networking > future. > > "The Five Questions" http://benton.org/node/171984 > > A few days ago, Chairman Wheeler presented: > "Adapting Regulatory Frameworks to 21st Century Networks and Markets" > > www.fcc.gov/blog/adapting-regulatory-frameworks-21st-century-networks-and-markets > > We'll follow these issues and initiatives as they develop and as > relevant to the State, localities and people of NM. > > RL > > > ---------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. > 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 > P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org > ---------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Terry.Brunner at nm.usda.gov Tue Jan 14 11:43:38 2014 From: Terry.Brunner at nm.usda.gov (Brunner, Terry - RD, Albuquerque, NM) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:43:38 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FW: FCC Scheduled to Act - New Rural Broadband Test Bed In-Reply-To: <353A975F-FDA3-4AB5-B3AF-00198B318C5C@yahoo.com> References: <353A975F-FDA3-4AB5-B3AF-00198B318C5C@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1CE4E6E4793FD540BBE9E0F601D4B1D30598FADE@001FSN2MPN2-083.001f.mgd2.msft.net> FYI?This may be a good opportunity for rural NM telecom. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: FTTH Council Americas > Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:50 PM Subject: FCC Scheduled to Act - New Rural Broadband Test Bed To: [FTTH Council logo] A Special Message from the FTTH Council Americas President Federal Communications Commission Scheduled to Act on New Rural Broadband Test Bed Based on FTTH Council's Gigabit Race to the Top Petition [Heather Gold photo] Six months ago the FTTH Council asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fund experiments in rural locations where entities would compete to build FTTH networks. As part of our proposal, all kinds of providers -- telcos, utilities, small cable operators and even communities themselves -- would be eligible to deploy FTTH to serve community anchor institutions and other customers. Now, the FCC appears poised to act. On January 30th, we expect the Commission to use our petition to adopt a new "test bed" program to bring next-generation high-speed broadband to rural areas. Right now, here's how we believe the program will work. First, the Commission will issue a call for "expressions of interest." Any potential operator can submit a letter indicating its interest in undertaking a project. The letter would specify the technology, the proposed bandwidth to be delivered and the services to be provided, as well as the estimated budget for the request. We expect that many of you will want to indicate an interest in, apply for and ultimately use these funds. The Commission expects this first step to will happen relatively quickly. So, you should get prepared. Based on the letters of interest, the FCC will formulate a budget, using funds in the USF Broadband Reserve Fund. We estimate the total amount available for these projects will be approximately $200M. Once the budget is set, interested parties will file applications with detailed business cases. The applications will be reviewed and scored according to pre-set criteria and grants awarded. The Commission expects this process to take months, not years. The FCC is committed to begin distributing funds later this year. The long-term purpose of these experiments is to determine what business cases work to bring ultra-high broadband to rural areas efficiently and to use this information to set the future direction of the Connect America Fund. We urge you to consider participating in this new program, either by filing a letter of interest directly or working with your customers. We have an opportunity to show that we are really coming to a tipping point of interest in FTTH and a little push will start the avalanche. We will hold a webinar on the FCC's proposal early in February to provide you with more information. Stay tuned and get ready! [http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs150/1111215209432/img/76.jpg] Heather Burnett Gold President Forward this email [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/SafeUnsubscribe_Footer_Logo_New.png] [http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/CC_Footer_Logo_New.png] This email was sent to by ftthinfo at ftthcouncil.org | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe? | Privacy Policy. FTTH Council | 2025 M Street NW | Suite 800 | Washington, D.C. | DC | 20036 This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. 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IN less than 20 years, ubiquitous, reliable high-speed Internet access has gone from a vision to a novelty to a fundamental part of the American economy ? not to mention our civic, social and personal lives. Central to this is the principle of net neutrality: that the cables that bring the Internet into our homes should be there for all to use equally. Whether you are a content provider or a subscriber, as long as you pay your bill, it shouldn?t matter whether you use them to send email or connect to Netflix or YouTube. That, however, may change, thanks to a circuit court ruling this week in the case of Verizon v. the Federal Communications Commission. The decision deferred to an old F.C.C. determination that telecom cables, the primary conduit for Internet access, are not utilities, and cannot be regulated as such, leaving American businesses unprotected from the depredations of a handful of giant Internet access providers. Service providers can now strike a deal with YouTube to get faster delivery speeds to customers, and Comcast, which owns sizable content assets itself, can use its control of the cables to get an edge over rival content providers. But rather than despair, this is a moment of opportunity. The court didn?t make its decision because it was opposed to net neutrality, but because the F.C.C. had painted itself into a regulatory corner, having developed a convoluted, contradictory set of rules regarding Internet access over the last decade. The decision now forces the commission to go back to square one and reverse the industry-compromised decisions that set it on this path in the first place and that have long undermined its authority over this crucial infrastructure. The problem began in 2002, when Michael K. Powell, the F.C.C. chairman who now heads the cable industry?s trade association, decided to exempt high- speed Internet access from so-called common carriage regulation. Those rules, applied most notably to phone service, bar providers from discriminatory service ? everyone who pays a phone bill gets the same quality of service. But Mr. Powell reasoned that Internet access was an information service, distinct from the traditional communications infrastructure, and that competition would be better than oversight at protecting Americans from any abuses by access providers. It?s a good thing the F.C.C. is staffed by so many lawyers, because it was soon faced with complaints by consumer groups and Internet content providers alleging that companies like Comcast, far from being checked by competition, were using the lack of competition in local Internet service, combined with the lack of oversight, to favor their own commercial interests. After it was revealed in 2008 that Comcast had interfered with access to certain file-sharing networking applications, the commission performed an about-face, ordering the company to adhere to a new approach for managing bandwidth demand. This put the commission in a logical bind. It claimed, somehow, that it both repudiated the need for ?common carriage? rules and, at the same time, had the power to prevent discrimination by service providers. Comcast, Verizon and other Internet service providers quickly filed suit. Though the commission fought a valiant fight, defending this contradiction was always a losing battle. The commission first lost following a challenge by Comcast in 2010, after which it recast its net neutrality stance, mandating that service providers not choose winners and losers among providers of online content or require them to pay fees as a condition of carriage. Verizon then challenged that mandate, and the result was this week?s court ruling. Unlike the 2010 decision, this time the circuit court left little room for the commission to revise its rules yet again. The court did, however, offer a way forward, if the commission was willing to take it. The agency must revisit and reverse Mr. Powell?s 2002 decision, relabeling high-speed Internet access a common carriage service. That has always been the obvious solution. But for years the commission has refused to do so, because its jury-rigged, contradictory stance worked well enough. Now it has no choice. And it must act, soon. Otherwise, we will have an Internet in which, say, Google can pay extra to give Gmail users faster access to their email than Hotmail users. And Microsoft, which owns Hotmail, will have no choice but to pay more, too, because each Internet service provider has a monopoly, or close to one, over local networks. In the end, the providers? slicing, dicing and gouging is great for their shareholders, but not for the country. We?ll end up with a digital replica of pay TV, rather than the Internet that has prompted such economic growth and innovation in America. Without the right administrative label applied to these services, every step the commission takes to address these problems will be subject to a protracted battle over whether the F.C.C. is impermissibly treating the network providers as ?common carriers.? In the meantime, we will be no closer to having the reliable, ubiquitous, neutral, world-class communications infrastructure we need than we are today. High-speed Internet access isn?t a luxury; it is basic infrastructure, like electricity, clean water and a functioning street grid, that is essential for the free market to function. The F.C.C. can show its strength by having the guts to change its mind. Susan Crawford is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the author of ?Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.? A version of this op-ed appears in print on January 17, 2014, on page A25 of the New York edition with the headline: Back to the Digital Drawing Board. ? 2014 The New York Times Company ---------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------- From thomas at phys.unm.edu Sat Jan 18 12:23:59 2014 From: thomas at phys.unm.edu (T.L.Thomas) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 13:23:59 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] 1st-mile-nm Digest, Vol 87, Issue 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for forwarding that, Richard; a great article. - TLT On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 1:00 PM, <1st-mile-nm-request at mailman.dcn.org>wrote: > Send 1st-mile-nm mailing list submissions to > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > 1st-mile-nm-request at mailman.dcn.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > 1st-mile-nm-owner at mailman.dcn.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of 1st-mile-nm digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Susan Crawford: Back to the Digital Drawing Board > (Richard Lowenberg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:12:08 -0700 > From: Richard Lowenberg > Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Susan Crawford: Back to the Digital Drawing > Board > To: 1st mile nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> > Message-ID: <3474bc0306dfa42c3d71235deefc8e6f at dcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > There has been much news in the last couple of days about the DC > Circuit Court decision in Verizon vs. the FCC. > Susan Crawford, I think, gives a good short assessment of the decision > and of possible next steps. > RL > ----------- > > http://nyti.ms/1eVI1AI > > Back to the Digital Drawing Board > > By SUSAN CRAWFORD JAN. 16, 2014 > > CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ? IN less than 20 years, ubiquitous, reliable > high-speed Internet access has gone from a vision to a novelty to a > fundamental part of the American economy ? not to mention our civic, > social and personal lives. > > Central to this is the principle of net neutrality: that the cables > that bring the Internet into our homes should be there for all to use > equally. Whether you are a content provider or a subscriber, as long as > you pay your bill, it shouldn?t matter whether you use them to send > email or connect to Netflix or YouTube. > > That, however, may change, thanks to a circuit court ruling this week > in the case of Verizon v. the Federal Communications Commission. The > decision deferred to an old F.C.C. determination that telecom cables, > the primary conduit for Internet access, are not utilities, and cannot > be regulated as such, leaving American businesses unprotected from the > depredations of a handful of giant Internet access providers. > > Service providers can now strike a deal with YouTube to get faster > delivery speeds to customers, and Comcast, which owns sizable content > assets itself, can use its control of the cables to get an edge over > rival content providers. > > But rather than despair, this is a moment of opportunity. The court > didn?t make its decision because it was opposed to net neutrality, but > because the F.C.C. had painted itself into a regulatory corner, having > developed a convoluted, contradictory set of rules regarding Internet > access over the last decade. > > The decision now forces the commission to go back to square one and > reverse the industry-compromised decisions that set it on this path in > the first place and that have long undermined its authority over this > crucial infrastructure. > > The problem began in 2002, when Michael K. Powell, the F.C.C. chairman > who now heads the cable industry?s trade association, decided to exempt > high- > > speed Internet access from so-called common carriage regulation. Those > rules, applied most notably to phone service, bar providers from > discriminatory service ? everyone who pays a phone bill gets the same > quality of service. > > But Mr. Powell reasoned that Internet access was an information > service, distinct from the traditional communications infrastructure, > and that competition would be better than oversight at protecting > Americans from any abuses by access providers. > > It?s a good thing the F.C.C. is staffed by so many lawyers, because it > was soon faced with complaints by consumer groups and Internet content > providers alleging that companies like Comcast, far from being checked > by competition, were using the lack of competition in local Internet > service, combined with the lack of oversight, to favor their own > commercial interests. > > After it was revealed in 2008 that Comcast had interfered with access > to certain file-sharing networking applications, the commission > performed an about-face, ordering the company to adhere to a new > approach for managing bandwidth demand. > > This put the commission in a logical bind. It claimed, somehow, that it > both repudiated the need for ?common carriage? rules and, at the same > time, had the power to prevent discrimination by service providers. > > Comcast, Verizon and other Internet service providers quickly filed > suit. Though the commission fought a valiant fight, defending this > contradiction was always a losing battle. The commission first lost > following a challenge by Comcast in 2010, after which it recast its net > neutrality stance, mandating that service providers not choose winners > and losers among providers of online content or require them to pay fees > as a condition of carriage. > > Verizon then challenged that mandate, and the result was this week?s > court ruling. Unlike the 2010 decision, this time the circuit court left > little room for the commission to revise its rules yet again. > > The court did, however, offer a way forward, if the commission was > willing to take it. The agency must revisit and reverse Mr. Powell?s > 2002 decision, relabeling high-speed Internet access a common carriage > service. > > That has always been the obvious solution. But for years the commission > has refused to do so, because its jury-rigged, contradictory stance > worked well enough. Now it has no choice. > > And it must act, soon. Otherwise, we will have an Internet in which, > say, > > Google can pay extra to give Gmail users faster access to their email > than Hotmail users. And Microsoft, which owns Hotmail, will have no > choice but to pay more, too, because each Internet service provider has > a monopoly, or close to one, over local networks. > > In the end, the providers? slicing, dicing and gouging is great for > their shareholders, but not for the country. We?ll end up with a digital > replica of pay TV, rather than the Internet that has prompted such > economic growth and innovation in America. > > Without the right administrative label applied to these services, every > step the commission takes to address these problems will be subject to a > protracted battle over whether the F.C.C. is impermissibly treating the > network providers as ?common carriers.? In the meantime, we will be no > closer to having the reliable, ubiquitous, neutral, world-class > communications infrastructure we need than we are today. > > High-speed Internet access isn?t a luxury; it is basic infrastructure, > like electricity, clean water and a functioning street grid, that is > essential for the free market to function. The F.C.C. can show its > strength by having the guts to change its mind. > > Susan Crawford is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and the > author of ?Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in > the New Gilded Age.? > > A version of this op-ed appears in print on January 17, 2014, on page > A25 of the New York edition with the headline: Back to the Digital > Drawing Board. > > ? 2014 The New York Times Company > > > ---------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. > 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 > P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org > ---------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > > End of 1st-mile-nm Digest, Vol 87, Issue 5 > ****************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thought it might be useful in talking to companies trying to get people to sign up or in encouraging communities as to how they can use broadband, etc. http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/files/toolkit_042913.pdf Terry Brunner State Director USDA Rural Development-New Mexico 6200 Jefferson, NE Room 255 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Office: (505) 761-4950 Fax: (505) 761-4976 Follow me on Twitter @Terrybrunner www.rurdev.usda.gov | "Committed to the future of rural communities" This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.com Fri Jan 31 13:08:22 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:08:22 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Invites IP Transition Trials Message-ID: <4e7e655e5ba20dba397eceb9a34329f7@dcn.org> FCC Invites IP Transition Trials On Jan. 30 the FCC announced its invitation for IP Transition Trials. Here?s the FCC?s announcement. Initial proposals are due by Feb. 20. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0130/DOC-325345A1.pdf And here is a lengthy posting on the Benton Foundation web site, on the announcement. http://benton.org/node/173618?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email RL ----------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ----------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.com Sat Feb 1 16:54:52 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:54:52 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Madrid/Cerrillos Internet Center Message-ID: The new Madrid/Cerrillos Internet Center is about to open, but has many set-up and long-term needs. This much needed facility is the reincarnation of the center that Cibola Wireless initially set up in Cerrillos, with ARRA NTIA stimulus funds. After the two years of NTIA funding ended last year, Cibola pulled the plug. Terry Ryder, who managed the original facility, has been working hard to find a new location and needed support to continue to serve the needs of that under-served regional community. If you can help, be in contact with Terry. RL ------------- INTERNET CENTER ABOUT TO OPEN IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS Insurance and technical arrangements are nearly complete. The new user-directed Internet Center (Free Internet Center of Madrid-Cerrillos) is expected to open later this week in the shed behind 2876 Highway 14, with an initial 5 internet-connected workstations. Those who use and depend on the center will be planning scheduling, volunteer staffing, fund-raising methods, programming expansion, etc. All ideas and offers of assistance are welcome. First community brainstorming meeting set for Sunday, Feb 2, 2 pm, at the main 2876 building. (Yes, the "kickoff" meeting coincides with Super Bowl Sunday; that's just where the ball happened to land, sorry. There will be others.) CURRENT FUNDING: At the August meeting, the MCP allocated $300 for 4 months of equipment storage. $150 has been paid to cover 3 months of storage, Oct-Dec 2013. $50 is now needed to cover the fourth month, Jan 2014. Final result: 4 months of storage at a cost of $200, rather than $300. (Thanks to Keith and Rebecca for special terms!) At the December meeting, the MCP approved $450 in "safety net" funds for startup operational costs for 1.5 months. (One correction to the minutes: Rent alone is $200/mo, not $300; the additional $100/mo was for estimated utilities and operating expenses.) Nothing has yet been paid from this allocation. $350 is now being requested. Formal request is now being made for the following disbursements: $50 payment to Rebecca Nafey and Keith Kreitter to cover storage for the month of January 2014. (due asap) $200 payment to Rebecca Nafey and Keith Kreitter to cover operational rent for the month of February 2014. (due asap) $150 for insurance binder initial payment, due Feb 22. (Payee details to follow after binder is completed; policy request is in process.) Rebecca will be billing the Internet Center for utilities each month according to utility company billing schedule. All management, staffing, and currently even the internet connection are being donated. Equipment, you will recall, is being donated by Cibola Internet. In addition, a private donation of $1,000 was later made by an associate of Paul Macks. At the current monthly operational rates of $200 rent, $44 insurance, and an estimated $75 utilties, that donation alone will carry us for another 3 months (March - May 2014). This will give the user-directed project time to initiate fundraising programs and other planning for long-term self-sufficiency. THANKS TO ALL for continued faith and support! (We can -- and are -- doing this!) -- Terry Ryder CerrillosNetCenter.01 at gmail.com 505-913-9909 ------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------ From rl at 1st-mile.com Sat Feb 1 19:53:06 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:53:06 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Correction re: Madrid/Cerrillos Internet Center Message-ID: <4fc32f7d85ed4b3047ccc8ba7fc52e8d@dcn.org> To correct my prior posting: The funds that were brought in for Cerrillos were not stimulus funds and not NTIA funds. They were Community Connect funds through USDA. Also, I believe that Cibola Internet will continue to provide connectivity and network service. Richard ------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------ From rl at 1st-mile.com Mon Feb 3 10:25:19 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 11:25:19 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC to double E-Rate Funding for Schools and Libraries Message-ID: <3f20b6261e1d84aefb89deb3c8f017d1@dcn.org> The Federal Communications Commission will double the amount of money it devotes to adding high-speed Internet connections in schools and libraries over the next two years, in an effort to meet President Obama?s promise to provide broadband service for an estimated 20 million American students in 15,000 schools, officials said Saturday. Financing for the new spending will come from restructuring the $2.4 billion E-Rate program, which provides money for ?advanced telecommunications and information services? using the proceeds of fees paid by telecommunications users. The proportion that goes to broadband service in schools and libraries will increase to $2 billion a year from $1 billion. (snip) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/fcc-says-it-will-double-spending-on-high-speed-internet-in-schools-and-libraries.html ------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------ From rl at 1st-mile.com Wed Feb 5 12:17:24 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:17:24 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USDA Announces Distance Learning and Telemedicine Awards Message-ID: USDA Announces Investments to Expand Distance Learning and Telemedicine Opportunities in Rural Areas www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/02/0013.xml WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2014 ? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the Obama Administration is investing in rural telecommunications equipment to help expand access to education, create jobs and improve health care in 25 states. Today's announcement of nearly $16 million in USDA grants for distance learning and telemedicine services helps to support President Obama's ConnectED initiative, with the objective to connect 99 percent of students to broadband in the next five years. The full list of recipients for Distance Learning and Telemedicine grants: www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/rdDLTJanuary2014Recipients.pdf Once again, there were no awards in New Mexico, and there were no awards in this round in Colorado or Utah, and only one in Arizona, for the Flagstaff Medical Center, Inc. ($129,412) to be used to purchase digital electronics and software for a telemedicine system linking the Flagstaff Medical Center with clinics in Coconino, Apache, Mohave and Navajo Counties, to connect local caregivers and their patients with specialists at Flagstaff. RL ------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------ From rl at 1st-mile.com Wed Feb 5 12:24:21 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:24:21 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FTTH Council: Webinar Message-ID: <3de062bd954a7c2cbc27a31fc70d5e3d@dcn.org> The Fiber to the Home Council - Special Webinar: Expanding Rural FTTH: The FCC's Proposed Experiments Thursday, February 6, 2014 @ noon EST REGISTER HERE: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/143145946 On January 30th, the Federal Communications Commission announced a series of initiatives designed to forward the transition of telecom networks from legacy TDM-based to IP-based. As part of these initiatives, the FCC emphasized that it wanted all Americans to benefit from this transition, including those living in rural areas. To that end, the FCC has called for entities to submit expressions of interest in providing high capacity broadband to rural areas in both price cap and rate of return territories. Most importantly, the FCC is encouraging participation in these experiments from as many different entities as possible including incumbents, competitive LECs, munis and utilities. Join our special presenter, Jonathan Chambers, Chief of the FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, as he discusses how you can participate in this exciting opportunity to bring greater bandwidth to rural areas and supply the FCC with valuable information as to the direction they should consider for universal service support going forward. FTTH Council President, Heather Burnett Gold and counsel Tom Cohen from Kelley Drye will join Jon in this review. The deadline for non-binding expressions of interest will be March 7th. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE HOW USF IS USED AND DISTRIBUTED GOING FORWARD - IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT AS MANY ENTITIES AS POSSIBLE PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. JOIN US TO LEARN HOW! ------------------------------------------ Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------ From rl at 1st-mile.com Thu Feb 6 15:40:40 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.com (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 16:40:40 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] News from Utah, Kansas and Colorado Message-ID: <273ebdcccae81e37a8b9335a1e9daf2c@dcn.org> While 19 states variously limit or undermine municipal and other public sector broadband initiatives, the cable lobby has recently put forward a legislative bill in Kansas, and a new restrictive bill has been put forward in Utah. Here are updates on these deeply concerning events: A bill that would impose a statewide ban on municipalities building broadband networks has been buried this week in the Kansas legislature. http://cjonline.com/news/state/2014-02-05/wire-cut-senate-bill-banning-municipal-broadband-networks For background info. on this, see: http://alturl.com/g5k53 Utah bill would stop regional fiber networks from expanding Bill seen as gift to incumbent ISPs who are threatened by UTOPIA fiber network. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/utah-bill-would-stop-regional-fiber-networks-from-expanding/? Meanwhile, in Montrose, CO, the City looks to recoup broadband rights http://www.montrosepress.com/news/city-looks-to-recoup-broadband-rights/article_41190e94-8d5e-11e3-b8bc-001a4bcf887a.html The City of Montrose is dissatisfied with the current climate of broadband connectivity in the region, and on April 1, it will ask voters to restore its right to provide that service to the public. At (this week?s) City Council meeting, the Council (approved) a resolution to place a question on the general election ballot. It will ask city voters whether the City may recoup its right to provide telecommunication services, advanced services and cable television services. The City?s main focus with the measure is on advanced services, particularly expanding the region?s broadband capabilities. ?We?ve been working on improving our broadband in the community for quite some time,? Virgil Turner, City Director of Innovation and Citizen Engagement, said. ?The City has recognized that broadband is an area where we are not on equal footing with the Front Range.? Stay tuned to the 1st-Mile list for updates on these stories and more. RL ------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir. 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200 P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.1st-mile.org rl at 1st-mile.org ------------------------------------------- From RL at 1st-mile.org Tue Feb 11 12:21:37 2014 From: RL at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:21:37 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink delivers gigabit fiber service in Salt Lake City area Message-ID: <20B4D2D5-19D0-44F4-855C-1ABBDD3A1C69@1st-mile.org> http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit-fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html CenturyLink, Inc. 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The project includes a co-location facility that will allow long-distance carriers to interconnect directly to multiple local providers, resulting in intended wholesale competition to improve retail broadband speeds, availability and pricing throughout the city. The MOU between the City and State of NM Department of IT will provide date transport capacity to an Albuquerque PoP, thereby widening the range of wholesale options and further stimulating competition in Santa Fe. Reviews have been scheduled for this month, and the item has already come before the City?s Economic Development, Public Utilities and Public Works Committees. It comes before the Finance Committee on the 17th and the Business & Quality of Life Committee on the 18th. It is currently scheduled to come before the City Council on Feb. 26th. 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(NYSE: CTL) says it is now offering Internet speeds of >> up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses located in multi-tenant unit >> office buildings throughout Salt Lake City, Sandy, Midvale, Draper, South >> Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights, and other area municipalities in >> Utah. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >> P. O. 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They fail to understand that its not the internet. Its all the applications On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses > > > People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still in > the last century. > > -- Owen > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > >> Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?" >> >> Show me the prices or I don't believe it... >> >> Christopher Mitchell >> Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative >> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >> >> http://www.muninetworks.org >> @communitynets >> 612-276-3456 x209 >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit-fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html >>> >>> CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) says it is now offering Internet speeds of >>> up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses located in multi-tenant unit >>> office buildings throughout Salt Lake City, Sandy, Midvale, Draper, South >>> Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights, and other area municipalities in >>> Utah. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>> P. O. 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Its all the > applications > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > >> speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses >> >> >> People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still >> in the last century. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell < >> christopher at newrules.org> wrote: >> >>> Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?" >>> >>> Show me the prices or I don't believe it... >>> >>> Christopher Mitchell >>> Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative >>> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >>> >>> http://www.muninetworks.org >>> @communitynets >>> 612-276-3456 x209 >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit-fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html >>>> >>>> CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) says it is now offering Internet speeds >>>> of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses located in multi-tenant unit >>>> office buildings throughout Salt Lake City, Sandy, Midvale, Draper, South >>>> Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights, and other area municipalities in >>>> Utah. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>>> P. O. 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But boy do we need the network. -- Owen On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John Brown wrote: I agree. Its amazing how many times I talk to people that think we really don't need internet at that speed. They fail to understand that its not the internet. Its all the applications On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still in the last century. -- Owen On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?" Show me the prices or I don't believe it... Christopher Mitchell Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit -fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) says it is now offering Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses located in multi-tenant unit office buildings throughout Salt Lake City, Sandy, Midvale, Draper, South Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights, and other area municipalities in Utah. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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Carroll Cagle From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+carroll=cagleandassociates.com at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+carroll=cagleandassociates.com at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:54 PM To: John Brown Cc: Christopher Mitchell; Richard Lowenberg; 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink delivers gigabit fiber service in Salt Lake City area And one of the reasons our employment numbers are so far off is that so many of us are doing just fine running our own business, off any of their radar. But boy do we need the network. -- Owen On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John Brown wrote: I agree. Its amazing how many times I talk to people that think we really don't need internet at that speed. They fail to understand that its not the internet. Its all the applications On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still in the last century. -- Owen On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?" Show me the prices or I don't believe it... Christopher Mitchell Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit -fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html CenturyLink, Inc. 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Horrigan, the report is primarily based on past and new NTIA and Pew Research Center data. Here?s an introduction from the Knight Foundation?s blog, by John Horrigan. http://www.knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2014/2/14/modern-makeover-discussions-digital-divide/ For nearly two decades, the phrase ?digital divide? -- the dichotomy between the information ?haves? and ?have-nots? -- has shaped policy discourse about digital equity. When it first came into widespread usage in 1995, just 14 percent of Americans identified themselves as Internet users; far more people were ?have-nots? than ?haves.? To characterize lack of access as a problem, at a time when only elites had a nascent technology, made the ?digital divide? a concept ahead of its time. Today, we still talk about the digital divide, even as the data show that the problem has flipped. By the end of 2013, 85 percent of Americans were Internet users, with only 15 percent disconnected. If the ?digital divide? was ahead of its time when 86 percent of Americans lacked access, is it behind the times now that 85 percent have access? Here?s the full (25+ pages) .pdf report. ----- I would like to suggest and offer that the 1st-Mile Institute be funded to conduct a more detailed, fine-grained survey, analysis and report on the Digital Divide in New Mexico, a state where we know the problem is much greater than the national averages indicate. A more comprehensive picture is needed, if we are to identify strategically realizable steps forward. From the over seven years of 1st-Mile email list postings (see the online archives at: http://www2.dcn.org/pipermail/1st-mile-nm/ it is clear that in addition to the population groups cited in this and almost all other Digital Divide studies, the ongoing problem we face is not simply network services access and adoption, by the poor, elderly, undereducated and most rural, but should include state and local leaders and decision-makers, who lack necessary understanding of the issues and consequences of their related actions, or especially, lack thereof. RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In coordination with this 1st-Mile initiative, the First Nations of Canada call their networking initiative the First Mile. See the link below. RL Begin forwarded message: > From: ci-indigenous-admin at lists.knet.ca > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:34 AM > To: fninnovationpn at lists.knet.ca; ci-indigenous at lists.knet.ca > Subject: [Ci-indigenous] Mishkeegogamang Tepacimowin Networks - New article by Connie Gray-McKay and others > > Hello FNI friends, > > Our project has a new article published this month in the Journal of Community Informatics, from our research with Mishkeegogamang First Nation. The lead author is Chief Connie Gray-McKay. The article is a great source of information on how community members in this remote First Nation are using technologies in interesting and innovative ways. Please pass it along! > > The article is available here online: > > http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/795/1069 > > Best wishes, > Susan > > Dr. Susan O'Donnell, Researcher and Adjunct Professor > Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick > First Nations Innovation Project http://www.fn-innovation-pn.com > First Mile Project http://firstmile.ca > My website: http://susanodo.wordpress.com > An internet for the common good - a Community Informatics declaration: http://tinyurl.com/kfaacqn > susanodo at unb.ca > 1-506-444-0374 > Post: FN Innovation, Box 104, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 4Y2 > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Toolkit contained 26 training modules on basic and business digital skills, and emphasized the application of these skills for successful engagement in the professional, social, medical, and civic realms. In addition, the Toolkit included information about technical requirements, best practices for promoting classes, instruction in adult learning theory, and model training videos to support beginning trainers. DOIT also held 11 in-person workshops to train digital literacy instructors throughout the state on how to use Toolkit resources to communicate with staff at libraries, small business development centers, community colleges, non-profits, and local businesses or technical providers. The NMBBP Train the Trainer program had a far-reaching impact across the state, touching nearly 100 trainers directly and more than 1,000 end users indirectly, through the trainers? classes. The program was especially valuable in more remote regions where the need for training was high and resources were largely absent. Trainers in those areas learned new skills, connected with fellow instructors, and gained access to a rich repository of training resources. To quote one participant, ?The workshop and materials are all excellent. Now we need you to come back and spend three more days here.? Public Safety 700 MHz Projects NTIA awarded seven BTOP infrastructure grants for public safety projects that were designed to utilize the 700 MHz public safety spectrum. After passage of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which authorized and provided funding to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to implement a nationwide public safety broadband network, NTIA partially suspended the public safety awards in May 2012 to ensure that the projects would proceed in a manner that supported the network?s development. As of September 30, two public safety recipients, the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) and the New Mexico Department of Information Technology have successfully reached agreements with FirstNet on terms and conditions of spectrum leases. Four other public safety recipients have continued negotiations with FirstNet for spectrum leases required for their BTOP projects to move forward. The City of Charlotte discontinued spectrum lease negotiations and isdeveloping an alternative plan. This quarter, NTIA granted extensions to three public safety recipients?LA-RICS, the New Mexico Department of Information Technology, and Adams County Communications Center?to begin or resume their projects. NTIA continues to monitor the progress of the discussions between the remaining public safety recipients and FirstNet. If the negotiations successfully result in spectrum leases, NTIA may recommend lifting the partial suspension of BTOP funding so projects can resume activities in support of building a nationwide public safety broadband network. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Feb 20 11:13:25 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:13:25 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] 1st Mile Institute Donations Request Message-ID: <1AD5FD9C-1ACF-40EB-9DDF-DF0C5F5F49A2@1st-mile.org> 1st-Mile Institute urgently needs your financial help. Since late 2006, 1st-Mile Institute has been the primary source of resource information and advocacy for New Mexico area broadband infrastructure, services, eco-social applications and benefits, producing planning reports, freely giving advice and programs coordination and hosting/managing the 1st-Mile email list. Since 2012, the Institute has also been home to the SARC (Scientists/Artists Research Collaborations) initiative, taking a leading role in cross-disciplinary creative approaches for better understanding and addressing some of the ?grand challenge? issues facing our local-global societies. Information about 1st-Mile Institute programs and projects are on the web at: www.1st-mile.org 1st-Mile Institute is a fiscally sponsored program of the New Mexico Community Foundation. If you have found value in our works and offerings, please consider making a tax deductible donation at this time. To do so, simply log on to: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1441157 Scroll down to: I want my donation to be designated toward: and select: 1st-Mile Institute Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you. Richard Lowenberg --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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RL Begin forwarded message: > From: ATIC > Date: February 25, 2014 1:02:15 PM MST > Subject: ATIC Regional Events > > Web Version Subscribe Forward Unsubscribe > > Two regional broadband-development events you need to know about are coming up this week on February 27 and on March 6. This Thursday's event is on the Superstition Mountain campus of Central Arizona College in Apache Junction. The March 6 event is in Yuma, with a secondary, remote-conferencing location in Kingman. > > Western Arizona Broadband Conference > > Thursday, March 6, 2013 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm > > For all broadband stakeholders in Western Arizona and across the state. Do you need a better internet? Do you want the latest insights and best practices in economic development, educational technology, telehealth, and public safety? Please plan to join us onsite (Yuma or Kingman) or from the convenience of your desktop at no charge. A lunch buffet will be provided onsite. Our treat. But please register here for either onsite or remote attendance. > > AGENDA for Western Arizona Broadband Conference > > ATIC-WACOG Rural Broadband Conference Agenda: > * 11:00-11:30 AM - Sign In, Get Lunch, Network, Settle In > * 11:30-11:45 AM - Welcome from Mike Whipple, ATIC Chairman & Brian Babiars, WACOG Executive Director > * 11:45 AM-12:15 PM - Alan Stephens, State Director for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture on USDA Assistance and Grant Opportunities Going Forward > * 12:15-1:00 PM - Educational Technology Panel > * Moderated by Tom Tyree, Yuma County Public School Superintendent > * Additional Educational Technology Panelists to Be Announced > * 1:00-1:15 PM - Break for Refreshments & Networking > * 1:15-2:00 PM - Telehealth Panel > * Moderated by Janet Major, U of A Arizona Telemedicine Program > * Additional Telehealth Panelists to Be Announced > * 2:00-2:20 PM - Michael Britt, ADOA FirstNet on Public Safety Broadband Outlook > * 2:20-2:40 PM - Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center on WACOG Round 2 Focus Areas and Project Outlook > * 2:40-3:00 PM - General Discussion & Wrap Up > > You can attend on-site at the Yuma Main Public Library (2951 S. 21st Dr., Yuma, AZ 85364) or the WACOG Kingman Office (208 N 4th St., Kingman, AZ 86401) free of charge with lunch and networking, but please register > > If you can't attend in person and would like to participate remotely, please register anyway and then use the following information to follow along via telephone and web conferencing: > > Audio: Dial 866-789-8818 and then use ID 968487# > Web Conferencing (via iLinc): Browse to http://goo.gl/H3QAEB and click the Join button next to the ATIC session name. > > This event is produced by the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council (ATIC -http://arizonatele.com/), with funding from the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology Office (ASET - http://aset.azdoa.gov/). Your image and voice may be recorded. We welcome participation by all interested parties. > > > Central Arizona Development Event > > Thursday, February 27 in Apache Junction > > On Thursday, February 27, 2014, identify and work with the development resources available to Central Arizona communities. Click this link to register. > Who should attend? > * All policy-makers > * Community leaders > * Government administrators > * Public-school and higher-ed leaders > * Public safety administrators > * Grant-writers and community volunteers > WHEN: > Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 9 am to 1:30 pm > WHERE: > Community Room B126 > Central Arizona University in Apache Junction > 805 S Idaho Road > Apache Junction, AZ 85119 > WHO: > Alan Stephens, Director of Rural Development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture > Keith Watkins, Senior Vice President, Economic and Rural Development, Arizona Commerce Authority > Susan Craig, Communications Director, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona > Bill Bolin, VP of Operations at Systems Technology Staffing, lead business-case consultant, and expert on rural economic development. > Jim Simms, founder of OrACT, LLC and top technical consultant for broadband development and telecommunications services > > This event is produced by the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council with funding from the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology office to bring forward strategies and guidance developed at the Digital Arizona Program (azbroadband.gov). > > > You are receiving this email because of your affiliation with the the Greater Arizona eLearning Association or the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council > > ?2014 Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council | Phoenix, AZ > Preferences Subscribe Forward Unsubscribe > > Powered by Mad Mimi ? > > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. 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RL Begin forwarded message: > From: TerryRyder Cerrillos > Date: February 27, 2014 12:57:05 PM MST > To: TerryRyder Cerrillos > Subject: It's official: Internet Center MOVING to new Madrid location > > Free Internet Center MOVING to comfortable quarters > next to Johnson?s of Madrid gallery > > VOLUNTEERS REQUESTED for the > Free Internet Center MOVING PARTIES > (a party in two parts) > > Session 1: Cleaning the new space > SUNDAY, MARCH 2 > 10:00 am at Johnson's of Madrid gallery, 2843 NM 14 > We will help move some book boxes (muscles needed), > then clean the space (buckets, mop, rags, vacuum needed) > > Session 2: Moving the equipment > DAY: Mon-Tue-Wed depending on Weather forecast > TBA this weekend > 10:00 am, meetup at Old Boarding House > Loaders and assemblers needed > At 10:00, two trucks will pull out, to move furniture and equipment from shed (2876) to new location (2843). > We will there start re-assembling furniture and setting up. > > New, fuller schedule will be posted shortly after the move. > We may experience some down time the first week while utility and internet services are initiated. > > Questions? Offers? Suggestions? > 505-913-9909 or CerrillosNetCenter.01 at gmail.com > > -- > > Terry Ryder > CerrillosNetCenter.01 at gmail.com > 505-913-9909 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Free Internet Center 87010 > Project Sponsored by Madrid Cultural Projects > Equipment donated by Cibola Wireless > Supported by private donations and volunteers > ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Posted by Kumar Garg and James Sanders on March 02, 2014 at 04:07 PM EST http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready Last Friday, the President welcomed students from around the country to the first-ever White House Film Festival, featuring short films made by students about the intersection of technology and education. The Festival was part of a series of events in recent weeks highlighting the President?s ConnectED initiative, which aims to connect 99% of K-12 students to high-speed Internet within the next five years. Students submitted more than 2,000 videos showcasing not only how they use technology in the classroom today but also the impact they envision technology will have on education in the future. Earlier this month, at Buck Lodge Middle School, the President articulated that to achieve the goal of harnessing technology for excellence in education, the public and private sectors will have to collaborate in four critical areas: leadership; empowering teachers; providing access to high quality content solutions and low cost devices; and robust high-speed Internet connectivity. This kind of cooperation was on display today in the form of a number of new commitments announced at the Film Festival. For example, Adobe announced it would make available over $300 million worth of software for free to teachers and students, and Prezi, which makes a software tool for creating memorable presentations, will provide $100 million in Edu Pro licenses for high schools and educators across America. This pushes the total value of private-sector commitments to the ConnectED initiative to over $1 billion. Also today, Digital Promise, a non-profit focused on spurring innovation in education, announced a new ?Future Ready? pledge. For many, this pledge will act as their first step?by showing commitment to the President?s goal in each of the four critical areas above. The pledge includes promises to provide links to important resources, and to take actions that can help get individual schools on track?actions like taking an Internet speed test. In a related effort, EducationSuperHighway, a non-profit focused on getting an accurate picture of classroom connectivity in order to better focus policy and resources, is announcing it will offer a ?Future Ready? badge to every school that takes this important step. The badge can be placed on a school?s website, not just to show parents and administrators that it is taking positive steps but also to help raise awareness?like wearing a sticker that says ?I voted today?. By partnering with educators, researchers, and technologists, Digital Promise and Education Superhighway aim to provide guidance and resources to help schools create learning environments that prepare students for the ever-changing future. For more information on the ?Future Ready? pledge, you can visit: http://www.digitalpromise.org/FutureReady/ . For more information on Internet speed tests or the ?Future Ready? badge, you can visit: http://schoolspeedtest.org/futureready/ . Kumar Garg is Assistant Director for Learning and Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and James Sanders is a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Department of Education. ------ Also from the White House OSTP: Connecting Kids from Diverse Backgrounds to Tech Skills http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/02/28/connecting-kids-diverse-backgrounds-tech-skills --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I browsed around some of the links but didn't see details on what the states need to do to take part. Is it simply a matter for our state Reps and Senators? Or for the state education folks? Or the individual school districts? Or god forbid, our city council? Thanks for the pointer. -- Owen > Helping More Schools Be "Future Ready" > Posted by Kumar Garg and James Sanders on March 02, 2014 at 04:07 PM EST > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready > > > > > > > > > > Last Friday, the President welcomed students from around the country to > the first-ever White House Film Festival, featuring short films made by > students about the intersection of technology and education. The Festival > was part of a series of events in recent weeks highlighting the President's > ConnectED initiative, which aims to connect 99% of K-12 students to > high-speed Internet within the next five years. > > Students submitted more than 2,000 videos showcasing not only how they use > technology in the classroom today but also the impact they envision > technology will have on education in the future. > > Earlier this month, at Buck Lodge Middle School, the President articulated > that to achieve the goal of harnessing technology for excellence in > education, the public and private sectors will have to collaborate in four > critical areas: leadership; empowering teachers; providing access to high > quality content solutions and low cost devices; and robust high-speed > Internet connectivity. > > This kind of cooperation was on display today in the form of a number of > new commitments announced at the Film Festival. For example, Adobe > announced it would make available over $300 million worth of software for > free to teachers and students, and Prezi, which makes a software tool for > creating memorable presentations, will provide $100 million in Edu Pro > licenses for high schools and educators across America. This pushes the > total value of private-sector commitments to the ConnectED initiative to > over $1 billion. > > Also today, Digital Promise, a non-profit focused on spurring innovation > in education, announced a new "Future Ready" pledge. For many, this pledge > will act as their first step--by showing commitment to the President's goal > in each of the four critical areas above. The pledge includes promises to > provide links to important resources, and to take actions that can help get > individual schools on track--actions like taking an Internet speed test. > > In a related effort, EducationSuperHighway, a non-profit focused on > getting an accurate picture of classroom connectivity in order to better > focus policy and resources, is announcing it will offer a "Future Ready" > badge to every school that takes this important step. > > The badge can be placed on a school's website, not just to show parents > and administrators that it is taking positive steps but also to help raise > awareness--like wearing a sticker that says "I voted today". > > By partnering with educators, researchers, and technologists, Digital > Promise and Education Superhighway aim to provide guidance and resources to > help schools create learning environments that prepare students for the > ever-changing future. > > For more information on the "Future Ready" pledge, you can visit: > http://www.digitalpromise.org/FutureReady/ . > > For more information on Internet speed tests or the "Future Ready" badge, > you can visit: http://schoolspeedtest.org/futureready/ . > > *Kumar Garg is Assistant Director for Learning and Innovation at the White > House Office of Science and Technology Policy and **James Sanders is a > Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Department of Education.* > ------ > > Also from the White House OSTP: > Connecting Kids from Diverse Backgrounds to Tech Skills > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/02/28/connecting-kids-diverse-backgrounds-tech-skills > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Mar 4 11:33:04 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 12:33:04 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map Message-ID: The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, with some providing no data. Much can and needs to be done. 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URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Tue Mar 4 11:39:47 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 12:39:47 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Am I reading this right?? Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing??? On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on > their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: > > http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx > > While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site > also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, > with some providing no data. > > Much can and needs to be done. This is an area that requires dedicated > attention in this state. > > Stay tuned for more on NM schools technology preparedness and connectivity, > on this list soon. > > RL > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > From josmon at rigozsaurus.com Tue Mar 4 12:42:46 2014 From: josmon at rigozsaurus.com (John Osmon) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:42:46 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20140304204246.GO16731@jeeves.rigozsaurus.com> I believe it is measured on a "per student" basis. So Kb/s is likely the correct units for this report. (Strange as it seems.) However, they seem to be reporting things as KB/s (kilo-Byte/sec) and Kb/s (kilo-bit/sec) interchangeably. On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 12:39:47PM -0700, John Brown wrote: > Am I reading this right?? > > Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing??? > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > > The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on > > their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: > > > > http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx > > > > While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site > > also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, > > with some providing no data. > > > > Much can and needs to be done. This is an area that requires dedicated > > attention in this state. > > > > Stay tuned for more on NM schools technology preparedness and connectivity, > > on this list soon. > > > > RL > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Mar 4 12:50:23 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:50:23 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <633D779F-B9F2-4337-AEE4-FC1C3247C4E1@1st-mile.org> I'm hoping that this is an error, and that it ought to be 50 Mbps. I will check on this and more, and hope to have follow-on info. after this Thursday. RL On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:39 PM, John Brown wrote: > Am I reading this right?? > > Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing??? > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on >> their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: >> >> http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx >> >> While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site >> also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, >> with some providing no data. >> >> Much can and needs to be done. This is an area that requires dedicated >> attention in this state. >> >> Stay tuned for more on NM schools technology preparedness and connectivity, >> on this list soon. >> >> RL >> --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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But there could be renewed interest in technology as the corporate powers are introducing computer-based standardized tests starting next school year: No Child Left Untested! -Glenn On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > I'm hoping that this is an error, and that it ought to be 50 Mbps. > I will check on this and more, and hope to have follow-on info. > after this Thursday. > RL > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:39 PM, John Brown wrote: > > Am I reading this right?? > > Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing??? > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: > > The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on > > their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: > > > http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx > > > While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site > > also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, > > with some providing no data. > > > Much can and needs to be done. 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URL: From angel at cs.unm.edu Tue Mar 4 13:35:36 2014 From: angel at cs.unm.edu (Edward Angel) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:35:36 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map In-Reply-To: References: <633D779F-B9F2-4337-AEE4-FC1C3247C4E1@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: One consequence of testing is that has affected our CS4All project in rural districts is that during testing periods, the testing takes up all the available bandwidth so that students in our classes (dual credit UNM and high school) may have no access for up to two weeks in a hands-on computer class. Ed __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) angel at cs.unm.edu 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Glenn Wikle wrote: > Take any technology info from PED with a grain of salt. I believe PED was gutted when > Martinez took office. Then there was a steady trickle of talent drained off from PED as many of > the remaining experienced people have retired. Before Martinez, the technology > bureau had about 1/4 of the people it needed to provide useful support > to school districts. > > But there could be renewed interest in technology as the corporate powers are introducing > computer-based standardized tests starting next school year: No Child Left Untested! > > -Glenn > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > I'm hoping that this is an error, and that it ought to be 50 Mbps. > I will check on this and more, and hope to have follow-on info. > after this Thursday. > RL > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:39 PM, John Brown wrote: > >> Am I reading this right?? >> >> Are we saying that 50Kb/s as in 50 Kilo BITS PER SECOND is a good thing??? >> > > >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >>> The New Mexico Public Education Department has a map and database file on >>> their web site, showing bandwidth and device readiness, at: >>> >>> http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/TechFootPrint.aspx >>> >>> While many schools districts seem to be in good stead currently, the site >>> also indicates many that are far on the wrong side of the digital divide, >>> with some providing no data. >>> >>> Much can and needs to be done. 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Is it a continuous flow of data for each student? Or does is it intermittent and spike when the move from one question to the next? I realize this has *little* to do with the normal 1st-mile list traffic, as it really pertains to *how* the SBAs are administered. Should the requirements be pushed up if testing encumbers other students? I'll go back to lurking unless others become as intrigued as me. From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Mar 4 15:18:43 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 16:18:43 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM PED Tech Map In-Reply-To: <20140304215147.GS16731@jeeves.rigozsaurus.com> References: <633D779F-B9F2-4337-AEE4-FC1C3247C4E1@1st-mile.org> <20140304215147.GS16731@jeeves.rigozsaurus.com> Message-ID: <878F2987-F391-4DAD-A91D-6F1B70A289E5@1st-mile.org> Given past experience on this list, I suggest that we keep the back and forth exchange off-list, now. I have a meeting at NM PED on Thurday, and will report any findings relevant to this list thereafter. Richard --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Mar 4 17:03:22 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 18:03:22 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Moderation - Light Message-ID: OK. I'll step back. Note: I like good discussion lists. They are rare. I would very much like to have productive conversations and questionings, in addition for NM area relevant info. postings on the 1st-mile-nm list. There are many subscribers to this list, but only a few post or respond. As some exchanges are not relevant to the majority, I only ask that we are considerate of that, and that we don't just criticize or comment, but rather send postings that have an objective to be productively informative. Easy. Go for it. RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Mar 5 09:58:59 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:58:59 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] More on NM Schools Networking Message-ID: <2EF8ACD1-1A56-4F9B-B11D-87A118238322@1st-mile.org> A brief response today from the NM PED: "The 55kbs per second per student is the minimum threshold for online testing. 100 kbs per sec per student is recommended for digital learning." See the SETDA (State Ed. Tech. Directors Assoc.) Broadband Imperative report at: http://www.setda.org/priorities/equity-of-access/the-broadband-imperative/ (The challenge is for how to get from yesterday's minimum standards, to our schools' and communities' requirements for today and tomorrow. RL) ------ Also (for those interested in school networking), this week from the COnsortium for School Networking: CoSN Issues Guidelines to Equip School Leaders with Insight and Strategies to Overcome Network Investment Challenges "Creating Scalable, Affordable and Reliable Education Networks" http://www.cosn.org/about/news/creating-scalable-affordable-and-reliable-education-networks Washington, DC (March 3, 2014) ? As part of its Smart Education Networks by Design (SEND) initiative, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) today released the first phase of comprehensive guidelines to support K-12 chief technology officers (CTOs) in building, strengthening, and maintaining durable education networks. These networks support technology-rich 24/7 learning. The initiative provides guidance to district leaders on the current and future digital K-12 landscape and identifies best practices and solutions to design, implement, and manage networks to support district strategic plans and processes. (snip) RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In addition to the grants, Internet Essentials-eligible families in the Gold Medal-recognized communities who are not currently customers can receive six months of complimentary Internet service if they apply and are approved for the program by March 18th, 2014. (I do not see Albuquerque or any NM community on their list. RL) -------- Also today, Dr. John B. Horrigan, head of research for the F.C.C.?s National Broadband Plan and a former research director with Pew Research Center?s Internet and American Life Project, released a new study of Internet Essentials customers that provides insights on policies that can inform the design of effective broadband adoption programs. The study reflects that Internet Essentials service is widely used by participants to do school work, that home users report it helps "a lot", and that in addition to schools, full-on participation by institutions such as libraries, banks, government agencies, and employers, plays an important role in increasing broadband adoption and utilization. The full research report of Horrigan?s findings is available here: http://corporate.comcast.com/images/Final_IE_Research_Full_Paper.pdf (While John Horrigan is a highly respected researcher, it is interesting to note his professional relationships and work for Pew, FCC and Comcast. RL) --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Mar 7 14:39:26 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 15:39:26 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Tribal Mobility Fund Message-ID: The FCC recently announced the winning bidders in the Tribal Mobility Fund spectrum auctions. Most were in Alaska, but Navajo Nation areas in AZ, UT and NM were selected, as well as well as Picuris Pueblo, for which Smith Bagley, Inc. and Commnet Wireless, LLC were winners in NM. See map and awards for NM (or other states) at: http://apps.fcc.gov/auction902/map/auction_result_ext.html RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sat Mar 15 12:21:23 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 13:21:23 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] KCEC + Fujitsu Message-ID: <350D4F2B-DCBF-423A-8B6E-46D8C35FB192@1st-mile.org> Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Selects Fujitsu as the Network Solutions Integrator for Multi-Million Dollar Fiber-To-The-Home Network Implementation http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140313-906923.html March 13, 2014, 8:05 a.m. ET Fujitsu Expertise Leveraged to Bring Affordable Broadband Access and Smart Grid Capabilities to Northern New Mexico Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology, and communications solutions, announced today that Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. was selected by Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) to implement a new Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) project. The new broadband network will cover 2,951 square miles in northern New Mexico's rural, underserved counties of Taos, Colfax, and Rio Arriba. The infrastructure project will help drive economic development by providing opportunities for high-bandwidth broadband connectivity to businesses, households, community institutions and two Native American Pueblos. It will also lay the groundwork for KCEC's planned Smart Grid, which will feature an advanced metering infrastructure and real-time detection of power outages to promote energy efficiency and offer customers higher levels of service. With $64M in funding from the U.S. Rural Utilities Service, KCEC sourced communications networking technologies from multiple vendors, including a fiber build-out. In order to reduce the overall project risk, KCEC sought after a broadband builder with an excellent track record in broadband design and implementation and chose Fujitsu to guide and assist its team. As the working relationship began, Fujitsu identified more advanced, modular technology solutions that had become available since the co-op made its original technology selections. For example, Fujitsu demonstrated the best design to future-proof the co-op's investment in the network and to enable delivery of additional services utilized the combination of two advanced technologies, Ethernet and Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON). An Ethernet-based core infrastructure connects the electrical power substations and GPON is used in the access networks to deliver 100 Mbps in broadband connectivity to residents and 1 Gbps to schools, hospitals and government agencies. At KCEC's request then, Fujitsu designed and engineered a new infrastructure and took on the role of network systems integrator as well as responsibility for overall program management. "Fujitsu's understanding of the best-of-breed technologies and the implementation strategy made them an invaluable partner," said Luis Reyes, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative. "Their vendor-agnostic approach, ability to integrate networking technology solutions from multiple manufacturers, and proven program management methodology are vital to our project's success. Together, KCEC and Fujitsu are building a broadband infrastructure that will provide the foundation necessary to drive economic growth, create stronger communities, improve educational opportunities, and give citizens better access to healthcare." Nowhere is the need greater for high-speed broadband connectivity than in rural America. "Our relationship with KCEC is very rewarding because we're bridging the digital divide to enhance the quality of life for tens-of-thousands of people in northern New Mexico," said Greg Manganello, Senior Vice President and Head of Services, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. "Now the rural community served by KCEC will have better access to higher education, employment opportunities, job training, and social networking. And, in the future, this same broadband connectivity will support the utilities' Smart Grid, improving 'customer centricity' and service reliability." At completion, the KCEC network will allow greater bandwidth and capacity for applications such as telemedicine, teleconferencing and video sharing among 29 communities, 3,600 businesses, 29,000 homes and 183 community institutions, including two Native American Pueblos. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We will then be delivering services to Northern Taos County or the most underserved on April 21, 2014. Our goal by the end of the year is to have service available to 80% of our entire membership." RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The NBM is updated approximately every six months and was first published on February 17, 2011." The data is regularly being updated and validated, but inaccuracies and errors may exist. The NTIA therefore requests comments and user engagement. www.broadbandmap.gov/engage RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Wed Mar 26 18:51:33 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:51:33 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down Message-ID: Various educational institutions are reporting that the National Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Mar 26 19:10:53 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:10:53 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for the posting, John. It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. This from Wikipedia: In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project. The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. RL On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: > Various educational institutions are reporting that the National > Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. > > What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM > who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. > > Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get > to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com Wed Mar 26 20:20:38 2014 From: cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com (C Steven Lucero) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:20:38 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Richard, I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the contract. This happened in Jan. Just an FYI. Best, Steven On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > Thanks for the posting, John. > > It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. > > This from Wikipedia: > In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project. > The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. > > RL > > On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: > >> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >> >> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >> >> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Wed Mar 26 20:29:15 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:29:15 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the update. On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:20 PM, C Steven Lucero wrote: > Richard, > > I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 > issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. > Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, > which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU > was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the > contract. This happened in Jan. > > Just an FYI. > > Best, > > Steven > > On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> >> Thanks for the posting, John. >> >> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge >> about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >> >> This from Wikipedia: >> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his >> intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >> support an ambitious healthcare project. >> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >> >> RL >> >> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >> >> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >> >> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >> >> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >> P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 >> 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> > From cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com Wed Mar 26 20:33:35 2014 From: cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com (CStevenLucero) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:33:35 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: John, There is a non-carrier "content" company preparing a national fiber build, with a capital investment of $150MM, to replicate a Unity network (Googles undersea Int'l fiber network). Will be much bigger and better than NLR Stay tuned! Sent from my iPhone On 26 Mar 2014, at 20:29, John Brown wrote: > Thanks for the update. > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:20 PM, C Steven Lucero > wrote: >> Richard, >> >> I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 >> issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. >> Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, >> which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU >> was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the >> contract. This happened in Jan. >> >> Just an FYI. >> >> Best, >> >> Steven >> >> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the posting, John. >>> >>> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge >>> about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>> >>> This from Wikipedia: >>> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >>> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his >>> intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >>> support an ambitious healthcare project. >>> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>> >>> RL >>> >>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>> >>> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>> >>> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>> >>> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>> P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 >>> 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >> From editorsteve at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 21:17:01 2014 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:17:01 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: > Richard, > > I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short > Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber > IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of > payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of > the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled > the contract. This happened in Jan. > > Just an FYI. > > Best, > > Steven > > > On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > >> Thanks for the posting, John. >> >> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with >> knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >> >> This from Wikipedia: >> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated >> his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >> support an ambitious healthcare project. >> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >> >> RL >> >> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >> >> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >> >> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >> >> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >> P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 >> 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owen at backspaces.net Thu Mar 27 09:00:04 2014 From: owen at backspaces.net (Owen Densmore) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:00:04 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. -- Owen On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think > your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would > have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, > and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone > for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, > still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle > the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber > pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I > know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably > need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less > the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, > I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? > > > > Steve Ross > Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) > 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline > 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice > editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) > editorsteve1 (Twitter) > steve at bbcmag.com > editorsteve at gmail.com > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < > cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: > >> Richard, >> >> I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short >> Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber >> IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of >> payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of >> the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled >> the contract. This happened in Jan. >> >> Just an FYI. >> >> Best, >> >> Steven >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the posting, John. >>> >>> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with >>> knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>> >>> This from Wikipedia: >>> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >>> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated >>> his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >>> support an ambitious healthcare project. >>> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>> >>> RL >>> >>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>> >>> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>> >>> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>> >>> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>> P. O. 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The project is intended to create a robust, competitive wholesale market for carriers and providers, and to serve as a platform for further commercial fiber and wireless build-outs in the future. Additionally, as noted previously on this list, an MOU between the City and State of NM Department of IT will provide connected data transport capacity to the Albuquerque GigaPoP, thereby widening the range of wholesale options and further stimulating competition in Santa Fe. RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So when can I get fiber to my house and for how much? -tj ========================================== Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ========================================== On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > Following City Council approval on Feb. 26th, the City and Cyber Mesa > Telecom, Inc., a locally owned CLEC, last week signed a $1 million, four > year agreement for deployment a fiber optic cable from the CentutyLink > central telephone exchange in Santa Fe, to a long-haul fiber > point-of-presence two miles away, with a co-location facility midway along > the fiber route. Upon completion, the City's CIP High Speed Internet > Project will offer dark fiber, Ethernet bandwidth, co-location space and > 'open access' interconnections to all qualified providers, but will not > offer retail finish services. The project is intended to create a > robust, competitive wholesale market for carriers and providers, and to > serve as a platform for further commercial fiber and wireless build-outs in > the future. > > Additionally, as noted previously on this list, an MOU between the City > and State of NM Department of IT will provide connected data transport > capacity to the Albuquerque GigaPoP, thereby widening the range of > wholesale options and further stimulating competition in Santa Fe. > > RL > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Thu Mar 27 10:04:54 2014 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:04:54 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by university (customer) IT departments. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. > > -- Owen > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > >> That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think >> your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would >> have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, >> and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone >> for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, >> still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle >> the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber >> pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I >> know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably >> need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less >> the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, >> I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? >> >> >> >> Steve Ross >> Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >> 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >> 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >> editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >> editorsteve1 (Twitter) >> steve at bbcmag.com >> editorsteve at gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < >> cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: >> >>> Richard, >>> >>> I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short >>> Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber >>> IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of >>> payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of >>> the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled >>> the contract. This happened in Jan. >>> >>> Just an FYI. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Steven >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the posting, John. >>>> >>>> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with >>>> knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>>> >>>> This from Wikipedia: >>>> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >>>> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated >>>> his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >>>> support an ambitious healthcare project. >>>> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>>> >>>> RL >>>> >>>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>>> >>>> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>>> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>>> >>>> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>>> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>>> >>>> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>>> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>>> P. O. 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URL: From josmon at rigozsaurus.com Thu Mar 27 10:22:40 2014 From: josmon at rigozsaurus.com (John Osmon) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:22:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe CIP High Speed Internet Project In-Reply-To: References: <12D34F18-0229-4832-AAF1-1F4D40E61A1C@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: <20140327172240.GJ10527@jeeves.rigozsaurus.com> The telephone system got us to think that the wire/fiber and the service are the same thing. In reality there is always at least 3 services being provided: 1- physical infrastructure (fiber and/or copper) 2- aggregation/switching (DSL, DOCIS, ethernet, radio, and even dial-up) 3- Internet service There is no reason to expect that all 3 layers will be provided by the same companies. In dial-up and early DSL days, your phone company supplied layers 1 & 2, and you picked who you wanted for layer 3. Now, all the ISPs want to supply all 3 layers -- it gives them more control of the consumer. So, when you ask: "when can I get fiber to my house and for how much?" you need to realize that this initiative supplies layers 1 (fiber) and layer 2 (ethernet bandwidth) -- but layer 3 is still up grabs. Personally, I think this is the best possible deal for the consumer, but we need to get as many ISPs invovled as possible to give the consumer the greatest choice over the super cool fiber inrastructure. Give this some time. Done right, there will be a lot of people looking at it and saying, "Hey! I want *that*!" On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:40:22AM -0600, Tom Johnson wrote: > OK. So when can I get fiber to my house and for how much? > > -tj > ========================================== > Tom Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Twitter: jtjohnson > [1]slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations > [2]http://www.jtjohnson.com [3]tom at jtjohnson.com > ========================================== > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Richard Lowenberg <[4]rl at 1st-mile.org> > wrote: > > Following City Council approval on Feb. 26^th, the City and Cyber Mesa > Telecom, Inc., a locally owned CLEC, last week signed a $1 million, four > year agreement for deployment a fiber optic cable from the CentutyLink > central telephone exchange in Santa Fe, to a long-haul fiber > point-of-presence two miles away, with a co-location facility midway > along the fiber route. Upon completion, the City's CIP High Speed > Internet Project will offer dark fiber, Ethernet bandwidth, co-location > space and `open access' interconnections to all qualified providers, but > will not offer retail finish services. The project is intended to > create a robust, competitive wholesale market for carriers and > providers, and to serve as a platform for further commercial fiber and > wireless build-outs in the future. > > Additionally, as noted previously on this list, an MOU between the City > and State of NM Department of IT will provide connected data transport > capacity to the Albuquerque GigaPoP, thereby widening the range of > wholesale options and further stimulating competition in Santa Fe. > > RL > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute [5]www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > [6]505-603-5200 [7]rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > [8]1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > [9]http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > References > > Visible links > 1. http://slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations > 2. http://www.jtjohnson.com/ > 3. mailto:tom at jtjohnson.com > 4. mailto:rl at 1st-mile.org > 5. http://www.1st-mile.org/ > 6. file:///home/josmon/.tmp/tel:505-603-5200 > 7. mailto:rl at 1st-mile.org > 8. mailto:1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > 9. http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com Thu Mar 27 10:30:28 2014 From: cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com (C Steven Lucero) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:30:28 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly legal (or criminal?) situation. C. Steven Lucero President LatinGroup LLC (505) 217-9212 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender or call (505) 217-9212, and delete or destroy all copies of this message including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross wrote: > Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, > or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. > Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under > normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, > the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed > services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by > university (customer) IT departments. > > > > Steve Ross > Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) > 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline > 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice > editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) > editorsteve1 (Twitter) > steve at bbcmag.com > editorsteve at gmail.com > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > >> Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: >> >>> That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think >>> your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would >>> have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, >>> and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone >>> for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, >>> still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle >>> the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber >>> pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I >>> know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably >>> need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less >>> the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, >>> I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? >>> >>> >>> >>> Steve Ross >>> Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >>> 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >>> 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >>> editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >>> editorsteve1 (Twitter) >>> steve at bbcmag.com >>> editorsteve at gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < >>> cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Richard, >>>> >>>> I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short >>>> Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber >>>> IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of >>>> payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of >>>> the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled >>>> the contract. This happened in Jan. >>>> >>>> Just an FYI. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Steven >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the posting, John. >>>>> >>>>> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with >>>>> knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>>>> >>>>> This from Wikipedia: >>>>> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >>>>> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated >>>>> his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >>>>> support an ambitious healthcare project. >>>>> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>>>> >>>>> RL >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>>>> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>>>> >>>>> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>>>> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>>>> >>>>> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>>>> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>>>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>>>> P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 >>>>> 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >>>> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >>>> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >>> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >>> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >>> >>> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Thu Mar 27 10:49:30 2014 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:49:30 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: Yeah but they can't simply abrogate an IRU. In this case, I believe, the lease runs until 2026. The IRU document almost always includes a maintenance deal that gets renegotiated (annually, often, but in this case 7 years) because maintenance is an opex, But the IRU continues for the 20 years. It is capex. IRUs are often paid in advance, too. Nice to know Level3 has a new current policy but it normally would not affect old deals.I might add that even with unpaid bills, a nationwide fiber pair on Level3 has gotta be worth a hell of a lot more than the $100 million that supposedly changed hands. In short, something is weird here. I just suspect we don't know the facts for sure. BTW, if you know anyone interested in IRUs or straight investment on Emerald, a 6-pair trans-Atlantic build that is supposed to commence in a few months, send them my way. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM, C Steven Lucero < cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: > Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt > still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased > selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested > into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly > legal (or criminal?) situation. > > > C. Steven Lucero > President > LatinGroup LLC > (505) 217-9212 > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as > trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended > exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you > are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for > delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender > or call (505) 217-9212, and delete or destroy all copies of this message > including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, > dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly > prohibited. > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross wrote: > >> Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has >> assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 >> system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would >> under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. >> Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the >> managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be >> known by university (customer) IT departments. >> >> >> >> Steve Ross >> Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >> 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >> 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >> editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >> editorsteve1 (Twitter) >> steve at bbcmag.com >> editorsteve at gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: >> >>> Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: >>> >>>> That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I >>>> think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which >>>> would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I >>>> think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest >>>> backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, >>>> though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, >>>> perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU >>>> was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the >>>> United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not >>>> many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it >>>> more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a >>>> research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM >>>> schools can use? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve Ross >>>> Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >>>> 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >>>> 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >>>> editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >>>> editorsteve1 (Twitter) >>>> steve at bbcmag.com >>>> editorsteve at gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < >>>> cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Richard, >>>>> >>>>> I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short >>>>> Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber >>>>> IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of >>>>> payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of >>>>> the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled >>>>> the contract. This happened in Jan. >>>>> >>>>> Just an FYI. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Steven >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the posting, John. >>>>>> >>>>>> It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with >>>>>> knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>>>>> >>>>>> This from Wikipedia: >>>>>> In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university >>>>>> membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated >>>>>> his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to >>>>>> support an ambitious healthcare project. >>>>>> The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>>>>> >>>>>> RL >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>>>>> Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>>>>> >>>>>> What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>>>>> who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>>>>> >>>>>> Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>>>>> to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>>>>> 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org >>>>>> P. O. 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URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Thu Mar 27 12:16:40 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:16:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe CIP High Speed Internet Project In-Reply-To: <12D34F18-0229-4832-AAF1-1F4D40E61A1C@1st-mile.org> References: <12D34F18-0229-4832-AAF1-1F4D40E61A1C@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: This is a waste of tax payer money. I will not cost a million dollars to build two miles of fiber. I just built 1 mile of fiber in downtown ABQ and it cost us less than $100,000 I have a 7 mile project in final stages of client approval and that is only $600,000. Those numbers include everything to light up the fiber and start serving customers. Both of the above projects have at least 144 strand fiber cable, and a 16 channel CWDM system. A 40 channel DWDM system would add a small cost and not double the cost. Also, the Abq "GigaPop" relied heavily on the now DEFUNCT National Lambda Rail. Internet 2 (I2) has a strict policy of not allowing commercial traffic. It will also be interesting to see if litigation comes of this deal because now the State via this MOU will be providing transport services and thus competing against any number of existing private sector companies. I'm reliably informed that there is a case ready to be filed against the City and the State.... Will the state be paying USF fees to the Federal Gov for its transport services ?? If not, then won't this create an economic disadvantage for existing providers. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > Following City Council approval on Feb. 26th, the City and Cyber Mesa > Telecom, Inc., a locally owned CLEC, last week signed a $1 million, four > year agreement for deployment a fiber optic cable from the CentutyLink > central telephone exchange in Santa Fe, to a long-haul fiber > point-of-presence two miles away, with a co-location facility midway along > the fiber route. Upon completion, the City's CIP High Speed Internet > Project will offer dark fiber, Ethernet bandwidth, co-location space and > 'open access' interconnections to all qualified providers, but will not > offer retail finish services. The project is intended to create a robust, > competitive wholesale market for carriers and providers, and to serve as a > platform for further commercial fiber and wireless build-outs in the future. > > Additionally, as noted previously on this list, an MOU between the City and > State of NM Department of IT will provide connected data transport capacity > to the Albuquerque GigaPoP, thereby widening the range of wholesale options > and further stimulating competition in Santa Fe. > > RL > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > From jhsturges at att.net Thu Mar 27 12:58:17 2014 From: jhsturges at att.net (James Sturges) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> Message-ID: <1395950297.20696.YahooMailNeo@web181502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I remember when IRUs were Indefeasible. -----Jim ________________________________ From: Steve Ross To: C Steven Lucero Cc: Richard Lowenberg ; "1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down Yeah but they can't simply abrogate an IRU. In this case, I believe, the lease runs until 2026. The IRU document almost always includes a maintenance deal that gets renegotiated (annually, often, but in this case 7 years) because maintenance is an opex, But the IRU continues for the 20 years. It is capex. IRUs are often paid in advance, too. Nice to know Level3 has a new current policy but it normally would not affect old deals.I might add that even with unpaid bills, a nationwide fiber pair on Level3 has gotta be worth a hell of a lot more than the $100 million that supposedly changed hands. In short, something is weird here. I just suspect we don't know the facts for sure. BTW, if you know anyone interested in IRUs or straight investment on Emerald, a 6-pair trans-Atlantic build that is supposed to commence in a few months, send them my way.? Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM, C Steven Lucero wrote: Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly legal (or criminal?) situation. > > > > >C. Steven Lucero >President >LatinGroup LLC >(505) 217-9212 ? ? ? ? ? ?? > >? >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed.? If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender or call (505) 217-9212, and delete or destroy all copies of this message including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. > > > > >On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross wrote: > >Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by university (customer) IT departments. >> >> >> >> >>Steve Ross >>Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >>201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >>707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >>editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >>editorsteve1 (Twitter) >>steve at bbcmag.com >>editorsteve at gmail.com >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: >> >>Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? ?Fascinating stuff. >>> >>> >>>? ?-- Owen >>> >>> >>> >>>On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: >>> >>>That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Steve Ross >>>>Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) >>>>201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline >>>>707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice >>>>editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) >>>>editorsteve1 (Twitter) >>>>steve at bbcmag.com >>>>editorsteve at gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero wrote: >>>> >>>>Richard, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the contract. This happened in Jan. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Just an FYI.? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Best, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Steven >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>Thanks for the posting, John. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this,?as there has been little press coverage on the matter. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>This from Wikipedia: >>>>>>In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire?Patrick Soon-Shiong?for $100M, who?indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure?and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project.? >>>>>>The upgrade?never took place. ? NLR ceased operations in March 2014. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>RL >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>Various educational institutions are reporting that the National >>>>>>>Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>What does this mean for NM, ?UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM >>>>>>>who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get >>>>>>>to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>--------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >>>>>>1st-Mile Institute ? ? ? ? ?www.1st-mile.org ? >>>>>>P. 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URL: From steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz Thu Mar 27 13:01:42 2014 From: steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz (Steve Cimelli) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:01:42 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down In-Reply-To: <1395950297.20696.YahooMailNeo@web181502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <3BB33AD1-20FE-46C4-9FF6-314A08D59643@latingroupllc.com> <1395950297.20696.YahooMailNeo@web181502.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5EC1943E-4B88-40AD-8603-78135EB848E8@preferredbusinesssolutions.biz> Well James, if you?ve been in the industry THAT long like I have, you probably remember when FOC meant FIRM order Commitment! Stephen Cimelli President steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz Phone: 505 690 8669 Fax: 888 802 1717 preferredbusinesssolutions.biz Our Independence is Your Advantage? This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are Preferred Business Solutions property, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Any other uses, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. Address: 2 Altezita Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508-2224 On Mar 27, 2014, at 1:58 PM, James Sturges wrote: I remember when IRUs were Indefeasible. -----Jim From: Steve Ross To: C Steven Lucero Cc: Richard Lowenberg ; "1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down Yeah but they can't simply abrogate an IRU. In this case, I believe, the lease runs until 2026. The IRU document almost always includes a maintenance deal that gets renegotiated (annually, often, but in this case 7 years) because maintenance is an opex, But the IRU continues for the 20 years. It is capex. IRUs are often paid in advance, too. Nice to know Level3 has a new current policy but it normally would not affect old deals.I might add that even with unpaid bills, a nationwide fiber pair on Level3 has gotta be worth a hell of a lot more than the $100 million that supposedly changed hands. In short, something is weird here. I just suspect we don't know the facts for sure. BTW, if you know anyone interested in IRUs or straight investment on Emerald, a 6-pair trans-Atlantic build that is supposed to commence in a few months, send them my way. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM, C Steven Lucero wrote: Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly legal (or criminal?) situation. C. Steven Lucero President LatinGroup LLC (505) 217-9212 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender or call (505) 217-9212, and delete or destroy all copies of this message including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross wrote: Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by university (customer) IT departments. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. -- Owen On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross wrote: That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero wrote: Richard, I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the contract. This happened in Jan. Just an FYI. Best, Steven On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg wrote: Thanks for the posting, John. It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. This from Wikipedia: In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project. The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. RL On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: > Various educational institutions are reporting that the National > Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. > > What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM > who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. > > Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get > to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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Our current service provides ABQG with 10gb wave service from Albuquerque to our regional collaborators and to research organizations on the Internet2 network. We will continue to explore options to expand connectivity, provide diversity, and to increase our service options in support of UNM's institutional mission. The Internet2 AUP allows for the use of their network for commercial use. ABQG focuses on services to educational institutions. As for the network demise, several notes in this thread outlined the "New NLR's" financial insolvency with Level3. We were notified in mid-Feb 2014 about the pending demise. UNM and other prior Class A members continue to review our legal position regarding any possible return of assets to New Mexico. As of today, none of the NLR IRUs are available to any Class A member. UNM and New Mexico's research institutions have gained significant value and access to our national and regional collaborators on NLR. We expect to pursue access to other national/regional fiber/wave capacity up to 100gb that will allow New Mexico's institutions to compete. ? Gil --------------------------------------------- Gil Gonzales, Ph.D Chief Information Officer University of New Mexico gonzgil at unm.edu 505-277-8125 ________________________________ From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> on behalf of James Sturges Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:58 PM Cc: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down I remember when IRUs were Indefeasible. -----Jim ________________________________ From: Steve Ross To: C Steven Lucero Cc: Richard Lowenberg ; "1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down Yeah but they can't simply abrogate an IRU. In this case, I believe, the lease runs until 2026. The IRU document almost always includes a maintenance deal that gets renegotiated (annually, often, but in this case 7 years) because maintenance is an opex, But the IRU continues for the 20 years. It is capex. IRUs are often paid in advance, too. Nice to know Level3 has a new current policy but it normally would not affect old deals.I might add that even with unpaid bills, a nationwide fiber pair on Level3 has gotta be worth a hell of a lot more than the $100 million that supposedly changed hands. In short, something is weird here. I just suspect we don't know the facts for sure. BTW, if you know anyone interested in IRUs or straight investment on Emerald, a 6-pair trans-Atlantic build that is supposed to commence in a few months, send them my way. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM, C Steven Lucero > wrote: Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly legal (or criminal?) situation. C. Steven Lucero President LatinGroup LLC (505) 217-9212 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender or call (505) 217-9212, and delete or destroy all copies of this message including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by university (customer) IT departments. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore > wrote: Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. -- Owen On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross > wrote: That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine (www.bbcmag.com) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero > wrote: Richard, I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the contract. This happened in Jan. Just an FYI. Best, Steven On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: Thanks for the posting, John. It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. This from Wikipedia: In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project. The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. RL On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote: Various educational institutions are reporting that the National Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gil Gonzales" To: "James Sturges" Cc: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:20:35 AM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down UNM migrated all services from NLR to Internet2 prior to the March 17 Level3 network demise. Other than a limited number of latency issues on research connections, the migration was completed without disruption to ABQG's users. Our current service provides ABQG with 10gb wave service from Albuquerque to our regional collaborators and to research organizations on the Internet2 network. We will continue to explore options to expand connectivity, provide diversity, and to increase our service options in support of UNM's institutional mission. The Internet2 AUP allows for the use of their network for commercial use. ABQG focuses on services to educational institutions. As for the network demise, several notes in this thread outlined the "New NLR's" financial insolvency with Level3. We were notified in mid-Feb 2014 about the pending demise. UNM and other prior Class A members continue to review our legal position regarding any possible return of assets to New Mexico. As of today, none of the NLR IRUs are available to any Class A member. UNM and New Mexico's research institutions have gained significant value and access to our national and regional collaborators on NLR. We expect to pursue access to other national/regional fiber/wave capacity up to 100gb that will allow New Mexico's institutions to compete. ? Gil --------------------------------------------- Gil Gonzales, Ph.D Chief Information Officer University of New Mexico gonzgil at unm.edu 505-277-8125 From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> on behalf of James Sturges Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:58 PM Cc: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down I remember when IRUs were Indefeasible. -----Jim From: Steve Ross To: C Steven Lucero Cc: Richard Lowenberg ; "1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] National Lambda Rail shutting down Yeah but they can't simply abrogate an IRU. In this case, I believe, the lease runs until 2026. The IRU document almost always includes a maintenance deal that gets renegotiated (annually, often, but in this case 7 years) because maintenance is an opex, But the IRU continues for the 20 years. It is capex. IRUs are often paid in advance, too. Nice to know Level3 has a new current policy but it normally would not affect old deals.I might add that even with unpaid bills, a nationwide fiber pair on Level3 has gotta be worth a hell of a lot more than the $100 million that supposedly changed hands. In short, something is weird here. I just suspect we don't know the facts for sure. BTW, if you know anyone interested in IRUs or straight investment on Emerald, a 6-pair trans-Atlantic build that is supposed to commence in a few months, send them my way. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine ( www.bbcmag.com ) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:30 PM, C Steven Lucero < cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com > wrote: Can't be done, at least from what I'm being told. The 3 years of debt still has not been paid to L3. Under new corporate policy, L3 has ceased selling AND leasing dark fiber. Moreso, of the $100MM Dr. Soon invested into NLR, there are supposedly $36MM unaccounted for. Looks to be an ugly legal (or criminal?) situation. C. Steven Lucero President LatinGroup LLC (505) 217-9212 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained herein is considered as trade secret, and therefore is privileged and confidential. It is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, please reply this e-mail to sender or call (505) 217-9212 , and delete or destroy all copies of this message including its attachments. The reader is hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Steve Ross < editorsteve at gmail.com > wrote:
Even though the new owner walked away from NLR, maybe it still has assets, or NM could challenge the deal... or NM could move over to the I2 system. Long shots all. But the original NLR "lease" on the fiber would under normal circumstances run to 2026, if what I remember is correct. Certainly, the lease document itself and the issue of who provides the managed services (lights the fiber, mainly, and maintains it), should be known by university (customer) IT departments. Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine ( www.bbcmag.com ) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773 ) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Owen Densmore < owen at backspaces.net > wrote:
Could someone summarize/simplify for this noob!? Fascinating stuff. -- Owen On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Steve Ross < editorsteve at gmail.com > wrote:
That's odd. I thought the IRU ran for 20 years starting in 2006. I think your friend meant the managed service contract with Level3, which would have been due to expire in 2013 (It was the typical 7 year deal, I think, and also started in 2006, because NLR was originally on a Qwest backbone for the first few years). Does this mean the NLR leased fiber, though dark, still is an NLR asset? Or did the IRU go back to Level3, perhaps to settle the debt on the service contract? As I remember, the IRU was for a fiber pair going everywhere Level3 went, or everywhere in the United States. I know a lot of the colleges on NLR also are on I2, and not many probably need both, but I2 isn't secured by an IRU -- Level3 lights it more or less the way Level3 wants to light it. So it isn't as useful as a research tool, I would think. But it still is capacity that maybe NM schools can use? Steve Ross Corporate Editor, Broadband Communities Magazine ( www.bbcmag.com ) 201-456-5933 mobile, 781-284-8810 landline 707-WOW-SSR3 (707-969-7773 ) Google Voice editorsteve (Facebook, LinkedIn) editorsteve1 (Twitter) steve at bbcmag.com editorsteve at gmail.com On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:20 PM, C Steven Lucero < cstevenlucero at latingroupllc.com > wrote:
Richard, I met this week with a person intimately familiar with this. In short Level3 issued a policy in recent years that they would not renew any fiber IRU's. Simulataneously, it was learned that NLR was 3 yrs in default of payments, which was not disclosed to Dr Soon-Shiong. Given that the term of the IRU was coming up, he declined to pay the balance due and L3 cancelled the contract. This happened in Jan. Just an FYI. Best, Steven On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Richard Lowenberg < rl at 1st-mile.org > wrote:
Thanks for the posting, John. It would be good to hear from UNM, State IT staff or others with knowledge about this, as there has been little press coverage on the matter. This from Wikipedia: In November 2011 the control of NLR was purchased from its university membership by a billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $100M, who indicated his intention to upgrade NLR infrastructure and repurpose portions of it to support an ambitious healthcare project. The upgrade never took place. NLR ceased operations in March 2014. RL On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John Brown wrote:
Various educational institutions are reporting that the National Lambda Rail will cease operations shortly. What does this mean for NM, UNM, NM State, and the taxpayers of NM who have invested heavily into this infra-structure. Santa Fe's recent "fiber RFQ" was relying on using NLR assets to get to the world and thus hopefully reduce the cost of bandwidth... --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------------------------
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Many of you already subscribe to the free Broadband Communities magazine, which provides monthly issues and articles of interest to this list. Check it out. RL SUMMIT BULLETINS: Newest Speakers and Sponsors: FCC's Jonathan Chambers - Chief of Office of Strategic Planning Speaker at legal-regulatory workshop . . . special luncheon for electric coops FCC's Julie Veach - Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau Joins blue-ribbon economic development panel Jon Claffey - Director, Electric Staff Division, Rural Utilities Service Partnerships for serving our rural communities - see below HOTWIRE Signs On As Newest Sponsor Hosts exciting session on high-technology real estate developments Check Out These Outstanding Sessions: Triple Keynote: Austin's Competing Gigabit Deployers AT&T . . . Google Fiber . . . Grande Communications How Advanced Broadband Adds Value to Communities Largest-ever nationwide study of MDU residents Jonathan Claffey Of The RUS Partnerships For Serving Our Rural Communities Utility providers across the country understand the challenges of providing basic infrastructure, often taken for granted in urban settings. From safe water to affordable electricity, rural service providers are meeting those difficult challenges. However, the lack of access to high-speed broadband, necessary for economic and socio-economic growth, puts rural America at a disadvantage for growing their economies, and providing the benefits of increased educational opportunities and improved health care. By partnering together, rural utility service providers can make a difference. Many existing assets have the potential to be leveraged to reduce the cost of deployment. RUS's electric, telecommunication, and water programs are working together create partnerships to deploy the high speed broadband needed to sustain, and grow, our rural communities. Thursday Legal-Regulatory Workshop Summit Co-Host Full-Day Rural Program April 10 Day of Sessions Includes: Financing Future Bandwidth Working lunch with experts on multiple funding programs Special Preview Issue on Rural Program In-depth, 44-page publication on speakers and issues Early Bird Rates End April 2 Register Now For Only $695 Save On Full-Price Admission of $895 Public Officials' Rate Still Just $350 / Register Now Austin: Center of the GIGABIT CITY REVOLUTION Summit Dates: April 8-10 Free Preconference Workshops: Monday, April 7 Open to all registered attendees - no extra charge. Government Attendees: Lowest Rates Still In Place Sign up soon to take advantage of $350 offer. Summit + FTTH Certification Training -- Only $1,500 Register Now. Save $195 on Summit discount. Come to AUSTIN in April ... The No. 1 Gigabit City QUICK LINKS: Agenda-at-a-Glance Free Pre-Conference Workshops Free Legal-Regulatory Workshop Two-Day FTTH Certification Course Rural Sessions And Rural TeleCon Economic Development Program Editor's Choice Program Multi-Housing Program Corporate Host Verizon Enhanced Communities Diamond Sponsor Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsors Program Sponsors Summit MDU Program Sponsor Economic Development Program Sponsor Featured Sponsors Silver Sponsor GigafyAmerica.com Stay abreast of the gigabit revolution on this Broadband Communities site To Exhibit and Sponsor: Contact: Irene Prescott 505-867-3299 irene at bbcmag.com Click Here to Register for Only $695 Full admission will go to $895 on April 2 _____________________________________________________________ Questions & General Inquiries? Contact Us at (877) 588-1649 --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. 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Below are links to the live stream, and to the Journal, which has a number of excellent articles on First Nations networking issues and projects (of potential interest to tribal and rural communities in our region, plus an 'opinion' essay by me. Richard Begin forwarded message: > From: "Brian Beaton" > Subject: [ciresearchers] Online launch of First Mile Special Edition of JoCI - April 4 at 3:30pm Atlantic time > > Hello colleagues, > > You are invited to an online gathering with participants from Canada, the USA including Hawaii and Alaska, Australia and France. The event will take place on Friday, April 4 for two hours, starting at 15:30 Atlantic Canada time. The agenda is below. > > The occasion is the launch of the special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics (JoCI) on the First Mile of broadband connectivity - communities doing it for themselves. Authors of the article will speak about their research and the communities they are working with. We will also launch the Community Informatics declaration: An Internet for the Common Good. > > Please join us for this exciting and informative event by watching the live stream and participating in the chat, at this link that will go live at the start time of 15:30 Atlantic Canada time on April 4: > http://live.knet.ca/fni > > The JoCI special issue will be launched April 4 at this link: > http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej > > An Internet for the Common Good: A Community Informatics Declaration > http://tinyurl.com/kfaacqn > > Visit the First Mile web site at http://meeting.knet.ca/mp19/mod/book/view.php?id=4339 for additional information. > > Agenda - April 4, 2014 - Atlantic Canada times shown > > 15:30-15:40: Susan O'Donnell > *Welcome and introductions > *Purpose of the gathering > *Context of JoCI issue (and editorial) > > 15:40-15:45: Aljona Zorina > *Assistant Professor, Information & Operation Management Department ESCP Europe, Paris, France > *Building Broadband Infrastructure from the Grassroots: the Case of Home LANs in Belarus > > 15:45-15:50: Allan Bly > *Vitel, Edmonton, Canada > *Rural Communications: What is a Rural Municipality?s Role? > > 15:50-15:55: Brian Beaton > *Graduate Student, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada > *The First Mile Approach to Community Services in Fort Severn First Nation > > 15:55-16:00: Rob McMahon > *Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick Vancouver, Canada > *From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec > > 16:00-16:05: Susan O'Donnell > *Researcher and Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada > *Developing an e-Community Approach to Community Services in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation > > 16:05-16:10: Michael Karanicolas > *Legal Officer for the Centre for Law and Democracy, Halifax, Canada > *Bridging the Divide: Understanding and Implementing Access to the Internet as a Human Right > > 16:10 - 16:15: Nadine I. Kozak > *Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA > *Local Communities and Home Rule: Extending the Alberta SuperNet to Unserved Areas > > 16:15-16:20: Heather Hudson > *Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA > *The First Mile Connectivity Consortium and Digital Regulation in Canada (#1106) > > 16:20-16:25: Jenifer Sunrise Winter, Assistant Professor > Wayne Buente Assistant Professor > Patricia Amaral Buskirk Assistant Professor > *School of Communications, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA > *Opportunities and Challenges for First-mile Development in Rural Hawaiian Communities > > 16:25-16:30: Helena Grunfeld > *Research Scholar at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia > *ICT for sustainable development: an example from Cambodia > > 16:30-16:35 Michael Gurstein > *Managing Director, Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training, Vancouver, Canada > *Introduction to "An internet for the common good - a Community Informatics declaration" (http://tinyurl.com/kfaacqn) > > 17:15-17:30: Susan O?Donnell > *Discussion/questions > *Thanks and wrap-up > > > Brian Beaton > Research Associate, Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute > Researcher, First Nations Innovation Project > Graduate Student, Faculty of Education, Critical Studies, University of New Brunswick > Contact Details: > Snail Mail: Box 104, Station A, Fredericton, NB, E3B 4Y2 > T: 877-737-5638 x4522 > E: brian.beaton at unb.ca > First Nations Innovation ? Researching and Publishing First Nation ICT innovations ? http://fn-innovation-pn.com > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tom at jtjohnson.com Sat Apr 5 08:47:33 2014 From: tom at jtjohnson.com (Tom Johnson) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 09:47:33 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Oh, sad New Mexico, we love, we love you so | Chris Cervini Message-ID: I think this guy pretty well nailed it. So what can we do? -Tom http://chriscervini.com/2014/04/01/oh-sad-new-mexico-we-love-we-love-you-so/ =================================== Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM tom at jtjohnson.com. 505-473-9646 =================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ggomes at soundviewnet.com Sat Apr 5 13:01:38 2014 From: ggomes at soundviewnet.com (Gary Gomes) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 14:01:38 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Oh, sad New Mexico, we love, we love you so | Chris Cervini In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002d01cf5109$db371750$91a545f0$@com> Thanks for sharing this painful message. Unfortunately, I too believe it rings all too true. The antidote must be action - to each in their own part of our shared space and vision. And we need to celebrate our successes and build on them. Gary Gomes From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Tom Johnson Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 9:48 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Oh, sad New Mexico, we love, we love you so | Chris Cervini I think this guy pretty well nailed it. So what can we do? -Tom http://chriscervini.com/2014/04/01/oh-sad-new-mexico-we-love-we-love-you-so/ =================================== Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM tom at jtjohnson.com. 505-473-9646 =================================== _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4355 / Virus Database: 3722/7305 - Release Date: 04/05/14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gil.densmore at gmail.com Sat Apr 5 18:20:21 2014 From: gil.densmore at gmail.com (Gillian Densmore) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 19:20:21 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Oh, sad New Mexico, we love, we love you so | Chris Cervini In-Reply-To: References: <002d01cf5109$db371750$91a545f0$@com> Message-ID: (If the nfernal gmail interface is working properly this should be doing the right kind of respond) @Mr.Tom Jonson. The Force is working in ways to set out a game plan. I say that as a recent graphics design project I just completed is aimed at civic pride. I was asigned roswell. Someone else got Santa Fe. Roswell has some truly fascinating history. What would it look like to have a set of Kickstarters? I could see 'Living city' 'Hello Brisbane' kind of things being a start. I say that because if moral with in the City is junk, I have a hard time seeing a sane investor gambling millions for growth. Anecdotally my LivingCityApp (called Ingress) has only gotten traction because Niantic is doing an amazing job of sponsoring meet up groups. The other cach is it only works on smart phones. Next part of the Kickstarter: University. a online might work. That'd be contigent on it developing a solid rep. Yes there's Santa Fe Comunity College and that's a good start. But to the best I know of there's no follow up school. Schools (sometimes) attract industry. If it's a brick'n mortor school it'll have a much better chance to succed with bullet train between Abq and santa fe. I My pragmatic question: If i'm taking on some part of "Living Cities NM", where all do I find best-practices for iOS UX design, and one for Android design. And there's also making a massive Data base of cool stuffs in Santa Fe. Starting there as it's where I live. I'd apreciate w/e help people can provide, as I'm up to my hips in homework as is. On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Just curious: do any of us know if the city council took any steps > outlined in the Angelou Plan? They payed quite a bit to have the study > done, so I imagine there was at least some pressure to follow through. > > -- Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gil.densmore at gmail.com Sat Apr 5 18:32:59 2014 From: gil.densmore at gmail.com (Gillian Densmore) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 19:32:59 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Oh, sad New Mexico, we love, we love you so | Chris Cervini In-Reply-To: References: <002d01cf5109$db371750$91a545f0$@com> Message-ID: @Carl People don't come and stay and develop because you have nifty culture. They come and stay and develop because you make nifty culture. Getting out may be the way we learn enough about ourselves as a state to survive Anecdotally definatlly. as a bit of a a countery bumpkin technomancer looking back several years. Who'da thunk that Steve, Densmore the Elder, you, and a few others chewing the fat at Downtown sub, would turn into a mail list with people across the globe? I'm seeing the Game culture here showing some similar potential. There's folks that come into town only to play poker, chess, backgaman, etc. And there unifying into one meet up group (slowly). They come from as relatively far out as Los Alimos at that. On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > (If the nfernal gmail interface is working properly this should be doing > the right kind of respond) > > @Mr.Tom Jonson. The Force is working in ways to set out a game plan. I say > that as a recent graphics design project I just completed is aimed at civic > pride. I was asigned roswell. Someone else got Santa Fe. Roswell has some > truly fascinating history. > What would it look like to have a set of Kickstarters? I could see 'Living > city' 'Hello Brisbane' kind of things being a start. I say that because if > moral with in the City is junk, I have a hard time seeing a sane investor > gambling millions for growth. Anecdotally my LivingCityApp (called Ingress) > has only gotten traction because Niantic is doing an amazing job of > sponsoring meet up groups. The other cach is it only works on smart > phones. Next part of the Kickstarter: University. a online might work. > That'd be contigent on it developing a solid rep. Yes there's Santa Fe > Comunity College and that's a good start. But to the best I know of there's > no follow up school. Schools (sometimes) attract industry. If it's a > brick'n mortor school it'll have a much better chance to succed with bullet > train between Abq and santa fe. I > > My pragmatic question: If i'm taking on some part of "Living Cities NM", > where all do I find best-practices for iOS UX design, and one for Android > design. And there's also making a massive Data base of cool stuffs in Santa > Fe. Starting there as it's where I live. I'd apreciate w/e help people can > provide, as I'm up to my hips in homework as is. > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: > >> Just curious: do any of us know if the city council took any steps >> outlined in the Angelou Plan? They payed quite a bit to have the study >> done, so I imagine there was at least some pressure to follow through. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Apr 15 09:54:00 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:54:00 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Google Purchases Titan Aerospace of Moriarty, NM Message-ID: <1CA0E375-CA6C-415B-A802-E9123B4B9AD7@1st-mile.org> Google buys Titan Aerospace of Moriarty, NM www.abqjournal.com/383982/abqnewsseeker/google-buys-moriarty-aerospace-company.html By Kevin Robinson-Avila / Journal Staff Writer PUBLISHED: Monday, April 14, 2014 A small New Mexico company in Moriarty may soon help Internet search giant Google Inc. enhance online services for users worldwide. Google announced on Monday that it bought Titan Aerospace of Moriarty for an undisclosed price. That local company is developing solar-powered drones at the Moriarty Municipal Airport, which Google could potentially use for everything from extending Internet connectivity in remote places to providing monitoring services in disaster situations. ?I believe we can play a major role in a lot of the things that Google is doing,? said Titan Chairman and CEO Vern Raburn. That?s good news for New Mexico, since the company will remain housed here, and Google is expected to make substantial investments to develop Titan?s operations. ?Google is ready to make some pretty significant investments here,? Raburn told the Journal. ?We?ll see some fairly big investments in facilities, and beyond that, growth of the company.? Titan and Google declined to provide specifics, but Moriarty Mayor Ted Hart told the Journal that Titan?s new owners plan to build a 60,000-square-foot facility at the municipal airport, where Titan currently employs 20 people. ?We?ll do anything we can to help them out,? Hart said. ?We?re excited to have Google be a part of Moriarty.? Raburn said no details are available since the facility is still in the planning stages. Acquisition by Google is a major achievement for a small firm that only began operations in 2010. The company, which started operating in Moriarty in 2012, touts its solar-powered drones as an inexpensive replacement for communications satellites. Rather than fly to space, the drones would fly to near-orbit altitude of about 65,000 feet. That?s higher than planes normally fly and much lower than where satellites generally operate. The company calls them commercial atmospheric satellites, or ?atmostats,? which could greatly lower the cost of launching and accessing satellite services. The drones are embedded with thousands of photovoltaic cells, which power the aircraft during the day while storing energy in onboard battery banks to continue operating at night. That will allow the craft to remain continuously airborne for up to five years, according to Titan. The planes are still under development, but the company expects to have its first one flying this summer. ?That?s when we?ll really validate everything,? Raburn said. ?After that it will be one or two years before we have full-fledged commercial aircraft. We?re still very much in the research and development stage.? But Google?s investment could greatly accelerate the process. ?For us, it?s the best thing that could happen,? Raburn said. ?We now have the resources to do things that we only dreamed about.? Google must yet decide how it will employ the aircraft, but it?s likely to boost a number of Google endeavors, such as its ?Project Loon,? which aims to deploy technically adapted weather balloons to provide connectivity in places where its lacking or deficient. ?It?s still early days, but atmospheric satellites could help bring Internet access to millions of people, and help solve other problems, including disaster relief and environmental damage like deforestation,? the company said in a statement Monday. ?It?s why we?re so excited to welcome Titan Aerospace to the Google family.? The social media giant Facebook was reported in March to be in negotiations to purchase Titan for $60 million, something that neither that company nor Titan would confirm at the time. Facebook reportedly wanted to use Titan?s aircraft to provide Internet connectivity in Africa and other regions that lack infrastructure and Internet access. However, Facebook has opted instead to acquire Ascenta ? a U.K.-based aerospace company also developing solar-powered drones ? for $20 million. ?Deals are deals,? Raburn said. ?Sometimes they happen and some times they don?t. I?m very happy where we ended up with Google.? --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From frank at wmxsystems.com Tue Apr 15 10:59:31 2014 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (frank at wmxsystems.com) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:59:31 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Colorado County asks Gov. Hickenlooper for broadband help, access to state-owned tower Message-ID: <20140415105931.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.c8a0d15069.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu May 1 17:51:52 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 18:51:52 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Secession from the Broadcast References: <9ca96d78e33b91f388a25e8f249af0cd@www.secessionfromthebroadcast.org> Message-ID: <0FAD0722-37E0-4E26-9305-E8933A1AFB6B@1st-mile.org> Here is an essay by Santa Fe based media critic, author, teacher and activist, Gene Youngblood, author of the ground-breaking 1970 book, Expanded Cinema. Hopefully of interest to some of you. RL Begin forwarded message: > From: The Build > Date: May 1, 2014 12:13:39 PM MDT > Subject: Secession from the Broadcast > > If you can't read this email click here > > > > > > > The Build Newsletter > > > MAY 2014 > > > > SECESSION FROM THE BROADCAST > > THE INTERNET AND THE CRISIS OF SOCIAL CONTROL > > > GENE YOUNGBLOOD > > > > IT IS SAID LIFE ISN'T MEASURED by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. I don?t have to tell you we?re living at such a moment. A truly breathtaking historical moment that may literally take our breath away. We live in futures that have come to pass, in case you haven?t noticed. Apocalypse and utopia. Apocalypse not expected so soon, utopia not expected at all. > > continue reading > > > > > If you wish to unsubscribe from our mailing list, click here > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu May 15 10:03:52 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 11:03:52 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Udall Statement Message-ID: As all wait to hear from the FCC on its highly controversial 'net neutrality' announcements today, here's a brief statement from NM Senator Tom Udall. RL http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/udall-no-internet-toll-road/131145 Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has told the FCC that allowing "toll lanes" on the Internet could "drastically change it," and not for the good. "I urge the FCC to use its authority to preserve standards that allow the Web to continue to be a platform for free expression, to promote innovation, and help online entrepreneurs compete on a level playing field with established companies," he said in a statement in advance of the FCC's May 15 vote on proposed new Open Internet rules. Udall was a sponsor of legislation proposed last year to restore the old Open Internet rules after a D.C. Federal Court invalidated the no-blocking and no unreasonable discrimination rules. "I'm working in the Senate to encourage investments in broadband infrastructure so that people living in rural New Mexico are not stuck in an Internet 'slow lane.' But allowing new 'toll lanes' on the Web could drastically change the Internet as we know it," he said. He also said he had heard from hundreds of constituents who want the Internet to be an open, fair forum. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov Thu May 15 11:20:19 2014 From: Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov (Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)) Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 18:20:19 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Udall Statement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B53BB024@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Richard, First Milers, You can now find more information on the FCC's actions today on the agency's homepage. Although net neutrality has received the most public attention, some members of this list may also be interested in the FCC's adoption of rules to "establish the foundation" for the upcoming incentive auction to repurpose some TV broadcast spectrum for wireless use. Here are some links: FCC Launches Broad Rulemaking to Protect and Promote the Open Internet http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-broad-rulemaking-protect-and-promote-open-internet FCC Adopts Rules for First Ever Incentive Auction http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-adopts-rules-first-ever-incentive-auction Regards, Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:04 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Udall Statement As all wait to hear from the FCC on its highly controversial 'net neutrality' announcements today, here's a brief statement from NM Senator Tom Udall. RL http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/udall-no-internet-toll-road/131145 Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has told the FCC that allowing "toll lanes" on the Internet could "drastically change it," and not for the good. "I urge the FCC to use its authority to preserve standards that allow the Web to continue to be a platform for free expression, to promote innovation, and help online entrepreneurs compete on a level playing field with established companies," he said in a statement in advance of the FCC's May 15 vote on proposed new Open Internet rules. Udall was a sponsor of legislation proposed last year to restore the old Open Internet rules after a D.C. Federal Court invalidated the no-blocking and no unreasonable discrimination rules. "I'm working in the Senate to encourage investments in broadband infrastructure so that people living in rural New Mexico are not stuck in an Internet 'slow lane.' But allowing new 'toll lanes' on the Web could drastically change the Internet as we know it," he said. He also said he had heard from hundreds of constituents who want the Internet to be an open, fair forum. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Thu May 22 12:58:53 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:58:53 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink upgrades network Message-ID: Just a quick note to NM. We just completed our west coast network upgrade. ABQ to LAX (1 wilshire site) (10 Gig Wave) LAX to SJC ( 55 S. Market) ( 2x10Gig Wave) SJC to ABQ (10Gig Wave) with over 600 direct peers via BGP, 5 transit providers, ABQ is now pretty darn well connected :) I also believe we are the only NM based ISP with such a high capacity network. Some interesting usage stats. Highest source of traffic is NetFlix at over 2Gbp/s at night time.. During the business hours / day time highest is a tie between Microsoft Cloud and Amazon Cloud. Direct peer relationships help make connections here very close. Next up will be our NYC and Ashburn (Equinix) sites, also fed via dedicated 10Gig Waves to ABQ. Planned June / July 2014. Fall 2014 will be a 1 Gig wave to London. All of our 10Gig links are private point to point optical waves. Cheers From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri May 23 09:01:33 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 10:01:33 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USDA Announces Funding for Advanced Communications Technology in Rural Areas Message-ID: <16415342-F851-446E-BAC6-0239D3F5B050@1st-mile.org> http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/05/0101.xml May 22, 2014 ? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to enhance telecommunications and broadcast services in rural areas. The funding is available from the Community Connect Grant Program, the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, and the Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program. Through the Community Connect Grant Program, USDA plans to provide up to $13 million to fund broadband in unserved areas to support economic growth and deliver enhanced educational, health care and public safety services. Awardees must serve an area where broadband does not exist, provide a community center with broadband access, and offer broadband service to all residential and business customers. Also in a notice in today's Federal Register, USDA is making available up to $19.3 million in Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program grants to fund access to rural education, training and health care resources. USDA will offer special consideration to Community Connect and Distance Learning and Telemedicine applications that contain at least one end-user site within a trust area or a Tribal jurisdictional area. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- From Eloy.DeLaO at twtelecom.com Wed May 28 06:44:54 2014 From: Eloy.DeLaO at twtelecom.com (DeLaO, Eloy) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 13:44:54 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink upgrades network In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8BDED671B72AAF4CA5892747AAC1E07201410EAD05@SRVMSXMBDEN1.ad.twtelecom.com> As a follow up to your note... John, it is always great to hear when anyone increases connectivity to NM. tw telecom has had 50G of connectivity into the city for quite some time. We too are passionate about connectivity within Albuquerque/Rio Rancho. As a standard we build in 10G fully-redundant rings to provide connectivity and diversity into over 470 buildings. We have in excess of 320 route miles of fiber, and we are already preparing to meet customer needs to 100G. Albuquerque is indeed blessed with quality choices. Eloy De La O Vice President & General Manager tw telecom | 3830 Singer Blvd NE, Suite 2000 | Albuquerque, NM 87109 505.938.7324 direct | 505.463.6681 mobile | 505.938.7380 fax eloy.delao at twtelecom.com -----Original Message----- From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:59 PM To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink upgrades network Just a quick note to NM. We just completed our west coast network upgrade. ABQ to LAX (1 wilshire site) (10 Gig Wave) LAX to SJC ( 55 S. Market) ( 2x10Gig Wave) SJC to ABQ (10Gig Wave) with over 600 direct peers via BGP, 5 transit providers, ABQ is now pretty darn well connected :) I also believe we are the only NM based ISP with such a high capacity network. Some interesting usage stats. Highest source of traffic is NetFlix at over 2Gbp/s at night time.. During the business hours / day time highest is a tie between Microsoft Cloud and Amazon Cloud. Direct peer relationships help make connections here very close. Next up will be our NYC and Ashburn (Equinix) sites, also fed via dedicated 10Gig Waves to ABQ. Planned June / July 2014. Fall 2014 will be a 1 Gig wave to London. All of our 10Gig links are private point to point optical waves. Cheers _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm ------------- The content contained in this electronic message is not intended to constitute formation of a contract binding tw telecom. tw telecom will be contractually bound only upon execution, by an authorized officer, of a contract including agreed terms and conditions or by express application of its tariffs. This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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Like your current build into 320 Gold. We are already there with 72 fibers. It would take 2 business days for us to turn on a pair on our downtown ring and connect back into the fiber we have in your suite. Just think of the benefits: * Customer turn up measured in a few days instead of weeks. Revenue faster, commissions faster, happier customer. * Savings of tens of thousands in capital construction costs * Environmentally Friendly. Your construction company wouldnt be throwing away tonns of asphalt, concrete, dirt, etc * Less impact on driving, traffic and citizen use of downtown, less fuel waste, less delays because of traffic Our open access fiber, meaning Anyone can use our Lit or Dark fiber at competitive rates, connects more than 170 commercial buildings in downtown and 500+ homes. With our uptown ring under development soon downtown and uptown will have Open Choices for dark fiber. Imagine a business in uptown that needs dark fiber access to say "The Innovation Center" that CABQ/UNM and others are building in downtown, with our Open Access fiber they could connect at unlimited speeds. Open Access gives them the ability to use the dark fiber in whatever manner they wish. Open Access on the actual facilities provides the greatest benefit and return to the community. Closed systems don't. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:44 AM, DeLaO, Eloy wrote: > As a follow up to your note... > > John, it is always great to hear when anyone increases connectivity to NM. > tw telecom has had 50G of connectivity into the city for quite some time. > We too are passionate about connectivity within Albuquerque/Rio Rancho. As > a standard we build in 10G fully-redundant rings to provide connectivity and > diversity into over 470 buildings. We have in excess of 320 route miles of > fiber, and we are already preparing to meet customer needs to 100G. > > Albuquerque is indeed blessed with quality choices. > > > > Eloy De La O > > Vice President & General Manager > > tw telecom | 3830 Singer Blvd NE, Suite 2000 | Albuquerque, NM 87109 > > 505.938.7324 direct | 505.463.6681 mobile | 505.938.7380 fax > > eloy.delao at twtelecom.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org > [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:59 PM > To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink upgrades network > > > > Just a quick note to NM. > > > > We just completed our west coast network upgrade. > > > > ABQ to LAX (1 wilshire site) (10 Gig Wave) > > LAX to SJC ( 55 S. Market) ( 2x10Gig Wave) > > SJC to ABQ (10Gig Wave) > > > > with over 600 direct peers via BGP, 5 transit providers, ABQ is now pretty > darn well connected :) > > > > > > I also believe we are the only NM based ISP with such a high capacity > network. > > > > Some interesting usage stats. > > > > Highest source of traffic is NetFlix at over 2Gbp/s at night time.. > > > > During the business hours / day time highest is a tie between Microsoft > Cloud and Amazon Cloud. Direct peer relationships help make connections > here very close. > > > > Next up will be our NYC and Ashburn (Equinix) sites, also fed via dedicated > 10Gig Waves to ABQ. Planned June / July 2014. Fall 2014 will be a 1 Gig > wave to London. > > > > All of our 10Gig links are private point to point optical waves. > > > > Cheers > > _______________________________________________ > > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > > > > > ------------- > > > > The content contained in this electronic message is not intended to > constitute formation of a contract binding tw telecom. tw telecom will be > contractually bound only upon execution, by an authorized officer, of a > contract including agreed terms and conditions or by express application of > its tariffs. This message is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by replying to the sender of this E-Mail or by telephone. > From john at citylinkfiber.com Wed May 28 07:36:13 2014 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 08:36:13 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I suspect you can get service from Higher Speed Internet. Steve Grabiel has been investing tens of thousands in network build-out and upgrades. Including a new 700Mb/s licensed link from the Crest down to his main site in Moriarty. Another 500+Mb/s link from downtown is also under construction. This will give Higher Speed over 1 Gig worth of connectivity to the internet. I know Steve is on this list and I'm sure can reply more intelligently..... On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:09 AM, drew einhorn wrote: > As far as I know I can't get anything better than the lousy oversubscribed > 1.5 Mbit DSL from Century Link that I already have. > > I'm about a half mile south of the intersection of NM 217 and NM 337 > (34.95870, -106.28500) > > a short tower to get above the trees will give me a line of sight to Sandia > Crest. > > Anybody know of any better options. > > -- > Drew Einhorn > > "You can see a lot by just looking." > -- Yogi Berra > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > From frank at wmxsystems.com Thu May 29 16:02:46 2014 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (frank at wmxsystems.com) Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 16:02:46 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] News from Colorado: Steamboat Springs carrier neutral location is live Message-ID: <20140529160246.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.d596b5d73d.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Richard > From: currents: the santa fe international new media festival > Date: June 2, 2014 7:29:52 AM MDT > Subject: CURRENTS count down:special events > Reply-To: currents: the santa fe international new media festival > > CURRENTS count down: Track this year's events > View this email in your browser > > First Weekend Special Events > Saturday June 14 - Sunday June 15. > Complete list of performances and special events for the entire Festival click here > > Screenings and Interactive Work in the Dome > > Saturday, June 143:30 pm-5:30 pm > Sunday, June 153:30 pm-5:30 pm > Saturday, June 213:30 pm-5:30 pm > Sunday, June 223:30 pm-5:30 pm > Institute of American Indian Arts > > Hourly shuttles from El Museo Cultural to IAIA > June 14,15, 21 and 22 starting at 2:45PM. > > The Art of Technology: A New Era of Interactive Creativity > Saturday, June 14th11:00 am > Zane Bennett Contemporary Art Gallery > Panelists from Carnegie Mellon University, the Warhol Museum, the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Claude Worthingotn Benedum Foundation will explore the ways that technology is joining forces with creativity. > > Artist's Presentation > Oscar Raby / Assent > Sunday, June 15th4:00 pm > El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe > Oscar will take us through the process of making his autobiographical documentary-game Assent. > > OPTICKS / Sending Images To The Moon And Back > Sunday, June 15th2:45 pm > Daniela De Paulis & Steven Paxton > El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe > > > Multimedia Processes Using Max for Live > Free digital artists' workshop/ Cory Metcalf, Andrew Pask and Darwin Grosse > Saturday, June 141:00 pm-3:00 pm / Warehouse 21 > Info and signup here > Sponsored by Ableton > > Exploring Sound Design with Convolution and Ableton Live Free digital artists' workshop / Andrew Pask and Darwin Grosse > Sunday, June 1512:30 pm-2:3 pm / Warehouse 21 > Info and signup here > > Lee Montgomery > Air Force: aesthetic experiments in aviation > Saturday, June 14th6:00 pm/Opening Reception > Center For Contemporary Arts > Don't forget to get your tickets forSuperEverything* > at the Lensic on Friday, June 20! > > Super Everything brings together a cutting-edge collection of the UK?s and Malaysia?s leading musical and visual artists to form this unique audio-visual collaboration. The resulting soundscape combines traditional South East Asian instruments, western classical compositions, field recordings and electronic synthesis, all of which are manipulated live and complemented by a stunning, immersive visual experience. > > From our relationships with each other to our relationship with our environment, > Super Everything surveys our everyday rituals to reveal what unites and divides us. > > This is CURRENTS' only ticketed event. > Tickets are available here. > > Super Everything is sponsored by The Lensic Performing Arts Center, Parallel Studios and Hotel Santa Fe > CURRENTS 2014 count down > 2 Weeks to go till Opening Night ? Friday, June 13 - 6PM to Midnight > Think about supporting us by adopting an artist. > This year Parallel Studios is bringing 40 artists, performers and presenters to be part of the Festival. > We support artists' travel, lodging and shipping costs. > > You can help! > > Support one artists' expenses or just pitch in a part of > equipment rental costs. It's interesting - check it out here! > > If you can't make a donation this year - > think about becoming a volunteer > > > > > > > > > > > > Facebook > > Twitter > > Website > > Google Plus > Copyright ? 2014 Parallel Studios, All rights reserved. > Thanks for your interest in Currents:The Santa Fe International New Media Festival > > Our mailing address is: > Parallel Studios > PO Box 31674 > santa fe, NM 87594-1674 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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As well, we will have attendees from the entire four corners region, so you will get some perspective from our neighbors in Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Hope to see you there! Terry Brunner State Director USDA Rural Development-New Mexico 6200 Jefferson, NE Room 255 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Office: (505) 761-4950 Fax: (505) 761-4976 Follow me on Twitter @Terrybrunner www.rurdev.usda.gov | "Committed to the future of rural communities" This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Young adult voices will be prioritized. All are welcome and will have ways to take action. Questions can be asked of the panel via Twitter, via phone, or in person. For those who can't make it to Albuquerque, there will be live webcast of the event. Stay tuned for more forthcoming information. http://medialiteracyproject.org/blog/fcc-chairman-visits-new-mexico --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+alanna=medialiteracyproject.org at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+alanna=medialiteracyproject.org at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:35 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Chairman Visits New Mexico FCC Chairman Visits New Mexico [http://medialiteracyproject.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullnode/sites/default/files/images/Tom_Wheeler_FCC%20headshot.png] FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will visit New Mexico on June 30, 2014 for Nuestras Voces/Our Voices: A Youth Dialogue with FCC Chairman Wheeler. Media Literacy Project will host a panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on June 30 at South Broadway Cultural Center with Chairman Wheeler and media advocates in New Mexico, covering topics such as telehealth, net neutrality, prison phones, Lifeline, and the recent telecommunications mergers. The event is organized by a Media Literacy Project and a youth committee. 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Shareholders of tw telecom will receive $40.86 in value for each of their shares, in the form of $10 cash and 0.7 shares of Level 3 common stock. Level 3 also will assume approximately $1.6 billion of net debt. The combined company will leverage tw telecom?s metro network strength with Level 3?s global reach to create a more capable network services provider, the two parties assert. It will certainly create a large one. For the 12 months ending March 31, 2014, the companies together had pro forma revenue of $7.9 billion and adjusted EBITDA of $2.2 billion before synergies and $2.4 billion including expected run-rate expense synergies. "We believe this is a financially compelling and very strategic acquisition for Level 3 that will enhance our ability to continue to gain market share," said Jeff Storey, president and CEO of Level 3. "The transaction further solidifies Level 3's position as a premier global communications provider to the enterprise, government, and carrier market, combining tw telecom's extensive local operations and assets in North America with Level 3's global assets and capabilities. "tw telecom's business model is directly aligned with Level 3's initiatives for growth, which include building managed solutions to meet customer needs through an advanced IP/optical network. The benefits created by this transaction deliver substantial value to both companies' stockholders, as it accelerates our objective of driving profitable growth and strengthening free cash flow per share growth over the long term," Storey concluded. "The transaction is attractive from a financial perspective, as it is deleveraging and is accretive to free cash flow per share after the first year," added Sunit Patel, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Level 3. "In addition, the combination is expected to provide $240 million of annualized synergies, with $200 million from adjusted EBITDA savings and $40 million from capital expense savings." Level 3 expects to realize approximately 70% of the anticipated adjusted EBITDA savings within 18 months after closing the transaction. Level 3 says it has received committed financing of $3 billion for the deal. To speed the closing process, the two companies have reached a voting agreement with STT Crossing Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd. that owns approximately 23% of Level 3's outstanding stock. However, the proposed deal has already garnered unwanted scrutiny. Andrews & Springer LLC, a boutique securities class action law firm, has already announced that it is trolling for unhappy tw telecom shareholders. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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The operations that are being sold are comprised of partnerships between Plateau, Yucca Telecom, Five Area Telephone Cooperative, South Plains Telephone Cooperative, Mid-Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative and West Texas Rural Telephone. For decades, Plateau has been the incumbent local carrier in parts of New Mexico and the company will continue to offer landline communications services including IPTV and high-speed Internet. In today?s announcement, Plateau CEO Tom Phelps said ?Plateau is a very diverse telecommunications company. While the wireless part of the business has certainly been important to us, we are pleased to be in a position to focus more on our other quality telecommunication services provided through our extensive fiber network.? --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Jul 2 09:27:18 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 10:27:18 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Wheeler visits Acoma Message-ID: <1B9920F8-9C17-44A8-8E2C-4C4B093E7DFD@1st-mile.org> From the FCC Chairman's Blog. Meanwhile, a newly released FCC report shows NM near last among all states for E-Rate related improvements to schools and libraries. New Opportunities in New Mexico?s Indian Country by: Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman June 30, 2014 http://www.fcc.gov/blog/new-opportunities-new-mexico-s-indian-country Earlier today, I had the pleasure of visiting the Pueblo of Acoma in central New Mexico along with Senator Tom Udall, my second visit to Indian Country in 2014. I saw buildings carved out of the earth by hand in the 17th Century, and also met with community leaders focused on unlocking the digital opportunities of the 21st Century. I had enlightening discussions with Tribal leaders on the economic development opportunities that come with enhanced communications access. The conversations brought home the heightened importance for Tribal communities of so many issues before the FCC. Acoma illustrates the power of communications technology to overcome geographic isolation and put a world of information and economic opportunity at the fingertips of citizens in even the most remote communities. It also demonstrates how we still have a digital divide in this country, with rural communities, and especially Native Americans, disproportionately on the wrong side, getting bypassed by the Internet revolution. Acoma is located in Cibola County, where nearly half of residents (45%) don?t even have access to 3 Mbps broadband, which is less than what?s recommended to stream HD video without problems. Barely 10 % have access to 10 Mbps broadband. We must do better. In communities like Acoma with low broadband access rates, the local library is often a digital lifeline for area residents. That?s certainly true of Acoma. I visited the Acoma Learning Center ? the town library, which has a computer lab with 10 desktops. Area adults rely on the Learning Center?s computer lab to look up information on everything from jobs to health care, and children use these computers for help with their homework after school. The FCC?s E-Rate program has supported basic Internet access for the Acoma Learning Center. But it could be doing more. That?s why E-Rate modernization is so important. Next week, the Commission will consider a proposal to update and improve the program, making E-Rate dollars go farther, and streamlining the program to make it faster, simpler, and more efficient. We owe it to all schools and libraries that participate in the E-Rate program to make it equitable for all. Too often the current rules mean that some schools are able to garner a disproportionate amount of funding at the expense of others. The proposal would also close the gap for Wi-Fi support that currently exists in the program ? a change that would enable an additional 6 million children, disproportionately in rural areas, to access Wi-Fi and the 21st Century educational tools it enables during the 2015 funding year. One of the key benefits of the E-rate order under consideration is that it will significantly expand access to Wi-Fi funding available for rural areas like Cibola County. Historically urban areas have received nearly 60% of internal connections support despite serving under 30% of all students, while rural applicants are crowded out. With improved rules, over the next 5 years Wi-Fi funding for rural schools would be increased by 75 %. Urban schools will also do better, seeing an increase in support of 60%. In New Mexico alone, over the next five years, more than 100 additional libraries, including Acoma, could receive funding for Wi-Fi, and more than 630 additional schools could receive funding for Wi-Fi granting access to more than 225,000 additional students. Our E-Rate modernization proposal also commits to enhance the Commission?s Tribal consultation, training, and outreach to better inform and empower Tribal schools to effectively access E-rate funding. Through this effort we seek to gain a better understanding of the current state of connectivity among Tribal schools and libraries to enable the Commission to take steps that will reduce the digital divide and promote high-speed broadband connectivity to Tribal lands. Internet connectivity can be a great equalizer for places like Acoma. We need to expand broadband access to the citizens of Indian Country across the board, and a solid foundation is improved connectivity in schools and libraries through E-Rate. I thank Senator Udall for his continued leadership on Tribal issues and for his persistent reminders that we must always do more to improve Tribal access to modern communications. And I thank the people of Acoma for their hospitality, and will carry the lessons of today?s visit with me as we move forward with E-Rate modernization and all our efforts to maximize the benefits of broadband for Indian Country and rural America. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DOC-327993A1.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2107580 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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RL http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/07/03/the-gurus-speak-3/ --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Jul 7 08:55:43 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:55:43 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Fiber Article Message-ID: <4867F08F-D5BC-4123-B0C5-E235E7A6D818@1st-mile.org> City hopes to boost Internet speed, compete with new line Posted: Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:00 am | Updated: 12:20 am, Mon Jul 7, 2014. By Chris Quintana The New Mexican SantaFeNewMexican.com Santa Fe residents pay the same average monthly rate for Internet service as Albuquerque residents, but can only browse the Web at half the speed. A $1 million city project aims to close that gap. The money will fund an independent pipeline to the Internet in an effort that city officials hope will increase competition and drive up Internet speeds. But some Internet providers aren?t happy with the project or the way the city sidestepped open bidding in awarding the contract. One of the state?s largest Internet providers questions whether the project is needed or will promote the diversity of providers sought by city officials. Another company threatened litigation before backing down. City officials are undeterred. And ordinary consumers and businesses who rely on the Internet say anything that improves the city?s plodding Web speeds is welcome. ?More broadband is the way of the future,? said Jason Hool, president of Santa Fe Studios, whose clients consume massive amounts of bandwidth transferring digital video files across the country and the world. ?It?s key to all of our clients, and that?s only going to continue,? Hool said. The long and short One of Santa Fe?s major Web hubs rests in a nondescript gray building on Second Street, near the Rail Trail. The unremarkable building, known in industry parlance as a fiber hut, is owned by Century Link, which, along with Comcast, dominates the city?s Internet landscape. Inside, a maze of interwoven cables connects through a 2-mile line to the company?s central telephone exchange along East Alameda Street amid downtown?s many bars and restaurants. Most other Internet providers have to access that line to serve their customers, said Sean Moody, a project administrator with the city?s economic division who is leading the Internet project. Century Link acts as a sort of toll service, he said, giving the national telecommunications company tremendous control over the city?s Web service. ?It?s unregulated and uncompetitive,? Moody said. He believes that de facto monopolization of access is partially responsible for the fact that Santa Fe residents currently pay $50 a month for an average speed of 5 megabits per second, whereas Albuquerque residents pay the same price and get 10 megabits per second. Century Link denies that its control of the line inhibits competition. Company spokesman David Gonzales said in a statement that Santa Fe customers have many choices. For ordinary customers, that might be true. But for businesses that are wholesale buyers of Internet access, choices are limited. That?s where the city project would come in, Moody said. By building a parallel and independent line from Century Link?s downtown exchange to its fiber hut on Second Street, providers would have an alternative to Century Link?s line, Moody said. Along the way, Cyber Mesa, a local Internet service provider that the city designated to carry out the project, would also tie fiber through the Railyard, the Capitol Complex, the Simms Building and the city?s water department at 801 W. San Mateo Road. The link should foster competition and increase speeds as new providers vie for customers, Moody said. Jane Hill, Cyber Mesa?s owner, said the goal isn?t to undercut Century Link but to provide ?another way out of Dodge.? The city contract calls for creation of a new company, tentatively called ?SF Fiber,? which will sell wholesale space on the city?s fiber lines. Cyber Mesa would run the company the first four years before the contract goes out to bid to other companies, Moody said. Any profit from the sales would go to the company running SF Fiber, Moody said. Cyber Mesa also is required to create a data center that will serve as another independent port to access the wider Internet. The decision process Moody said that when he first began the project, he wasn?t sure what he needed, so he put out a request for proposals and received responses from Internet service providers Cyber Mesa, City Link, Century Link and Plateau. Century Link, he said, told him not to waste money on the project, and Plateau?s ideas weren?t comprehensive enough, Moody said. That left Cyber Mesa and City Link. Moody said he eventually canceled the request for proposals, citing a clause that allows the city to skip the competitive bidding process when selecting a utility service such as a water or power provider. Moody said telecommunications falls in that category. It?s one of many aspects of the city?s plans that have flustered City Link owner John Brown, almost to the point of litigation. Foremost, he said, is Cyber Mesa?s lack of experience compared to his own. He said he has more than 170 commercial accounts and hundreds of residential ones. ?Jane has a nice company,? Brown said. ?That doesn?t mean that they?re the right organization for this job.? Brown said that in his bid he proposed creating a 7-mile loop that would have accomplished the city?s goals and provided additional coverage and redundancy. The city didn?t bite, saying that he couldn?t complete the project within the funding limits, he said. Brown said he could, but the city remained unconvinced and instead opted for Cyber Mesa. He also questioned the need for running cable through Century Link?s central exchange, saying it was unnecessary and expensive. Moody said the city wanted to connect to the central telephone exchange because much of the existing Internet infrastructure already runs through it. He said Brown has a good business model but it didn?t meet the city?s needs. ?It wouldn?t serve all the ways to access the Internet,? Moody said. Cyber Mesa?s plan does, he said. As for Cyber Mesa?s lack of experience, Hill disagrees. She said her company has provided Internet service for Santa Fe residents for years and has done plenty of fiber work, most recently in Silver City and for the Casas de San Juan development near the Santa Fe Opera. Moody added that he wouldn?t have chosen someone he didn?t believe was capable of completing the job. Public response Gonzales, the Century Link spokesman, said the company already pays ?hundreds of millions of dollars every year? to bring broadband to more residents throughout the country. ?While we believe that public broadband networks that compete directly with private industry are not the best use of taxpayer dollars,? Gonzales said in a written statement, ?we support government initiatives to leverage existing infrastructure and extend broadband service to unserved areas.? Christopher Mitchell is director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative with the Institute for Local Self- Reliance, a national nonprofit that advocates for local communities to solve their own problems rather than turning to national providers. He said many national telephone companies are positioned to be gatekeepers to fast Internet access, and they profit from it. He added that most Americans are struck with cable or digital subscriber lines, which transmit data over telephone lines. ?The city is trying to rectify it, and that makes sense,? Mitchell said. ?It?s a good first step, but it can?t be the only step.? Mitchell also warned that the city should not expect competition to flourish on its own, saying Internet giants such as Comcast and Century Link ?have a lot of power to run competitors out of business.? Mitchell warned that Comcast and Century Link have a history of opposing public Internet infrastructure projects through legislation, and that the city should expect resistance if it continues building such projects. ?They?re very happy with the market the way it is,? Mitchell said. Damian Taggart owns and operates MindShare Studios, a Web design firm. He said that for his day-to-day work of coding and creating Web pages, Santa Fe?s Internet overall is ?acceptable. ? But uploading or downloading large files can take hours. ?It will certainly be welcomed by all the Internet companies in town,? Taggart said of the city?s project. Moody has said the purpose of the project is to bring faster Internet to Santa Fe to benefit high-traffic users such as the city?s film studios, schools, hospitals and other businesses. Hill said the city?s project also could benefit smaller Internet providers, such as La Ca?ada Wireless Association. Joel Yelich, president of La Ca?ada, said the co-op provides service to about 400 members. La Ca?ada currently operates its service by leasing bandwidth from Century Link, but he said he will be watching the city?s fiber-optic plans closely. ?I certainly hope that is successful in some way,? Yelich said. ?The more competition, the better.? Contact Chris Quintana at 986-3093 or cquintana at sfnewmexican.com. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Jul 14 09:15:40 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:15:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS Message-ID: FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-rural-broadband-expansion-experiments July 11, 2014 Applicants Will Compete to Deploy High-Performing Service at Lower Cost Washington, D.C. ? Experiments to explore how robust broadband can be expanded at lower cost in rural America were launched today by the Federal Communications Commission. The experiments will inform the agency?s broader effort to expand rural broadband through its Connect America Fund. They will also inform the FCC?s efforts to ensure that consumers everywhere can benefit from the sweeping technological advances occurring now in the communications industry, while preserving consumer protection, competition, universal service and access to emergency services during these transitions. Up to $100 million will be available for the experiments, which will be divided into three groups as follows: ? $75 million to test construction of networks offering service plans providing 25 Mpbs downloads and 5 Mbps uploads ? far in excess of the current Connect America Fund standard of 4/1 ? for the same or lower amounts of support than will be offered to carriers in Phase II of Connect America ? $15 million to test interest in delivering service at 10/1 speeds in high cost areas ? $10 million for 10/1 service in areas that are extremely costly to serve. Applicants will compete nationwide for the funds, which will be awarded to projects that are most cost effective. A key goal of the experiments is to test this competitive bidding process before it is used to allocate funds more broadly from the Connect America Fund, anticipated to occur later in 2015. The experiments will also test service over diverse technologies, including fiber and wireless networks, and will be open to non-traditional providers, including electric utilities, wireless internet service providers, and others. To ensure diverse experiments, project sizes are capped, while entities serving Tribal lands are eligible for a 25% bidding credit. The FCC?s initial announcement of rural broadband experiments in January received an enthusiastic response in the form of over 1,000 expressions of interest from a wide range of entities proposing service over diverse technologies. Final applications for the experiments are due 90 days after release of the FCC order, with selection expected by the end of 2014. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Jul 14 11:28:30 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:28:30 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Zhone, Fujitsu to build FTTH network for Kit Carson Electric Message-ID: Zhone, Fujitsu to build FTTH network for Kit Carson Electric http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/07/zhone-fujitsu-to-build-ftth-network-for-kit-carson-electric.html?cmpid=EnlDirectJuly142014 July 14, 2014 Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) systems supplier Zhone Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) has partnered with Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., in the development of a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC), which will enable gigabit broadband services for rural counties in Northern New Mexico. Fujitsu worked with KCEC to select Zhone for its ability to meet the standards required in the FCC's National Broadband Plan: delivering affordable high-speed broadband service in excess of 100 Mbps to residents and 1-Gbps broadband service to anchor institutions like schools, hospitals, and government offices. "As the network systems integrator, we're thrilled to have Zhone provide the last mile access solution that will give Kit Carson Electric Cooperative's members and broadband providers a reliable, resilient and high-speed fiber network with the required bandwidth to satisfy their needs," said Greg Manganello, senior vice president and head of services, Fujitsu Network Communications. "Zhone's FTTH products were selected because they met this project's selection criteria for future-proofing, security, interoperability and management." Spanning 2,400 miles along KCEC's existing electric distribution right-of-way, the fiber-optic network will connect 29 communities comprised of roughly 24,000 households and businesses, 183 critical community institutions, and two Native American pueblos within a 2,951 square mile underserved area in the Taos, Colfax, and Rio Arriba counties in Northern New Mexico. The entire area will be serviced with a new network that will be built out in four phases, taking about two years to complete. In addition to video, voice, and data services for consumers and anchor institutions, the fiber-optic network will also enable "smart grid" technologies for the utility operator, including substation automation (SA) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. Based on GPON technology, the network will be powered by Zhone's MXK access platform and zNID optical network terminals (ONTs). The company will also construct a secure network facility within its existing corporate headquarters. The first phase will include four sites with four MXKs and 1,500 zNID-GPON-4220 set to reach 5,900 homes, with a goal of reaching 19,000 homes when the project is complete. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Jul 15 17:48:22 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:48:22 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Here's the complete FCC background document: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0714/FCC-14-98A1.pdf Also, here's a follow-on article from California, that sheds some light on the program. http://www.tellusventure.com/blog/only-telephone-companies-can-take-part-in-rural-broadband-experiments/ Only telephone companies can take part in rural broadband experiments 14 July 2014 The FCC today released the full details on the rural broadband experiments approved by the commission on Friday. Of legal necessity, the program is limited to regulated telephone companies, although independent ISPs can either partner with one or go through the process to become one. Eligibility is pretty much what was expected, with one new twist. The money can only be given to ?Eligible Telecommunications Carriers? (ETCs) and projects have to include voice service and meet all the rules that pertain to it. But non-ETCs can apply to take part in the experiments and get the designation later. (snip) RL On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS > > http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-rural-broadband-expansion-experiments > > July 11, 2014 > > Applicants Will Compete to Deploy High-Performing Service at Lower Cost > > Washington, D.C. ? Experiments to explore how robust broadband can be expanded at lower cost in rural America were launched today by the Federal Communications Commission. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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See: http://www.wmxsystems.com/FCC-Rural-Broadband-Experiments Frank Ohrtman WMX Systems 720-839-4063 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS From: Richard Lowenberg > Date: Tue, July 15, 2014 5:48 pm To: 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Here's the complete FCC background document: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0714/FCC-14-98A1.pdf Also, here's a follow-on article from California, that sheds some light on the program. http://www.tellusventure.com/blog/only-telephone-companies-can-take-part-in-rural-broadband-experiments/ Only telephone companies can take part in rural broadband experiments 14 July 2014 The FCC today released the full details on the rural broadband experiments approved by the commission on Friday. Of legal necessity, the program is limited to regulated telephone companies, although independent ISPs can either partner with one or go through the process to become one. Eligibility is pretty much what was expected, with one new twist. The money can only be given to ?Eligible Telecommunications Carriers? (ETCs) and projects have to include voice service and meet all the rules that pertain to it. But non-ETCs can apply to take part in the experiments and get the designation later. (snip) RL On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: FCC LAUNCHES RURAL BROADBAND EXPANSION EXPERIMENTS http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launches-rural-broadband-expansion-experiments July 11, 2014 Applicants Will Compete to Deploy High-Performing Service at Lower Cost Washington, D.C. ? Experiments to explore how robust broadband can be expanded at lower cost in rural America were launched today by the Federal Communications Commission. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Already today the average CenturyLink residence uses slightly less than 50 Gigabits of data per month and that is far above the data caps for 4G plans. He doesn?t think cellular can deliver the needed speeds, and unless the cellular model is drastically changed, it?s too expensive and capped at really low levels. So CenturyLink plans to continue to upgrade its rural plant. About two thirds of CenturyLink?s customers can get 10 Mbps or higher today and the company is working to make that available everywhere. Contrast this to AT&T and Verizon. They have both told the FCC that they have plans to convert millions of rural lines to 4G LTE. I have written about this many times and see it as one of the biggest threats on the horizon to rural broadband. LTE is a great product when you want a burst of fast data to your cell phone. But the LTE network is not designed to serve multiple video streams to large numbers of households. 4G is also capable of some fairly impressive speeds that are significantly in excess of 10 Mbps, but those speeds drop quickly as you move away from a cell site. It?s fairly obvious that AT&T and Verizon favor LTE since it is their own best economic benefit - their wireless operations dwarf their landline businesses. Nobody can argue with a straight face that LTE is the best way to provide data for customers from either a a performance or a cost basis. Cellular coverage is still poor in a lot of rural America and so forcing people off of copper and onto wireless will degrade the ability of many rural households to get broadband. But these two companies have a big financial incentive to move people from low-priced landlines to expensive cellular connections. It makes me think that if the FCC really cares about rural America that they ought to be divesting the landline business from AT&T and Verizon to remove the wireless bias. CenturyLink says they are worried about the FCC changing the definition of rural broadband to be higher than 10 Mbps. They say that speed is difficult to achieve in their DSL plant and that they are far more comfortable with a definition of around 6 Mbps. It?s honestly refreshing to hear a telco executive tell people the truth for a change. The other big telcos spew a lot of rhetoric to sway the FCC or to assuage the public and it?s unusual to hear somebody tell the unvarnished truth to the public. Those who follow my blog know that I promote a high definition of broadband. Households want the ability to stream multiple videos simultaneously. And you can expect in just a few years for there to be a much greater demand for HD quality video and a climbing demand for 4K video. The average urban household that has choice is already finding 10 Mbps to be far too slow. Just this week Verizon increased its minimum FiOS speeds to a symmetrical 35 Mbps. I know this is a really big technological expectation for CenturyLink and other rural telcos still using copper, but the definition of broadband needs to keep pace with what the normal household wants to buy, and that number is going to keep climbing year after year. If we don?t set the bar high then rural places are going to fall further behind the speeds available in cities. CenturyLink does expect to continue to expand the footprint of its Prism TV product. This is a paired and bonded DSL product that can deliver up to 50 Mbps for customers somewhat close to a central office. CenturyLink has made this available to over 2 million customers and plans to make it available to 300,000 more in 2015. Interestingly, CenturyLink does not plan to expand WiFi hotspots. Some other carriers seem to be in a race to put in hot spots but CenturyLink cannot see a way to monetize the effort. Of course, CenturyLink will put a hotspot in for a business that asks for one, but they don?t intend to build hotspots of their own. I have also written about this topic several times. Nobody who is not serving a captive audience like at an airport or in an airplane has been able to get much money from selling Internet by the hour. And while the giant cellular carriers benefit greatly by more WiFi, I have yet to hear of a deal where they are paying somebody to install public hot spots. Comcast says they have installed hundreds of thousands of hot spots and they recently announced that they are turning the wireless modems of all of their residential customers into hot spots. But to me that seems more like a move that is going to antagonize the public greatly with little obvious monetary benefit. I think CenturyLink is being prudent to stay away from this business until somebody shows a way to make money with it. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From frank at wmxsystems.com Tue Jul 29 08:58:20 2014 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (frank at wmxsystems.com) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 08:58:20 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] How to challenge National Broadband Map for Rural Broadband Experiments, CAF II Message-ID: <20140729085820.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.93e942bc37.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Aug 7 19:01:49 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 20:01:49 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Internet Speeds by State: Map Message-ID: <5BB5D2D6-4960-43B7-BBBD-CC03BF165024@1st-mile.org> http://www.broadviewnet.com/blog/2014/08/internet-speeds-by-state-map/ A color coded map that shows what we already know. Based on Akamai?s ?State of the Internet? Report. RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sun Aug 17 11:36:07 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:36:07 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Baja Broadband purchases two markets from Comcast in New Mexico Message-ID: <74294B9C-2AF1-40FE-AB93-BA2E4434377D@1st-mile.org> Alamogordo, New Mexico (June 3, 2014) -?TDS Baja Broadband LLC (Baja Broadband) announces the purchase of two cable markets in Lovington and Socorro, New Mexico from Comcast Cable for approx. $1.9 million. The deal was completed on June 2, 2014 following required regulatory and local franchise authority approvals. The properties are near several existing Baja markets in the state which will increase Baja?s geographic concentration in New Mexico. All five Comcast employees supporting the Lovington and Socorro communities will retain their jobs and transfer to Baja Broadband. ?We plan to perform a complete system rebuild to provide nationally competitive TV, phone and high speed Internet services for customers in both Lovington and Socorro,? explains Mark Barber, vice president of Cable Operations for TDS Telecom and Baja Broadband. ?We expect our new products to be head and shoulders above the local phone company and existing cable offerings.? Current Comcast customers will be contacted via postal mail to handle the transition of their accounts to Baja Broadband. Barber also adds a note of caution, ?To avoid fraudulent activity, please do not offer any proprietary information to anyone who calls or emails you. When you do receive a letter from Baja please open it and follow the instructions quickly.? No immediate changes to products or services will occur; however customer billing cycles may adjust slightly. All customers will receive direct communications from Baja Broadband regarding any changes before they happen. For more info., contact: Cindy Tomlinson, cindy.tomlinson at tdstelecom.com For more of this news posting, see: http://www.bajabroadband.com/index.php/baja-broadband-media-release-archive/301-baja-broadband-purchases-two-markets-from-comcast-in-new-mexico TDS Baja Broadband LLC, headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., employs 260 people and passes more than 210,000 homes. Baja is a full service telecommunications company offering residential and commercial video, high-speed Internet, phone and data services in communities throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Visit bajabroadband.com. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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Leamos, and the Silver City Arts and Cultural District to offer free classes, workshops, and open lab sessions focused on computers, internet, and other technology tools. The project, Digital Literacy Training: 21st Century Skills for a Sustainable Grant County, will promote the development of the technology skills that are essential for economic growth, and will increase the capacity of citizens to fully engage in the community, access needed services, and participate in educational opportunities. It is made possible by the support of a Freeport-McMoran Community Investment Fund grant of $15,000, awarded to the library in March. ?The grant has allowed us to obtain the necessary equipment?laptops, peripherals, storage cart, projector, and projection screen?to host classes with a mobile computer lab,? explained Lillian Galloway, project coordinator. The first training to be offered was a four-week series led by WNMU Adult Education Services, beginning July 30. The series covers computer hardware basics, computer operation basics, internet and emailing, and Microsoft Office basics. Classes are held on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Silver City Public Library, and the series will be offered repeatedly throughout the Fall. See the web site for the posted schedule. In addition to free classes and workshops, the library and its partners will offer open lab sessions for participants to ask a wide variety of technology questions. Future plans include ?train-the-trainer? sessions for community members who would like to become technology trainers. ?The digital literacy project is an important way that the library and its partners can contribute to economic development, education, and community engagement in Grant County,? said library director Eileen Sullivan. ?Through this project, more of our citizens will develop the skills to fully participate in the civic and economic life of our community.? For more information about the project, contact Lillian Galloway at the Silver City Public Library, 575-538-3672 or ref at silvercitymail.com . --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sun Aug 17 20:25:30 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:25:30 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Silver City Public Library: additional note Message-ID: <9343457A-8D98-48F2-AF6B-EC5942EC4C1C@1st-mile.org> The last posting on this list, earlier today, was about the free digital literacy classes and workshops being offered at the Silver City Library. It should also be noted that fixed wireless, high bandwidth service is provided to the Library and other sites in Silver City, by Santa Fe based, Cyber Mesa Telecom. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Sep 22 09:20:07 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:20:07 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Albuquerque to release high-speed broadband RFP Message-ID: <8894C419-C0C1-4721-9CF1-C1DAF964111C@1st-mile.org> Albuquerque Business First Sep 19, 2014 http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2014/09/19/city-to-release-high-speed-broadband-rfp.html On Friday, the city of Albuquerque said it will release a request for proposals for high-speed Internet along Central Avenue. The RFP will be to operate, maintain and provide an open access, high-speed broadband network, including free wi-fi along Central and inexpensive access throughout the Innovation District, said Peter Ambs, the city?s chief information officer, on Friday. ?We want to make sure we?re supplying ample bandwidth to our Innovation District; our railyards and all the entities along Central will be benefactors on this, whether it?s retail along Nob Hill or a resident,? Ambs said. ?We know that the incumbents have fiber along Central. They own it and they control it?and they will have an opportunity to bid on this, and I hope they do. The key is that it?s an open-access fiber broadband network.? The incumbents include CenturyLink and Comcast. ?If we could get access to the current dark fiber on Central, that?s ideal; the willingness of the incumbents to do that has not always been the case in other cities,? Ambs said. The city does have $1 million of GO bonds, which voters approved last year, to construct the line. Ideally, Ambs said, the line would stretch from 98th Street to Eubank, to connect the entire city. But the priorities include the Innovation District, Downtown and the University of New Mexico area. ?That?s?s the plan. It fits right into what we're doing with the Innovation District and making sure we have ample amounts of service. It also has to be low cost. That?s the pushback we?ll get,? he said. ? We do have it, it could be a cost barrier for a startup." "We?re sending this RFP to Google and everyone," Ambs said. "As a city, we have to get things kick-started now.? ------------- Albuquerque looks to create broadband network City would partner with private company to create system http://www.koat.com/news/albuquerque-looks-to-create-broadband-network/28161606? Published Sept. 19, 2014 The City of Albuquerque is looking to create a community broadband network downtown. The city would partner with a private company to create the system, which would provide Internet access to those around Central Avenue between 98th Street and Tramway Boulevard. Eventually, the city wants to expand the system?s availability to the rest of the city. It says it could provide the service at a lower cost than some private companies. ?We really see this as a catalyst to really start to push the envelope on broadband and high-speed broadband in Albuquerque,? said Peter Ambs, the city?s chief information officer. The city has a $1 million in bonds it can use for the project but won't know the real cost until it takes a look underground and sees the infrastructure it already has in place. Ambs said Albuquerque is below average for a city when it comes to broadband access and speed. Ambs sees this as a necessary move to help Albuquerque catch up with other cities and help key projects that depend on Internet access. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Sep 22 10:16:31 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:16:31 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] State School & Library Connectivity Profiles Message-ID: STATE SCHOOL CONNECTIVITY PROFILES [SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission, AUTHOR: Jon Wilkins] Outreach to state and school district staff and library leaders has been a critical element of the E-rate modernization process. Federal Communications Commission staff has been in frequent contact with staff from school districts, state agencies, libraries, and research and education networks (RENs) from across the country. These outreach efforts provide important insights on the varying approaches that states are taking to the challenge of delivering high-speed broadband to all schools and libraries. Much of the knowledge gained from our outreach is compiled in the State Connectivity Profiles. These profiles provide a thorough summary of connectivity data, purchasing strategies, and broadband deployment policies from a geographically diverse sample of states with differing populations and approaches to delivering high-speed broadband to all schools and libraries. All connectivity data and narrative descriptions in the State Connectivity Profiles are drawn from conversations with school district, state agency, or REN staff and have been reviewed and verified by the appropriate staff in each state. The New Mexico section of the Report begins on page 35. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0919/DOC-329357A1.pdf --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From frank at wmxsystems.com Thu Sep 25 08:58:15 2014 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (frank at wmxsystems.com) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 08:58:15 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Rural Broadband Experiments bidding window to open next week Message-ID: <20140925085815.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.82e034c2ac.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Apologies for the Amazon link. http://www.amazon.com/The-Responsive-City-Communities-Data-Smart/dp/1118910907 RL On Oct 8, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Tom Johnson wrote: > http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/10/open-data-beyond-the-big-city/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pbs%2Fmediashift-blog+%28mediashift-blog%29 > > Open Data Beyond the Big City > > -tom johnson --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Oct 9 17:11:29 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 18:11:29 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project Message-ID: http://www.abqjournal.com/477132/news/unmh-gets-15mil-for-telehealth-project.html Associated Press Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has been awarded $15,120,767 to test expansion of their telehealth infrastructure system that will provide 30 hospitals statewide with remote emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations. The money, awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, will support the Access to Critical Cerebral Emergency Support Services initiative and help to provide improved emergency care at lower costs to rural communities, according to a joint news release from New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The ACCESS initiative aims to increase availability of emergency neurological care. In partnership with Net Medical Xpress Solutions, based in Albuquerque, the project will provide patients at hospitals throughout the state with around the clock remote access to emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations conducted by medical experts based at the UNM Medical Center in Albuquerque. Each hospital will also receive equipment and tools to aid in neurological diagnosis and treatment on site, avoiding needless transfers to Albuquerque. The principal investigator for the project, distinguished professor and chairman of neurosurgery at UNM, Dr. Howard Yonas, will collaborate with a team of highly trained neurologists and neurosurgeons at the UNM Medical Center to provide state-of-the-art neurologically-based telemedicine services throughout the state. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carroll at cagleandassociates.com Thu Oct 9 19:38:13 2014 From: carroll at cagleandassociates.com (Carroll Cagle) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:38:13 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <052401cfe433$3d3da970$b7b8fc50$@cagleandassociates.com> Richard, thanks for the posting. Good to see UNM and the telemedicine pioneers here are being acknowledged in tangible ($$$) ways. Dale Alverson of course is one such leader that a number of people on this list know. And, Richard's posting is timely in view of this today from The Economist: A long-touted health-care revolution may at last be about to arrive The idea of telemedicine-health care provided using telecommunications equipment-has a lengthy history. Radio News, an American magazine, devoted its cover to a patient at home consulting a doctor in his surgery via a television link as long ago as 1924. When NASA began monitoring astronauts in space in the 1960s, fantasy became reality. It has been touted as health care's future ever since. But even smartphones and tablets have failed to usher in the telemedicine revolution: most health care still happens face to face. Now, enthusiasts think the wait is nearly over. Governments have been slow to embrace an approach that could improve coverage and outcomes, as well as saving money. But they are under increasing pressure from ageing populations and a surge in chronic diseases, just as public budgets are being squeezed.. From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:11 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project http://www.abqjournal.com/477132/news/unmh-gets-15mil-for-telehealth-project .html Associated Press Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has been awarded $15,120,767 to test expansion of their telehealth infrastructure system that will provide 30 hospitals statewide with remote emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations. The money, awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, will support the Access to Critical Cerebral Emergency Support Services initiative and help to provide improved emergency care at lower costs to rural communities, according to a joint news release from New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The ACCESS initiative aims to increase availability of emergency neurological care. In partnership with Net Medical Xpress Solutions, based in Albuquerque, the project will provide patients at hospitals throughout the state with around the clock remote access to emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations conducted by medical experts based at the UNM Medical Center in Albuquerque. Each hospital will also receive equipment and tools to aid in neurological diagnosis and treatment on site, avoiding needless transfers to Albuquerque. The principal investigator for the project, distinguished professor and chairman of neurosurgery at UNM, Dr. Howard Yonas, will collaborate with a team of highly trained neurologists and neurosurgeons at the UNM Medical Center to provide state-of-the-art neurologically-based telemedicine services throughout the state. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carroll at cagleandassociates.com Thu Oct 9 19:40:01 2014 From: carroll at cagleandassociates.com (Carroll Cagle) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:40:01 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project References: Message-ID: <052901cfe433$7dc548e0$794fdaa0$@cagleandassociates.com> Here it is the link. I was too fast on the trigger finger a moment ago.. http://www.economist.com/news/international/21623710-long-touted-health-care -revolution-may-last-be-about-arrive-stuck-waiting?fsrc=nlw|hig|9-10-2014| Carroll Cagle From: Carroll Cagle [mailto:carroll at cagleandassociates.com] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 8:38 PM To: 'Richard Lowenberg'; '1st-Mile-NM' Subject: RE: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project Richard, thanks for the posting. Good to see UNM and the telemedicine pioneers here are being acknowledged in tangible ($$$) ways. Dale Alverson of course is one such leader that a number of people on this list know. And, Richard's posting is timely in view of this today from The Economist: A long-touted health-care revolution may at last be about to arrive The idea of telemedicine-health care provided using telecommunications equipment-has a lengthy history. Radio News, an American magazine, devoted its cover to a patient at home consulting a doctor in his surgery via a television link as long ago as 1924. When NASA began monitoring astronauts in space in the 1960s, fantasy became reality. It has been touted as health care's future ever since. But even smartphones and tablets have failed to usher in the telemedicine revolution: most health care still happens face to face. Now, enthusiasts think the wait is nearly over. Governments have been slow to embrace an approach that could improve coverage and outcomes, as well as saving money. But they are under increasing pressure from ageing populations and a surge in chronic diseases, just as public budgets are being squeezed.. From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 6:11 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] UNM HSC gets $15M. for Telehealth Project http://www.abqjournal.com/477132/news/unmh-gets-15mil-for-telehealth-project .html Associated Press Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center has been awarded $15,120,767 to test expansion of their telehealth infrastructure system that will provide 30 hospitals statewide with remote emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations. The money, awarded through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, will support the Access to Critical Cerebral Emergency Support Services initiative and help to provide improved emergency care at lower costs to rural communities, according to a joint news release from New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The ACCESS initiative aims to increase availability of emergency neurological care. In partnership with Net Medical Xpress Solutions, based in Albuquerque, the project will provide patients at hospitals throughout the state with around the clock remote access to emergency neurological and neurosurgical consultations conducted by medical experts based at the UNM Medical Center in Albuquerque. Each hospital will also receive equipment and tools to aid in neurological diagnosis and treatment on site, avoiding needless transfers to Albuquerque. The principal investigator for the project, distinguished professor and chairman of neurosurgery at UNM, Dr. Howard Yonas, will collaborate with a team of highly trained neurologists and neurosurgeons at the UNM Medical Center to provide state-of-the-art neurologically-based telemedicine services throughout the state. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Let me know if you want to car pool down from Santa Fe. -tom johnson Data Users Conference set for Nov. 14 The 16th annual New Mexico Data Users Conference is set for Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Central New Mexico Community College Workforce Training Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave. NE in Albuquerque. The annual event is presented by The University of New Mexico?s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. The all-day conference is New Mexico?s premier forum for both beginning and professional data users in the state and surrounding areas. Over the years, the Data Users Conference has become a valued learning experience for businesses, government agencies, service organizations, information providers and students. This year?s featured plenary speakers include Pauline Nunez from the U.S. Census Bureau?s Denver regional office and Andy Hait with the Economic Census, both of whom are excellent resources on census data and products. Nunez will discuss new products from the Census Bureau and the new features of its American FactFinder Website. Additionally, new Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Jeff Mitchell and Jack Baker are the featured luncheon speakers. Mitchell, who took over as director this past summer, will present a review of New Mexico?s recent economic performance and a short-term economic outlook. Baker will present how GPS is working to help the Census Bureau manage spatial data resources and how this should lead to improved demographic estimates and a successful 2020 census. Registration is $55 per person and includes all conference materials, continental breakfast, beverage breaks and a luncheon buffet. 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Carroll Nobel-Winning Message for the FCC 3 Oct 14, 2014 By Susan Crawford Bloomberg View Jean Tirole's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences is being celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic by academics and economists. But there is no joy in the power circles of U.S. telecommunications policy. More than a decade ago, federal policy makers turned their backs on Tirole's sensible assessments of private communications utilities -- and with disastrous results. Tirole's insight was that any company controlling physical lines into homes and businesses, left to its own devices, would act as a natural monopoly, extracting tribute from every other business and customer that depends on communications capacity. To constrain that power, regulators might need to separate wholesale and retail communications-access services, and require interconnection with other networks. 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On December 8-9, the NM Department of Information Technology will convene a forum that will engage a wide range of people in solution-driven discussions about the new first responder network. If you are a first responder in local, state, tribal or federal governments, we want you to join us. New Mexico First will facilitate the forum, which will: ? Engage a wide range of people in solution-driven discussions about a statewide first responder network. ? Develop concrete, actionable recommendations for consideration by agency leaders in planning and implementing a network in New Mexico. ? Raise awareness among the general public and the media about the issues. Want to be notified when registration opens? Email your name to info at nmfirst.org with the subject heading ?First Responders.? --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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RL Community Comes Together to Bring High-Speed Internet to Remote Colorado Town If too many people at this town's school used computers simultaneously, the previous Internet system timed out and reverted to the speed of a dial-up connection -- but that is no longer the case. by Debbie Kelley, The Gazette (TNS) / October 27, 2014 http://www.govtech.com/network/Community-Comes-Together-to-Bring-high-speed-Internet-to-remote-mountain-town.html There's no gas station in the remote mountain town of Guffey, about 60 miles west of Colorado Springs, but there is a post office with 420 boxes, a library, a school, an auto repair shop, three restaurants and now, high-speed Internet for all. "It's huge," said resident Kim McAlear. Life hasn't exactly been stuck in the Stone Age, but some say it was close. Or at least, not the 21st century. Previously, if too many people used computers at the same time the rudimentary satellite system that provided Internet timed out and reverted to the speed of a dial-up connection for the 39 students at the Guffey Community Charter School. The setup was so antiquated that to take required state standardized tests, students had to be bused 55 miles to Fairplay, which everyone says made for a harrowing trip if there was snow. Nearly a year ago, leaders at the Guffey Community Charter School decided enough was enough. When a 20-acre parcel of hilly land east of the school became available last November, principal and administrator Pam Moore figured it was time to rally the troops. And that's the story within this story. The pioneering spirit of the community produced a gung-ho push that raised $55,000. Grants came through from the Park County Conservation Trust Fund, El Pomar Foundation and the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Co. A local rancher pitched in $5,000. Students in the K-8 public charter school did fundraisers, such as making their popular fire-starter cups out of sawdust and paraffin wax. And, then, Moore said, small donations of $10, $25 and $50 trickled in. "The town is rural, and the folks that live here are doing their best, and we had a lot of those small donations that were really meaningful because people work really hard to get that kind of money," she said. The donations bought the $40,000 piece of land, which the school acquired in February from a private resident, and solar technology to power the equipment. A $15,000 anonymous donation paid for 20 new computers. The school had a huge satellite dish in front of it when it opened in 1999 and has tried to keep up with technology, Moore said, but "we came to a point where we were totally limited as far as the next steps." Previous attempts to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to the area failed, due to the lack of a direct line of sight to a telecommunications tower and service providers' unwillingness to find a way to make it work. South Park Telephone Co., which is based in Hartsel and specializes in rural customers, agreed to expand its services to Guffey and built a tower and solar shed to house the equipment on the highest point of the land the school bought. A local excavator groomed the road. Park County helped with permitting and other site particulars. "At the end of the day, voila, they are in the 21st century, and this is the way it should be done," said David Shipley, business manager for South Park Telephone Co. The system went live in mid-August, right before school started for the year. So far, so good. "We wanted to make sure we were able to provide it for the school and not jeopardize the bandwidth before we started selling it to the public," Shipley said. On Oct. 1, the company allowed residents to sign up for high-speed Internet service. "We've had a fantastic response," he said. Still, it's a gamble for the company. "From a return on investment, the numbers just don't work. But some things we do in life can't be all about the money, it's got to be about doing the right thing," Shipley said. "This was one of those projects where there were no hidden agendas. Everybody's agenda was the same - get the project done." The benefit for students is worth every penny, Moore said. "Kids are delighted to have an opportunity to learn like all other kids in more urban environments," she said. "The things that some kids take for granted our kids cherish because we have families that don't have television and can't afford to purchase Internet service. So the school has become the hub of the community." McAlear, who has two students at Guffey Community Charter School, said she cried at the recent ribbon cutting ceremony at the tower high above the town. "We live out here because we want to, but there are definite drawbacks. Our kids not having access to the educational resources that other kids have is one of the big ones," she said. "The fact that it's not an issue anymore is amazing. It's such a big heart for such a small community." ?2014 The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Oct 29 08:56:32 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:56:32 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Chairman Wheeler Renews FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force Message-ID: FCC Chairman Wheeler Renews FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force (continuing to include NM tribal representatives. RL) http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1028/DA-14-1558A1.pdf Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler named 31 members to the FCC-Native Nations Broadband Task Force, representing 20 Tribal Nations and 11 Bureaus and Offices within the FCC. The Task Force, which comprises elected and appointed leaders from federally-recognized Tribal governments or governmental entities and senior staff from across the Commission, was established in March, 2011. The Task Force is responsible for, among other things, assisting in executing the Commission?s consultation policy, eliciting input from Tribal governments, ensuring that Tribal concerns are considered in all Commission proceedings related to broadband, developing additional recommendations for promoting broadband deployment and adoption on Tribal lands, and coordinating with Tribal Nations in their respective regions. It will continue to serve as the government-to-government advisory body in furtherance of nationwide Tribal consultation priorities and broadband policy efforts with respect to Tribal Nations. Chairman Wheeler named the following members to the Task Force representing Tribal Nations: Honorable Brian E. Davis, Sr.: Gila River Indian Community Honorable Joe Garcia: Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Honorable Frankie D. Hargis: Cherokee Nation Honorable Michell A. Hicks: Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Honorable Jefferson Keel: Chickasaw Nation Honorable Susan Masten: Yurok Tribe Honorable William M. Micklin: Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians Honorable Stevey Seymour: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Honorable George P. Tiger: Muscogee (Creek) Nation Howard W. Brown: Tulalip Tribes Godfrey Enjady: Mescalero Apache Tribe Valerie Fast Horse: Coeur d?Alene Tribe Crystal Hottowe: Makah Tribe Patrick Jackson: Hoopa Valley Tribe Christopher O. Luter: Forest County Potawatomi Community Matthew R. Rantanen: Pala Band of Mission Indians Dustin Stark: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma J Scott Stewart: Tanana Chiefs Conference Christina St Germaine: Nez Perce Tribe Brian Tagaban: Navajo Nation --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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From China, where most devices are made today, to the mountains of California, the hills of New York State, and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley ? the epicenters of tech manufacturing in the 1980s and ?90s ? the film tells underreported stories of environmental degradation and of serious illnesses linked to an industry that relies on the theory and practice of planned obsolescence. What emerges is a look at the interconnectedness of the global manufacturing economy. http://www.macfound.org/documentaryfilm/401/ --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Nov 7 11:52:32 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:52:32 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Mapping Update Message-ID: From Gar Clarke at NM DoIT. BROADBAND BANTER ? Map Updates: NM Broadband Program, Department of Information Technology The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) has just updated their website both with fixed maps and an online interactive maps service. The mapping informs on broadband technology types (DSL, Fiber, Fixed Wireless, Mobile Wireless, Satellite, etc.), availability coverage that uses the Public Land Survey/NM Land Index to limit over reporting, the location of public institutions (libraries, schools, emergency services, health facilities, senior/community centers, and government buildings). Take a look, type in your address and root around the state and see what Broadband Providers and Technology Types are available to you. In addition, help us out by taking a Speed Test. - NMBBP Map: http://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/ - NMBBP Map Gallery ? Statewide: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/map_statewide.shtml - NMBBP Map Gallery ? Regional: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/map_regional.shtml - NMBBP Map Gallery ? County: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/map_county_availability.shtml - NMBBP Portal: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/index.shtml --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Nov 17 11:36:01 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:36:01 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: NM BROADBAND PROGRAM: FCC Experimental Elibibility Areas References: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7D97ED1@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: "Clarke, George, DoIT" > Date: November 17, 2014 11:21:33 AM MST > To: "Richard Lowenberg (rl at 1st-mile.org)" > Subject: NM BROADBAND PROGRAM: FCC Experimental Elibibility Areas > > Hello Richard: > > The following may be of interest to your listserver readers. > > The New Mexico Broadband Program has included the FCC CAF Phase II Initial Eligible ?Unserved? Areas within the NM Broadband Map. The data informs on three ?Price Cap? categories of ?Unserved? areas eligible for Connect America Funding. We?ve gotten a number of request to present these data publicly to support FCC application efforts. Of importance is the relation of the Eligible Areas to our CASA (Community Anchor Site Assessment) data in conjunction with ISP Availability information that includes provider and technology type with an overlay of ?Tribal Boundaries?. Of note, the site has measurement, address/place location, and map making tools as well. > > One can reach these data directly by accessing the NM Broadband Map or through the NM Broadband Portal. Be sure to turn on the ?legend? to inform on the categories: > > - NMBBP Map: http://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/ > - NMBBP Portal: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ > > Thank You, GAR > > Gar Clarke > NM Broadband Program Manager > Department of Information Technology > Simms Building > 715 Alta Vista Street > Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 > Email: george.clarke at state.nm.us > Desk: 505.827-1663 > Cell: 505.690-1661 > Fax: 505.827-2325 > Broadband Web:: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Nov 17 12:27:25 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:27:25 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Cortez, CO Update Message-ID: From Community Broadband Networks. http://muninetworks.org/content/cortez-expand-open-access-network Cortez To Expand Open Access Network Thu, November 13, 2014 | Posted by tanderson A recent vote by the Cortez city council cleared the way for a major expansion in the city?s open access network. By committing $1 million in local funds, the city unlocked a matching $1 million grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, which disperses revenues from federal mineral leases in the form of a variety of economic development grants around the state. This $2 million infusion will enable Phase II of the city?s network plan to go forward next year, making connections newly available to 400 businesses along two major highways. This builds on the existing Phase I network, which is capable of offering connections to about 650 businesses along Main Street. About 250 businesses have already signed on in Phase I, good for nearly a 40% take rate. The city plans to add 27 miles of fiber in 2015. The $1 million in local matching funds that enabled the Department of Local Affairs grant are pledged from a combination of sources. The network's own reserve fund will contribute $250,000, while the remainder will come in the form of interdepartmental loans from the city's general fund ($250,000) and equipment fund ($500,000). The city does not offer its own services over its fiber, favoring an open access model that lets independent service providers compete using its infrastructure. The network currently has seven mostly local ISPs competing for customers. The long term plan, as described by City General Services Manager Rick Smith in a Broadband Bits podcast back in May, is to build a fiber to the home network throughout the city. Smith sounds pretty determined to make that happen: ?Just because we live here in rural Cortez, there?s no reason why we shouldn?t have access to affordable broadband. It?s a necessity in today?s digital age.? ?It would probably take more than $10 million to finish out the entire city,? Smith said. ?That could take at least five years, but we have a roadmap. We have a plan.? Cortez has taken a gradual approach towards developing its fiber infrastructure, beginning with an I-Net for local anchor institutions in 1999. Over time, the town of less than 9,000 residents has become a regional fiber optic hub, thanks to several grants from the state, partnerships with neighboring governments, and smart local investments. Cortez serves as the nexus for the western half of the Southwest Colorado Access Network (SCAN), which connects public institutions in a five county region to backbone fiber. Cortez has also benefitted from good timing: it began leasing extra capacity on a few of its fiber optic lines to a handful of private companies in 2005. This allowed Cortez to be grandfathered in as an exemption to SB 152 which passed later that same year, meaning that unlike nearly all other Colorado municipalities, Cortez did not have to pass a referendum to use its fiber optic infrastructure to offer retail services. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 3 12:34:27 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:34:27 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Gigabit Services Message-ID: CenturyLink Aims Gigabit at Businesses Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT 12/3/2014 http://www.lightreading.com/gigabit/gigabit-cities/centurylink-aims-gigabit-at-businesses/d/d-id/712376 When it comes to gigabit broadband, CenturyLink means business -- and that's setting it apart from many others. Despite the fact that one of the central claims about gigabit-scale networks in cities is that they will attract businesses and drive economic development, many of the early gigabit broadband deployments are focused primarily on residential consumers. CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL), however, is signaling that its gigabit efforts will have a business spin. "We see a tremendous range of services we can offer over the cloud, and bundling cloud services with our gigabit capabilities is a very compelling offer for SMBs and smaller sites of larger businesses," says Shirish Lal, chief marketing officer at CenturyLink. The carrier announced in August that it would begin delivering gigabit services over its network in parts of 16 cities. In 10 of them -- Columbia, Mo.; Denver; Jefferson City, Mo.; Las Vegas; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Omaha; Orlando; Portland; Salt Lake City; and Seattle -- the carrier is serving both residents and businesses. In six other markets -- Albuquerque, N.M.; Colorado Springs; Phoenix; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Spokane, Wash.; and Tuscon, Ariz. -- the operator will aim its 1Gbit/s services solely at businesses. CenturyLink is in the early stages of deployment in all of those markets and has yet to fully define its marketing strategy, but the focus on business usage likely will differentiate its efforts from competitors -- including the disruptive Google Fiber Inc. -- that are mostly positioning ultra-high-speed connectivity as a residential benefit. Lal points to virtualized network functions as one example of how a gigabit connection might benefit business customers and CenturyLink. "We're moving toward delivering network functions on a virtualized basis rather than traditional network appliances," he says. "The gigabit connection creates a very different scenario in terms of the capabilities you can deliver." --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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URL: From mharris at visgence.com Wed Dec 3 12:51:23 2014 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:51:23 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Gigabit Services In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I wonder is this means a general expansion of MOE or the roll out of some other type of service. -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > *CenturyLink Aims Gigabit at Businesses* > > Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT 12/3/2014 > > http://www.lightreading.com/gigabit/gigabit-cities/centurylink-aims-gigabit-at-businesses/d/d-id/712376 > > > When it comes to gigabit broadband, CenturyLink means business -- and > that's setting it apart from many others. > > Despite the fact that one of the central claims about > gigabit-scale networks in cities is that they will attract businesses and > drive economic development, many of the early gigabit broadband > deployments are focused primarily on residential consumers. CenturyLink > Inc. (NYSE: CTL), however, is signaling that its gigabit efforts will have > a business spin. > > "We see a tremendous range of services we can offer over the cloud, and > bundling cloud services with our gigabit capabilities is a very compelling > offer for SMBs and smaller sites of larger businesses," says Shirish Lal, > chief marketing officer at CenturyLink. > > The carrier announced in August that it would begin delivering > gigabit services over its network in parts of 16 cities. In 10 of them > -- Columbia, Mo.; Denver; Jefferson City, Mo.; Las Vegas; > Minneapolis-St. Paul; Omaha; Orlando; Portland; Salt Lake City; and Seattle > -- the carrier is serving both residents and businesses. > > In six other markets -- *Albuquerque, N.M.*; Colorado Springs; > Phoenix; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Spokane, Wash.; and Tuscon, Ariz. -- the > operator will aim its 1Gbit/s services solely at businesses. > > CenturyLink is in the early stages of deployment in all of those markets > and has yet to fully define its marketing strategy, but the focus on > business usage likely will differentiate its efforts from competitors -- > including the disruptive Google Fiber Inc. -- that are mostly positioning > ultra-high-speed connectivity as a residential benefit. Lal points to > virtualized network functions as one example of how a gigabit connection > might benefit business customers and CenturyLink. > > "We're moving toward delivering network functions on a virtualized basis > rather than traditional network appliances," he says. "The > gigabit connection creates a very different scenario in terms of > the capabilities you can deliver." > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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IANA is exhausted. IPv6 is critical. The above should be leaders and should have active IPv6 sites. Its not that hard to actually implement.. What can we do to help get our State one of the best IPv6 connected states ?? From mharris at visgence.com Mon Dec 8 07:42:31 2014 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 08:42:31 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] IPv6 in New Mexico In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <57BC701A-691C-4B92-AF5C-1A752137B953@visgence.com> On my mobile, so I'll throw a quick poker in the fire: > IPv6 is critical. Is it? There is a lot of hand waving and doom-saying about the exhaustion of IPv4, but I have yet to hear a good technical argument for IPv4 other than "more addresses." Does it offer anything more? I have various arguments in my head both for and against adoption, but I think it is a discussion worth having both here and in the Internet community at large. -Michael > The above should be leaders and should have active > IPv6 sites. > Its not that hard to actually implement.. > > What can we do to help get our State one of the best IPv6 connected states ?? > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From owen at backspaces.net Mon Dec 8 08:47:45 2014 From: owen at backspaces.net (Owen Densmore) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:47:45 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] IPv6 in New Mexico In-Reply-To: <57BC701A-691C-4B92-AF5C-1A752137B953@visgence.com> References: <57BC701A-691C-4B92-AF5C-1A752137B953@visgence.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Michael Harris wrote: > On my mobile, so I'll throw a quick poker in the fire: > > > IPv6 is critical. > > Is it? There is a lot of hand waving and doom-saying about the exhaustion > of IPv4, but I have yet to hear a good technical argument for IPv4 other > than "more addresses." Does it offer anything more? > > I have various arguments in my head both for and against adoption, but I > think it is a discussion worth having both here and in the Internet > community at large. > > -Michael The fact is, being the critters we are, we can evolve out of nearly any problem we want to. Generally ignoring "problems" is the best solution. Pants in a twist just hurts. In Silicon Valley during the early days of ipv6 there were lots of interesting reasons for it. Mobile IP was an interestingly designed subset that would proxy ip addresses so that you could move around and keep the same IP no matter where. It was clever. And we just evolved around the problem. Cellular. Dynamic IP. etc. This was the era of WAP, remember that? I had HUGE fights with idiots in telcos about "cellular cannot do IP due to latency and other issues unique to mobile". Thus the horrid wap strangled us for years. Now phones are natively IP .. think LTE .. and latency? Oh that's just tuning the wonderfully designed TCP/IP stack. Sigh. But thus far, IPv6 has been a marvelous example of the race of a good tech trying to justify itself in a world evolving faster than it can. Cellular was one example where ipv6 seemed to fit like a glove. Not sure if they still would like ipv6 at this point. To tell the truth, router folks are the most likely to want ipv6 as far as I can tell. And even they have such a massive set of protocols on their backbone networks, I'm not sure if they're there yet. I think its really fun to watch. -- Owen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There is a lot of hand waving and doom-saying about the exhaustion >> of IPv4, but I have yet to hear a good technical argument for IPv4 other >> than "more addresses." Does it offer anything more? >> >> I have various arguments in my head both for and against adoption, but I >> think it is a discussion worth having both here and in the Internet >> community at large. >> >> -Michael > > > The fact is, being the critters we are, we can evolve out of nearly any > problem we want to. Generally ignoring "problems" is the best solution. > Pants in a twist just hurts. > > In Silicon Valley during the early days of ipv6 there were lots of > interesting reasons for it. Mobile IP was an interestingly designed subset > that would proxy ip addresses so that you could move around and keep the > same IP no matter where. It was clever. And we just evolved around the > problem. Cellular. Dynamic IP. etc. > > This was the era of WAP, remember that? I had HUGE fights with idiots in > telcos about "cellular cannot do IP due to latency and other issues unique > to mobile". Thus the horrid wap strangled us for years. Now phones are > natively IP .. think LTE .. and latency? Oh that's just tuning the > wonderfully designed TCP/IP stack. Sigh. > > But thus far, IPv6 has been a marvelous example of the race of a good tech > trying to justify itself in a world evolving faster than it can. Cellular > was one example where ipv6 seemed to fit like a glove. Not sure if they > still would like ipv6 at this point. > > To tell the truth, router folks are the most likely to want ipv6 as far as > I can tell. And even they have such a massive set of protocols on their > backbone networks, I'm not sure if they're there yet. > > I think its really fun to watch. > > -- Owen > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Mon Dec 8 09:35:37 2014 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 12:35:37 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] IPv6 in New Mexico In-Reply-To: <57BC701A-691C-4B92-AF5C-1A752137B953@visgence.com> References: <57BC701A-691C-4B92-AF5C-1A752137B953@visgence.com> Message-ID: Sooner or later we'll find it easier to do addresses natively, so why not transition as new equipment cycles in to handle new bandwidth needs? Data center clustering and SDN do seem faster and more secure on v6 as well. Fewer address translation / transaction steps especially as SDN moves into layer 2 and even into the PHY. On Dec 8, 2014 10:42 AM, "Michael Harris" wrote: > On my mobile, so I'll throw a quick poker in the fire: > > > IPv6 is critical. > > Is it? There is a lot of hand waving and doom-saying about the exhaustion > of IPv4, but I have yet to hear a good technical argument for IPv4 other > than "more addresses." 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Rio Blanco County is planning an open access model. From the article: County Commissioner Shawn Bolton said the county won?t provide broadband service itself, but instead will install infrastructure such as fiber lines. ?By providing infrastructure, then we can get the service providers to come here and provide the service at a competitive rate,? he said. (snip) --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 10 17:05:27 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:05:27 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Comcast NM Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2014 Contact: Angela Heisel(505) 629-5148 Angela.Heisel at state.nm.us Comcast and Governor Susana Martinez Announce 450 New Jobs, State-Of-The-Art Customer Support Center Coming To Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE, NM - As part of its ongoing commitment to provide an outstanding customer experience, Comcast along with Governor Susana Martinez today announced plans to open a new bi-lingual customer support center in February 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. The state-of-the-art 51,000square-foot facility has the capacity to seat approximately 450 agents. Comcast will begin filling positions this year. With the addition of the call center, Comcast will have more than 850 employees across the state. Today's announcement underscores Comcast's continued investment in New Mexico. In 2013, Comcast's total employee investment including payroll, payroll taxes, benefits, healthcare, training and tuition reimbursement totaled more than $31 million. Since 1996, Comcast has invested more than $521 million in technology and infrastructure into New Mexico. Additionally, last year Comcast contributed $1.6 million to New Mexico community organizations and non-profits. "Comcast is a strong economic partner in New Mexico, with programs like ComcastInternet Essentials to provide low-cost Internet access to New Mexico children so they can do their homework," said Governor Susana Martinez. "And now they are doubling their presence in New Mexico and creating 450 new and well-paying jobs in Albuquerque.New Mexico continues to attract new businesses while encouraging existing companies to grow their commitment to our state, and Comcast is the latest example of the progress we're making in bolstering our private sector. "Employees at the new call centerwill provide support for Comcast residential products and services, handling calls primarily from Spanish-speaking customers across the country, as well as calls in English. "This new facility represents our latest investment in the tools, technologies and people that will help improve our customers' experiences with us,'' said Chris Dunkeson, Area Vice President for Comcast in New Mexico. "When our customers reach this call center, they will be connected with agents who are best equipped to help with their specific needs." "We applaud Comcast for locating this facility in Albuquerque. Our community boasts of a qualified and culturally diverse workforce which is one of our great strengths as a city,'' said Mayor Richard J. Berry. "This announcement reinforces what we've known all along -that Albuquerque is a great place to do business, and Comcast's presence here will help us underscore that message." The 51,000 square-foot, 450-seat facility is located at 4611 Montbel Place NE. When renovations are complete, this state-of-the-art facility will also have best-in-class industry technologies for servicing customers, including a cafeteria and a fitness center for employees. Comcast will begin advertising and posting new positions within the next month. Those interested in employment opportunities with Comcast can learn more at upcoming area career fairs and are encouraged to review job profiles and opportunities atjobs.comcast.comwhere they can also apply for positions. About Comcast Cable:Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses.Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings.Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Or are they just getting even because they hate us? -- Owen On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > October 27, 2014 > Contact: Angela Heisel(505) 629-5148 > Angela.Heisel at state.nm.us > > Comcast and Governor Susana Martinez Announce 450 New Jobs, > State-Of-The-Art Customer Support Center Coming To Albuquerque > > ALBUQUERQUE, NM - As part of its ongoing commitment to provide an > outstanding customer experience, Comcast along with Governor Susana > Martinez today announced plans to open a new bi-lingual customer support > center in February 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. > > The state-of-the-art 51,000square-foot facility has the capacity to > seat approximately 450 agents. Comcast will begin filling positions this > year. With the addition of the call center, Comcast will have more than 850 > employees across the state. > > Today's announcement underscores Comcast's continued investment in New > Mexico. In 2013, Comcast's total employee investment including payroll, > payroll taxes, benefits, healthcare, training and tuition reimbursement > totaled more than $31 million. Since 1996, Comcast has invested more > than $521 million in technology and infrastructure into New Mexico. > Additionally, last year Comcast contributed $1.6 million to New Mexico > community organizations and non-profits. > > "Comcast is a strong economic partner in New Mexico, with programs like > ComcastInternet Essentials to provide low-cost Internet access to New > Mexico children so they can do their homework," said Governor Susana > Martinez. "And now they are doubling their presence in New Mexico and > creating 450 new and well-paying jobs in Albuquerque.New Mexico continues > to attract new businesses while encouraging existing companies to grow > their commitment to our state, and Comcast is the latest example of the > progress we're making in bolstering our private sector. > > "Employees at the new call centerwill provide support for Comcast > residential products and services, handling calls primarily from > Spanish-speaking customers across the country, as well as calls in English. > > "This new facility represents our latest investment in the tools, > technologies and people that will help improve our customers' experiences > with us,'' said Chris Dunkeson, Area Vice President for Comcast in New > Mexico. "When our customers reach this call center, they will be > connected with agents who are best equipped to help with their specific > needs." > > "We applaud Comcast for locating this facility in Albuquerque. Our > community boasts of a qualified and culturally diverse workforce which is > one of our great strengths as a city,'' said Mayor Richard J. Berry. "This > announcement reinforces what we've known all along -that Albuquerque is a > great place to do business, and Comcast's presence here will help us > underscore that message." > > The 51,000 square-foot, 450-seat facility is located at 4611 Montbel Place > NE. When renovations are complete, this state-of-the-art facility will also > have best-in-class industry technologies for servicing customers, including > a cafeteria and a fitness center for employees. > > Comcast will begin advertising and posting new positions within the next > month. Those interested in employment opportunities with Comcast can learn > more at upcoming area career fairs and are encouraged to review job > profiles and opportunities atjobs.comcast.comwhere they can also apply for > positions. > > About Comcast Cable:Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, > high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the > XFINITY brand and also provides these services to > businesses.Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network > that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers > personalized video, communications and home management offerings.Comcast > Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media > and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more > information. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Dec 12 11:08:10 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:08:10 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Announcements Message-ID: <7CAAFB59-E3FD-48E5-9E2B-1E9B204A048C@1st-mile.org> From the Baller Herbst Law Group list: FCC Increases Rural Broadband Speeds Under Connect America Fund to 10 Mbps for Providers Who Benefit from Connect America Support, despite comments from Verizon and AT&T urging the FCC to keep speeds at 4 Mbps. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1211/DOC-330989A1.pdf FCC announces additional steps to "modernize" the E-rate program including $1.5 billion in additional spending per year. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1212/DOC-330986A1.pdf --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Dec 12 17:22:22 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:22:22 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Udall to Join Senate Commerce Committee References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B54B0152@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: <1F620962-4916-4239-94D9-EDFE3AC52EFD@1st-mile.org> Begin forwarded message: > From: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" > Date: December 12, 2014 4:23:37 PM MST > To: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" > Subject: Udall to Join Senate Commerce Committee > > Press release pasted below on Sen. Udall rejoining the Senate Commerce Committee. > > Regards, > > Kevin > > Kevin Cummins > Senior Legislative Assistant > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > (202) 224-6621 > kevin_cummins at tomudall.senate.gov > > Connect with Tom at tomudall.senate.gov > > > > > > For Immediate Release > December 12, 2014 > Contact: Jennifer Talhelm > 202.228.6870 | news at tomudall.senate.gov| @TomUdallPress > > > > Udall to Join Senate Commerce Committee > Assignment positions Udall to fight for issues critical to N.M. communities: Trade, broadband Internet, space, technology transfer, consumer safety > > WASHINGTON ? Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall announced that beginning in January 2015 (the 114th Congress), he will return to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Udall will also serve on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, and Rules committees. Udall previously served on the Commerce Committee from 2009-2012. > > ?Returning to the Commerce Committee, in combination with my other committee assignments, puts me in an exciting position to fight for issues that will help create jobs and build New Mexico?s economy ? from trade and transportation to technology and the rapidly evolving space industry. > > ?I believe New Mexico has all the building blocks for a strong high-tech sector, including our universities and research facilities, entrepreneurs and established companies that want to commercialize new technologies. Now is the time to encourage innovation and investments that will benefit our state and national economy for years to come. > > ?We are also at a critical point in the expansion of broadband Internet, which is vital for small business, education and health care, particularly in rural communities. I intend to use my position to step up the fight to ensure every community in New Mexico has high-speed Internet access. > > ?Finally, since my days as New Mexico?s Attorney General, I have worked to strengthen consumer protection. I?m proud of my contributions to keep drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel, improve youth sports safety, prevent cell phone ?bill shock,? and protect consumers from fraud, and the Commerce Committee gives me a position to fight to ensure New Mexicans have the tools they need to protect themselves and their families.? > > The Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee has broad jurisdiction over federal agencies and laws that govern aviation, communications, consumer affairs, highway and pipeline safety, railroads, science, and space policies. > > > ####### > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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The properties are near several existing Baja markets in the state which will increase Baja?s geographic concentration in New Mexico. All five Comcast employees supporting the Lovington and Socorro communities will retain their jobs and transfer to Baja Broadband. ?We plan to perform a complete system rebuild to provide nationally competitive TV, phone and high speed Internet services for customers in both Lovington and Socorro,? explains Mark Barber, vice president of Cable Operations for TDS Telecom and Baja Broadband. ?We expect our new products to be head and shoulders above the local phone company and existing cable offerings.? (snip) TDS Baja Broadband LLC, headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., employs 260 people and passes more than 210,000 homes. Baja Broadband is a full service telecommunications company offering residential and commercial video, high-speed Internet, phone and data services in communities throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Visit bajabroadband.com. Baja Broadband is a TDS? Company. TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wis., operates OneNeck? IT Solutions LLC and TDS Baja Broadband LLC. Combined, the company employs 3,100 people. Visit tdstelecom.com. Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 500? company, provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular?. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employs 10,600 people. Visit teldta.com. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Many of those who don?t currently access it, cite lack of sufficient access in west-central New Mexico and its cost as factors that prohibit them from being connected to the digital age from the comfort of their rural, service-area homes. CDEC?s survey was intended to determine the market need and whether the co-op should continue its ongoing effort to find a way to bridge the broadband divide to improve the quality of life for those the co-op serves. CDEC?s effort has been underway since 2012 and will likely continue into 2015, working with potential Internet providers, grant writers, state and local government officials, and industry experts. ?There is still a need to position ourselves to apply for federal money expected to be made available in the coming years for build-out of broadband infrastructure, namely fiber optics, in rural areas,? CDEC General Manager Robert E. Castillo, P.E., said. ?It?s not going to happen as fast as many would like it to; it?s going to be a longer-term process, unless we get a break and are able to make it happen quicker,? Castillo said. CDEC had hoped that ?break? would occur this year, but the Federal Communications Commission only allocated $100 million in grant money to support a pilot program to build rural broadband, making it highly unlikely any one applicant would be awarded the sizeable amount needed to build in high-cost and extremely high-cost areas of the country. CDEC?s service territory falls into these categories, as they relate to the co-op, because of the lack of communication infrastructure already in place. On the bright side, the co-op already has miles and miles of utility poles in the ground that could potentially serves as anchors for equipment needed to get high-speed Internet to homes throughout the service area. ?I want to thank everyone who took the time to complete the survey. The results certainly demonstrate the current need and will be used to help Continental Divide Electric make its case, should the right opportunity present itself for the co-op to apply for future funding,? Castillo said. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Broncheau" , Ronald Scott > Subject: [TRIBAL-FirstNet] Webinar invitation: Tribal Telecom forum on FirstNet TODAY, 15 DEC 2014 > > *** PLEASE HELP DISSEMINATE *** > > Note: There is no charge to register or participate in this educational event > > FirstNet?s Request for Input on the Development of a Nationwide First Responder Network: What Tribes Need to Know > Dec. 15, 2014 -- 3:00-4:00 p.m. (EST) > Register Now! http://www.tribaltelecomconference.com/webinars/firstnet-request-for-input/ > FirstNet?s Request for Input on the Development of a Nationwide First Responder Network - Tribal Telecom and Technology Conference > Information about the Tribal Telecom 2015 conference. > Read more... > > Join us for this free webinar! The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), created in February 2012 as part of The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Act), recently sought comment on how to interpret certain provisions within the Act, including provisions impacting Tribal governments. > > This Webinar provides an introduction to FirstNet, and discusses the recent request for comment. 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Is this acquisition removing a provider from a market? Which is to say, are these communities where TDS is basically buying out its competition? Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > > From back in June: > > > http://www.tdstelecom.com/MediaRoom/Article.aspx?id=c998181e-f98b-4b96-ac9f-70d4ba8c7701 > > > June 03, 2014 > > Broadband provider to expand services, upgrade network in Lovington and > Socorro > > TDS Baja Broadband LLC (Baja Broadband) announces the purchase of two > cable markets in Lovington and Socorro, New Mexico from Comcast Cable > for approx. $1.9 million. The deal was completed on June 2, 2014 > following required regulatory and local franchise authority approvals. > > The properties are near several existing Baja markets in the state > which will increase Baja?s geographic concentration in New Mexico. All > five Comcast employees supporting the Lovington and Socorro communities > will retain their jobs and transfer to Baja Broadband. > > ?We plan to perform a complete system rebuild to provide nationally > competitive TV, phone and high speed Internet services for customers in > both Lovington and Socorro,? explains Mark Barber, vice president of Cable > Operations for TDS Telecom and Baja Broadband. ?We expect our new products > to be head and shoulders above the local phone company and existing > cable offerings.? > > (snip) > > > TDS Baja Broadband LLC, headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., employs > 260 people and passes more than 210,000 homes. Baja Broadband is > a full service telecommunications company offering residential and > commercial video, high-speed Internet, phone and data services in > communities throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and > Utah. Visit bajabroadband.com. > > Baja Broadband is a TDS? Company. TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, > Wis., operates OneNeck? IT Solutions LLC and TDS Baja Broadband LLC. > Combined, the company employs 3,100 people. Visit tdstelecom.com. > > Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 500? company, > provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted > and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide > through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular?. Founded in 1969 > and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employs 10,600 > people. Visit teldta.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Dec 15 09:57:16 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:57:16 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] TDS Acquires Baja Broadband in 2013 In-Reply-To: References: <4F9A9F78-C56D-4DBE-B013-BEA90740F581@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: <505CD5F9-7DEC-4300-BD90-B8427D42CB8A@1st-mile.org> Chris, Here's an article from 2013 (excerpt) that provides requested context. RL ------- Telephone and Data Systems Agrees to Acquire Baja Broadband Supports TDS Telecom broadband and video growth strategy http://www.mcpartners.com/news/articles/?doc=tds-baja CHICAGO, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], parent company to TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS Telecom), today announced an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Baja Broadband, LLC ("Baja"), a cable company headquartered in Alamogordo, New Mexico, for a purchase price of $267.5 million, subject to working capital and other adjustments. Baja generated annual revenues of $82.4 million in 2012, and has approximately 285 employees. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013, pending regulatory approvals. Baja Broadband is a full-service communications company, providing video, high-speed broadband and voice services to residential and commercial customers in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. "Baja Broadband is a natural extension of our existing businesses, with significant potential to deliver increased returns over time," said David A. Wittwer , president and CEO, TDS Telecom. "Our strategy is to leverage our expertise and existing platform and technologies to accelerate growth in underserved, high-potential markets. We plan to build on Baja's solid customer base and upgraded network to increase penetration and revenues with new services and products and outstanding customer experiences. And our experience with commercial customers will enable us to target new services and products to this fast-growing sector in Baja's service areas." As of Dec. 31, 2012, Baja passed approximately 212,000 homes, with approximately 74,000 video subscribers, 56,000 high-speed broadband subscribers and 15,000 digital voice subscribers. Approximately 96 percent of Baja's network is equipped to deliver high-speed, high-capacity broadband and video services. (Snip) ------------ On Dec 15, 2014, at 9:03 AM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: > Can someone provide a little more context? Is this acquisition removing a provider from a market? Which is to say, are these communities where TDS is basically buying out its competition? > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 > -------------- > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > From back in June: > > http://www.tdstelecom.com/MediaRoom/Article.aspx?id=c998181e-f98b-4b96-ac9f-70d4ba8c7701 > > June 03, 2014 > > Broadband provider to expand services, upgrade network in Lovington and Socorro > > TDS Baja Broadband LLC (Baja Broadband) announces the purchase of two cable markets in Lovington and Socorro, New Mexico from Comcast Cable for approx. $1.9 million. The deal was completed on June 2, 2014 following required regulatory and local franchise authority approvals. > > The properties are near several existing Baja markets in the state which will increase Baja?s geographic concentration in New Mexico. All five Comcast employees supporting the Lovington and Socorro communities will retain their jobs and transfer to Baja Broadband. > > ?We plan to perform a complete system rebuild to provide nationally competitive TV, phone and high speed Internet services for customers in both Lovington and Socorro,? explains Mark Barber, vice president of Cable Operations for TDS Telecom and Baja Broadband. ?We expect our new products to be head and shoulders above the local phone company and existing cable offerings.? > > (snip) > > > TDS Baja Broadband LLC, headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., employs 260 people and passes more than 210,000 homes. Baja Broadband is a full service telecommunications company offering residential and commercial video, high-speed Internet, phone and data services in communities throughout Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Visit bajabroadband.com. > > Baja Broadband is a TDS? Company. TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wis., operates OneNeck? IT Solutions LLC and TDS Baja Broadband LLC. Combined, the company employs 3,100 people. Visit tdstelecom.com. > > Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS], a Fortune 500? company, provides wireless; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice; and hosted and managed services to approximately 5.8 million customers nationwide through its subsidiaries TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular?. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employs 10,600 people. Visit teldta.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Dec 16 09:26:40 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:26:40 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink and Windstream say FCC's CAF-II Timeline is Too Restrictive Message-ID: This is not just a rural matter, as in NM's capitol city and other populated centers, there are neighborhoods max'd at 1.5Mb down/.5Mb up DSL. RL --------- CenturyLink + Windstream say FCC's CAF-II timeline is too restrictive December 15, 2014 | By Sean Buckley http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/centurylink-windstream-say-fccs-caf-ii-timeline-too-restrictive/2014-12-15 CenturyLink and Windstream are prime candidates for FCC's Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF-II) since both telcos serve a large swatch of Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, but both telcos are concerned that the timeline to meet the 10/1 Mbps requirement is not realistic. The FCC ruled last week that service providers that want to take advantage of CAF funding will have to deliver broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. By increasing the requirement from 4/1 Mbps, the regulator said that it will be able to make certain that rural consumers get the same broadband speeds that 99 percent of urban Americans receive. Steve Davis, executive vice president for Public Policy and Government Relations for CenturyLink, said in a statement that while the CAF-II program will enable it to bring broadband service to more rural customers that don't have any service today, the "effect of the program will be smaller than originally anticipated." "In particular, we're disappointed that after taking more than three years to write this order, the FCC has adopted such a restrictive timeline for the build-out to high-cost areas that we will not be able to build facilities to many of our rural customers," Davis said. "This means that customers in many of the areas that are most difficult to reach will have to wait until the FCC adopts workable auction rules before learning whether or not they will be eligible to receive broadband service." Windstream expressed a similar concern in a filing, saying that in order to meet the 10/1 Mbps requirement, it would also need a longer buildout and support term. The service provider suggested to the FCC that it allow service providers an additional year to conduct buildouts under the CAF-II program. "Providing 10/1 Mbps service in high-cost areas will require a massive extension of fiber, new remote terminal equipment, and reconfiguration of existing copper," Windstream wrote in a letter to the FCC. "Windstream would have to nearly triple its network deployment to meet even a six-year build-out requirement. Moreover, increasing build-out capacity is not simply a matter of increased manpower, but includes various factors beyond Windstream's control, such as supply of fiber and network equipment, a limited number of qualified third-party vendors, rights of way issues, and the cooperation of electric companies." Already, Windstream is extending service to nearly 110,000 new homes and upgrading about 100,000 existing lines to support broadband through Round Two of the Rural Utilities Service's Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) and Round Two of CAF Phase I. The service provider pointed out that BIP had a three-year deadline that has been extended for nearly two additional years because"[w]eather, seasonal conditions, and project volumes have posed challenges for ... suppliers of goods and services and awardees." Windstream said that in CAF-II, the service provider will have to extend broadband service to nearly 420,000 locations--twice as many that it addressed with BIP and CAF-I--and several locations are in higher cost areas than what was in the previous programs. During the CAF II program, the service provider will face an additional challenge of fighting to get access to vendor equipment and contractor resources. "In CAF Phase II, Windstream will be required to provide broadband service to approximately 420,000 locations--twice as many as will be addressed with BIP and CAF Phase I, and many of which are higher-cost than the BIP and CAF Phase I locations," Windstream wrote. "Moreover, the CAF Phase II program as a whole is supporting the provision of broadband service to more than 4.2 million locations, and Windstream will be competing with other providers for a limited quantity of third-party vendors and contractors." For more: - see CenturyLink's statement - here's Windstream's filing Related articles: FCC sets 10 Mbps as new rural broadband starting point CenturyLink, Frontier say CAF-II should support 10/1 Mbps in all high-cost areas --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Dec 18 09:37:06 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:37:06 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USDA Seeks Applications for Community Connect Broadband Grants Message-ID: <1844A98B-5AA6-435F-84B9-0FEBE5EC71B6@1st-mile.org> http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/SupportDocuments/rdSACommunityConnect%20FY2015.pdf Notice of Solicitation for Applications for the Community Connect Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2015 (December 17, 2014) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is soliciting applications for Fiscal Year (FY )2015 for the Community Connect Grant Program. The program provides grants to establish broadband in rural communities where it is currently not available, and where it can have a tremendous positive impact on the quality of life for rural residents. The minimum amount of g rants awarded will be $100,000; the maximum is $3,000,000. The deadline for applications to be submitted is February 17, 2015. For additional details and information on how to apply, see pages 75120-75124 of the December 17 Federal Register --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Dec 19 18:55:54 2014 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:55:54 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Cuba and the Internet Message-ID: <2C968190-7016-4309-B1F8-A902A00D5578@1st-mile.org> This posting is not about Cuba, NM. It is about the Island of Cuba, and its potential, long-awaited connectivity to the Internet and the world. 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