From tom at jtjohnson.com Thu Jan 1 12:43:18 2015 From: tom at jtjohnson.com (Tom Johnson) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 13:43:18 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Broadband findings you may have missed | Center for Public Integrity Message-ID: http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/12/31/16556/broadband-findings-you-may-have-missed -tom johnson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Jan 5 11:40:13 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 12:40:13 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] KCEC: Fiber to Taos Pueblo, Sipapu Ski Area and Red River Fish Hatchery Message-ID: Kit Carson CEO, Luis Reyes and Kit Carson Technologies have announced that Kit Carson Electric and its Fiber-To-The-Home Project has completed connection to three major service sites. Of most importance is Taos Pueblo, one of only 8 designated World Heritage Sites and historically known for their simplistic way of life, is now the first Tribal entity and first on Kit Carson's network receiving 1Gb of Internet service. Additionally, Sipapu Ski Resort which is one of four remote multi-seasonal Ski and play destinations in Taos County, is also receiving high speed internet thanks to KCE/T, and lastly the mountain based Red River Fish Hatchery, a State of NM Dept. of Game and Fish run hatchery, which was previously only able to access a copper T-1 line, is now enjoying symmetrical fiber optic speeds as well. For copies of the Press Releases and for further information, contact: Andrew T. Gonzales, 575-779-4408 agonzales at kitcarson.com Public Affairs & Broadband Marketing Kit Carson Electric Coop/Technologies www.kitcarson.com --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Jan 7 20:03:14 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 21:03:14 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by FCC Chairman Message-ID: <9851B5B2-9A91-43F0-9FA3-933F33CBF699@1st-mile.org> Title II for Internet providers is all but confirmed by FCC Chairman http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/title-ii-for-internet-providers-is-all-but-confirmed-by-fcc-chairman/ Tom Wheeler says exactly what giant broadband providers didn't want to hear. by Megan Geuss - Jan 7 2015 LAS VEGAS?In a one-on-one discussion with Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President Gary Shapiro, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler implied that Title II of the Communications Act will be the basis for new net neutrality rules governing the broadband industry. Title II lets the FCC regulate telecommunications providers as common carriers, and President Obama urged the commission to use Title II to impose net neutrality rules that ban blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization. ISPs have strongly resisted being subject to Title II, fearing that it could lead to rate regulation and other onerous provisions that apply to the traditional telephone network, which is also regulated under Title II. In thinking about how to regulate broadband, Wheeler told Shapiro on Wednesday that the FCC considered two sides. ?First you want to make sure that innovators have access to open Internet. The other [side] is that you have to create an environment to provide sufficient incentives to ISPs who want to invest and build out.? Previous approaches that relied on other FCC authority had to impose a "commercially reasonable" test on whether ISP behavior was appropriate, "and it became obvious that commercially reasonable could be interpreted as what is reasonable for the ISPs, not what is reasonable for consumers or innovators," Wheeler said. "And that's the wrong question and the wrong answer because the issue here is how do we make sure that consumers and innovators have open access to networks. That led us to a more robust investigation of the well established concept of just and reasonable, which is a Title II concept. And as I said, Title II has always been something that was on the table. So last summer we began investigating various approaches using title II as a way to get to just and reasonable because it has the best protections." Wheeler seemed to dismiss the "hybrid" Title II idea he floated several months ago and embrace Obama's more direct approach. Big ISPs were vocally against the FCC?s ideas and the president?s statements, but Wheeler said that opposition was mostly just talk. ?After the president said what he said about Title II, we still had a record bidding for spectrum from ISPs and continued announcements about new gigabit plants going out," he said. ?What's interesting also is that other ISPs, smaller ISPs, like the rural carriers, competitive ISPs, have all come in and said, 'we like Title II, we hope you?ll do Title II,'" Wheeler added. ?Have they read Title II?? Shapiro quipped. Web companies shouldn't be able to buy priority network access, Wheeler says Wheeler went in to a little more depth about the upcoming proposed rules, which he says will be circulated within the Commission on February 5 and voted on on February 26. The chairman?who formerly led cable and wireless industry trade groups?said that in the '90s he worked on the industry side as the FCC crafted section 332 of the Communications Act dealing with mobile services and he implied that the section informed the way the FCC has structured the proposed rules. ?It just so happens that 20 years ago I was the guy that negotiated on behalf of the wireless industry to establish Section 332," Wheeler said. ?Section 332 says that wireless should be regulated under Title II as a common carrier, except that the FCC is instructed to forbear from onerous provisions and inappropriate provisions of Title II, except for section 201 and 202, which is just and reasonable, and Section 208, which is consumer protection," he added. Sections 201, 202, and 208 include requirements for reasonable rates and practices, a prohibition against unjust or unreasonable discrimination in rates and practices, and the establishment of a complaint process. Wireless voice?but not data?is regulated under Title II. The FCC could reclassify both fixed and wireless broadband as Title II if it so chooses. ?So I say to myself, 'ok there is a way to do Title II right, and sure there are many ways to do Title II that would thwart investment, but there are other ways to do Title II,'? Wheeler told Shapiro on stage. ?We ought to take a look at how that fits together with consumer protection.? Wheeler urged listeners to look at the wireless industry under Title II to see how the FCC might enforce it. ?There is no need to file tariffs, there is no need to file all these informational activities,? Wheeler said. ?The problem we had at that time [in the 90?s] was the wireless industry was having to go before state commissions to change rates.? Having the FCC approve all rate changes, Wheeler seemed to imply, is not what he wants. Obama has also said the FCC should not impose rate regulation. ?We?re gonna have rules that say?we're going to propose rules that say, 'no blocking, no throttling, no paid prioritization,' and that there is a yardstick against which behavior should be measured, and that yardstick was 'just and reasonable,'" he said. After Wheeler's extensive comments on Title II, Shapiro summed up, saying, "what I heard you say is, without totally confirming it, is you're going down the Title II path, [and] that the wireless model is a good model, and the wireless model said forbear by law except for a couple of sections." Wheeler did not dispute that assessment. Wheeler also said the commission's rules against paid prioritization won't ban all forms of prioritization. For example, he said that as a federal official he is able to get priority access to networks during national emergencies. "There are instances where priority makes a whole heck of a lot of sense," he said. "We?ve recognized that there are some instances where prioritization makes sense but there are many other instances where you come in and can buy your way into a better position because you have deep pockets or whatever that we may want to look askance at." --------------------------------------------------------- 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 know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: > http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > SPJ Region 9 Director > tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 > =================================== > > _______________________________________________ > 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 christopher at newrules.org Sat Jan 10 11:54:20 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:54:20 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just saw a similar article on Ars - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross wrote: > And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly > subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a > half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated > by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. > It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, > but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 > GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength > gets so low so fast... > > And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave > oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. > On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: > >> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >> >> =================================== >> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >> Santa Fe, NM >> SPJ Region 9 Director >> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >> =================================== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Sat Jan 10 12:49:51 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:49:51 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > I just saw a similar article on Ars - > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: > >> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you >> randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I >> know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be >> replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double >> blind. >> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some >> wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi >> at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but >> signal strength gets so low so fast... >> >> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave >> oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >> >>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>> >>> =================================== >>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>> Santa Fe, NM >>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>> =================================== >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 jhill at cybermesa.com Sat Jan 10 16:22:29 2015 From: jhill at cybermesa.com (Jane M. Hill) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:22:29 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54B1C245.8030403@cybermesa.com> I just think it's wonderful that there's a place where electrosensitive people can find solace. *** Jane *** Cyber Mesa Telecom Santa Fe Headquarters Tel 505-988-9200 /Local Contact Numbers/ On 01/10/2015 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus > program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story > zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s > "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a > reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a > few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell > > wrote: > > I just saw a similar article on Ars - > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > > wrote: > > And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where > you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn > out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, > only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but > used methodologies not quite double blind. > It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some > wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 > Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, > there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... > > And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have > microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. > > On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" > wrote: > > http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > SPJ Region 9 Director > tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 > > =================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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RL "From HAM radio to WiFi to the Future of the Net" Streamed live on Jan 10, 2015 An Historic Conversation with Dave Hughes + Dewayne Hendricks, hosted live from the Dwingeloo radio telescope in The Netherlands, a well known HAM radio site, in collaboration with the CAMRAS team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbTbzs1-uMA --------------------------------------------------------- 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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The oven running added to that reading in the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background radiation that he also claimed was minor. Hard to get away from that. S On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell > wrote: I just saw a similar article on Ars - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. 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URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Sun Jan 11 20:34:45 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:34:45 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hah! It is also an issue for Green Bank astronomers. Like light-wavelength astronomers, they do most of their sensitive work after the sun is down, and the earth itself shields them from the sun. Look, I'm willing to bet there are some people who are sensitive to some frequencies. At Columbia University, where one of my tasks was accommodating students sensitive to light flicker on CRT screens and from fluorescent fixtures (these things can trigger seizures by stimulating the optic nerve through the eyes), we were able to document sensitivities to flyback transformers on old CRTs. We avoided classroom settings where students were close to the backs of CRTs in the next row, for instance. And we quickly replaced CRTs that showed signs of overscan. But those babies put out enormous electromagnetic fluctuations, and even xrays, as they moved the electron beam in the CRTs across the screens. But I just have a hard time believing folks who think a proposed cell tower 3000 feet away produces more exposure than their own cell phone a few inches away. And I have a hard time understanding why someone might have brain or body configured to sense a wide range of frequencies. BTW, my wife has hearing that is super-sensitive to high frequency SOUND. She can often tell when a cell phone in someone's pocket is on or off -- one of the key pieces of evidence of sensitivity cited in the article. She can almost always tell if a supposedly "off" item is drawing a little power and thus producing a little hiss. Mens' voices typically peak at around 1 kHz and women at nearly 2 kHz. The hiss is often over 10KHz so it is easy to pick out in a crowded room. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Steve Cimelli < steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz> wrote: > Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we > had a clamp break inside a microwave. > > The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before > and after the fix. I was standing there as he > brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the > background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged > the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He > said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The > reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor > that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic > spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in > the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background > radiation that he also claimed was minor. > > Hard to get away from that. > > S > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program > in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the > broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." > The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up > with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major > cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > >> I just saw a similar article on Ars - >> >> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ >> >> Christopher Mitchell >> Director, Community Broadband Networks >> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >> >> http://www.muninetworks.org >> @communitynets >> 612-276-3456 x209 >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross >> wrote: >> >>> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you >>> randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I >>> know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be >>> replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double >>> blind. >>> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some >>> wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi >>> at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but >>> signal strength gets so low so fast... >>> >>> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave >>> oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >>> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>>> >>>> =================================== >>>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>>> =================================== >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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And we quickly replaced CRTs that showed signs of overscan. But those babies put out enormous electromagnetic fluctuations, and even xrays, as they moved the electron beam in the CRTs across the screens. But I just have a hard time believing folks who think a proposed cell tower 3000 feet away produces more exposure than their own cell phone a few inches away. And I have a hard time understanding why someone might have brain or body configured to sense a wide range of frequencies. BTW, my wife has hearing that is super-sensitive to high frequency SOUND. She can often tell when a cell phone in someone's pocket is on or off -- one of the key pieces of evidence of sensitivity cited in the article. She can almost always tell if a supposedly "off" item is drawing a little power and thus producing a little hiss. Mens' voices typically peak at around 1 kHz and women at nearly 2 kHz. The hiss is often over 10KHz so it is easy to pick out in a crowded room. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Steve Cimelli < steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz> wrote: > Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we > had a clamp break inside a microwave. > > The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before > and after the fix. I was standing there as he > brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the > background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged > the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He > said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The > reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor > that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic > spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in > the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background > radiation that he also claimed was minor. > > Hard to get away from that. > > S > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program > in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the > broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." > The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up > with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major > cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > >> I just saw a similar article on Ars - >> >> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ >> >> Christopher Mitchell >> Director, Community Broadband Networks >> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >> >> http://www.muninetworks.org >> @communitynets >> 612-276-3456 x209 >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross >> wrote: >> >>> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you >>> randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I >>> know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be >>> replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double >>> blind. >>> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some >>> wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi >>> at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but >>> signal strength gets so low so fast... >>> >>> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave >>> oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >>> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>>> >>>> =================================== >>>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>>> =================================== >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Jan 11 20:34:45 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:34:45 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hah! It is also an issue for Green Bank astronomers. Like light-wavelength astronomers, they do most of their sensitive work after the sun is down, and the earth itself shields them from the sun. Look, I'm willing to bet there are some people who are sensitive to some frequencies. At Columbia University, where one of my tasks was accommodating students sensitive to light flicker on CRT screens and from fluorescent fixtures (these things can trigger seizures by stimulating the optic nerve through the eyes), we were able to document sensitivities to flyback transformers on old CRTs. We avoided classroom settings where students were close to the backs of CRTs in the next row, for instance. And we quickly replaced CRTs that showed signs of overscan. But those babies put out enormous electromagnetic fluctuations, and even xrays, as they moved the electron beam in the CRTs across the screens. But I just have a hard time believing folks who think a proposed cell tower 3000 feet away produces more exposure than their own cell phone a few inches away. And I have a hard time understanding why someone might have brain or body configured to sense a wide range of frequencies. BTW, my wife has hearing that is super-sensitive to high frequency SOUND. She can often tell when a cell phone in someone's pocket is on or off -- one of the key pieces of evidence of sensitivity cited in the article. She can almost always tell if a supposedly "off" item is drawing a little power and thus producing a little hiss. Mens' voices typically peak at around 1 kHz and women at nearly 2 kHz. The hiss is often over 10KHz so it is easy to pick out in a crowded room. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Steve Cimelli < steve at preferredbusinesssolutions.biz> wrote: > Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we > had a clamp break inside a microwave. > > The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before > and after the fix. I was standing there as he > brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the > background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged > the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He > said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The > reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor > that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic > spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in > the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background > radiation that he also claimed was minor. > > Hard to get away from that. > > S > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program > in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the > broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." > The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up > with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major > cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > >> I just saw a similar article on Ars - >> >> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ >> >> Christopher Mitchell >> Director, Community Broadband Networks >> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >> >> http://www.muninetworks.org >> @communitynets >> 612-276-3456 x209 >> >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross >> wrote: >> >>> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you >>> randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I >>> know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be >>> replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double >>> blind. >>> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some >>> wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi >>> at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but >>> signal strength gets so low so fast... >>> >>> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave >>> oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >>> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>>> >>>> =================================== >>>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>>> =================================== >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 gurstein at gmail.com Sun Jan 11 22:03:47 2015 From: gurstein at gmail.com (michael gurstein) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 08:03:47 +0200 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01b301d02e2d$966f7fc0$c34e7f40$@gmail.com> FWIW I have a strong reaction to conventional fluorescent bulbs. I can't focus, sore eyes, get nervous and agitated, slight headache. We had those in our kitchen then replaced them with full spectrum bulbs and the problem went away. I need to stay out of conventional offices/classrooms where those are present. >From conversations and reviewing the sales/availability of full spectrum bulbs I gather my sensitivity is fairly common. M From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Steve Cimelli Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:08 AM To: Steve Ross Cc: Christopher Mitchell; Tom Johnson; 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we had a clamp break inside a microwave. The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before and after the fix. I was standing there as he brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background radiation that he also claimed was minor. Hard to get away from that. S On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: I just saw a similar article on Ars - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek -haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross wrote: And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. 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URL: From paulwhitesf at gmail.com Mon Jan 12 01:30:52 2015 From: paulwhitesf at gmail.com (Paul White) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 02:30:52 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5066114A-BF66-4EC1-91B7-099A7764D646@gmail.com> I can hear some voltage inverters (110 to DC). Have to track them down in my house because the sound is so annoying. Also have a problem with the sound of some fluorescent fixtures. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 11, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > Hah! It is also an issue for Green Bank astronomers. Like light-wavelength astronomers, they do most of their sensitive work after the sun is down, and the earth itself shields them from the sun. > > Look, I'm willing to bet there are some people who are sensitive to some frequencies. At Columbia University, where one of my tasks was accommodating students sensitive to light flicker on CRT screens and from fluorescent fixtures (these things can trigger seizures by stimulating the optic nerve through the eyes), we were able to document sensitivities to flyback transformers on old CRTs. We avoided classroom settings where students were close to the backs of CRTs in the next row, for instance. And we quickly replaced CRTs that showed signs of overscan. But those babies put out enormous electromagnetic fluctuations, and even xrays, as they moved the electron beam in the CRTs across the screens. > > But I just have a hard time believing folks who think a proposed cell tower 3000 feet away produces more exposure than their own cell phone a few inches away. And I have a hard time understanding why someone might have brain or body configured to sense a wide range of frequencies. > > BTW, my wife has hearing that is super-sensitive to high frequency SOUND. She can often tell when a cell phone in someone's pocket is on or off -- one of the key pieces of evidence of sensitivity cited in the article. She can almost always tell if a supposedly "off" item is drawing a little power and thus producing a little hiss. Mens' voices typically peak at around 1 kHz and women at nearly 2 kHz. The hiss is often over 10KHz so it is easy to pick out in a crowded room. > > > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Steve Cimelli wrote: >> Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we had a clamp break inside a microwave. >> >> The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before and after the fix. I was standing there as he >> brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged >> the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He said ?follow me? and walked to the window. The >> reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic >> spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background >> radiation that he also claimed was minor. >> >> Hard to get away from that. >> >> S >> >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: >> >> Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. >> >> Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. >> >> >> >> Steve Ross >> Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: >>> I just saw a similar article on Ars - >>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ >>> >>> Christopher Mitchell >>> Director, Community Broadband Networks >>> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >>> >>> http://www.muninetworks.org >>> @communitynets >>> 612-276-3456 x209 >>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross wrote: >>>> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. >>>> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... >>>> >>>> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >>>> >>>>> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >>>>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>>>> >>>>> =================================== >>>>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>>>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>>>> =================================== >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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At Columbia University, where one of my tasks was accommodating students sensitive to light flicker on CRT screens and from fluorescent fixtures (these things can trigger seizures by stimulating the optic nerve through the eyes), we were able to document sensitivities to flyback transformers on old CRTs. We avoided classroom settings where students were close to the backs of CRTs in the next row, for instance. And we quickly replaced CRTs that showed signs of overscan. But those babies put out enormous electromagnetic fluctuations, and even xrays, as they moved the electron beam in the CRTs across the screens. > > But I just have a hard time believing folks who think a proposed cell tower 3000 feet away produces more exposure than their own cell phone a few inches away. And I have a hard time understanding why someone might have brain or body configured to sense a wide range of frequencies. > > BTW, my wife has hearing that is super-sensitive to high frequency SOUND. She can often tell when a cell phone in someone's pocket is on or off -- one of the key pieces of evidence of sensitivity cited in the article. She can almost always tell if a supposedly "off" item is drawing a little power and thus producing a little hiss. Mens' voices typically peak at around 1 kHz and women at nearly 2 kHz. The hiss is often over 10KHz so it is easy to pick out in a crowded room. > > > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Steve Cimelli wrote: >> Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we had a clamp break inside a microwave. >> >> The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before and after the fix. I was standing there as he >> brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged >> the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He said ?follow me? and walked to the window. The >> reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic >> spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background >> radiation that he also claimed was minor. >> >> Hard to get away from that. >> >> S >> >> >> >> On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: >> >> Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. >> >> Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. >> >> >> >> Steve Ross >> Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: >>> I just saw a similar article on Ars - >>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ >>> >>> Christopher Mitchell >>> Director, Community Broadband Networks >>> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >>> >>> http://www.muninetworks.org >>> @communitynets >>> 612-276-3456 x209 >>> >>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross wrote: >>>> And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. >>>> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... >>>> >>>> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. >>>> >>>>> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: >>>>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ >>>>> >>>>> =================================== >>>>> Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism >>>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>>> SPJ Region 9 Director >>>>> tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 >>>>> =================================== >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 JBadal at sacred-wind.com Mon Jan 12 03:25:06 2015 From: JBadal at sacred-wind.com (John Badal) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:25:06 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Several years ago the AZ legislature was considering a bill to ban the use of cellphones at the gas pump for fear of an electromagnetic ignition. I suggested to one person that the car engine's starter probably was an even greater risk and that everyone might want to roll their car away from the pump before starting it. No one laughed. John Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Steve Cimelli Date:01/12/2015 5:08 AM (GMT+01:00) To: Steve Ross Cc: Christopher Mitchell ,Tom Johnson ,1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we had a clamp break inside a microwave. The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before and after the fix. I was standing there as he brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He said ?follow me? and walked to the window. The reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background radiation that he also claimed was minor. Hard to get away from that. S On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross > wrote: Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major cable company had used the phrase on me. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell > wrote: I just saw a similar article on Ars - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength gets so low so fast... And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. 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URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Mon Jan 12 06:46:28 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:46:28 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: <01b301d02e2d$966f7fc0$c34e7f40$@gmail.com> References: <01b301d02e2d$966f7fc0$c34e7f40$@gmail.com> Message-ID: The sensitivity to the flicker of old fluorescent bulbs is very common and well documented. Incandescents and new tubes "even out" the light. But the (typically) 3600 Hz off-and-on of old tubes is sensed (not by "radio" waves but by your eyes). Flicker on old CRTs (TVs and monitors), too, as the electron gun painted the 500+ lines to make the on-screen picture. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:03 AM, michael gurstein wrote: > FWIW I have a strong reaction to conventional fluorescent bulbs... I can't > focus, sore eyes, get nervous and agitated, slight headache. We had those > in our kitchen then replaced them with full spectrum bulbs and the problem > went away. I need to stay out of conventional offices/classrooms where > those are present. > > > > From conversations and reviewing the sales/availability of full spectrum > bulbs I gather my sensitivity is fairly common. > > > > M > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Cimelli > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2015 6:08 AM > *To:* Steve Ross > *Cc:* Christopher Mitchell; Tom Johnson; 1st-Mile-NM > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | > Washingtonian > > > > Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we > had a clamp break inside a microwave. > > > > The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before > and after the fix. I was standing there as he > > brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the > background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged > > the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He > said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The > > reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor > that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic > > spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in > the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background > > radiation that he also claimed was minor. > > > > Hard to get away from that. > > > > S > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > > > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program > in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the > broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." > The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up > with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major > cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > > I just saw a similar article on Ars - > > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ > > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > > http://www.muninetworks.org > > @communitynets > > 612-276-3456 x209 > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: > > And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly > subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a > half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated > by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. > It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, > but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 > GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength > gets so low so fast... > > And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave > oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. > > On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: > > http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > SPJ Region 9 Director > tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 > =================================== > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Jan 12 06:46:28 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:46:28 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian In-Reply-To: <01b301d02e2d$966f7fc0$c34e7f40$@gmail.com> References: <01b301d02e2d$966f7fc0$c34e7f40$@gmail.com> Message-ID: The sensitivity to the flicker of old fluorescent bulbs is very common and well documented. Incandescents and new tubes "even out" the light. But the (typically) 3600 Hz off-and-on of old tubes is sensed (not by "radio" waves but by your eyes). Flicker on old CRTs (TVs and monitors), too, as the electron gun painted the 500+ lines to make the on-screen picture. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:03 AM, michael gurstein wrote: > FWIW I have a strong reaction to conventional fluorescent bulbs... I can't > focus, sore eyes, get nervous and agitated, slight headache. We had those > in our kitchen then replaced them with full spectrum bulbs and the problem > went away. I need to stay out of conventional offices/classrooms where > those are present. > > > > From conversations and reviewing the sales/availability of full spectrum > bulbs I gather my sensitivity is fairly common. > > > > M > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Cimelli > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2015 6:08 AM > *To:* Steve Ross > *Cc:* Christopher Mitchell; Tom Johnson; 1st-Mile-NM > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | > Washingtonian > > > > Interesting comment Steve on the microwave oven. Several years ago we > had a clamp break inside a microwave. > > > > The technician who came to fix it tested it for microwave leakage before > and after the fix. I was standing there as he > > brought out his testing device. He first wanted to show me the > background emissions from the sun, so he unplugged > > the oven and turned on the device. It registered a small reading. He > said 'follow me' and walked to the window. The > > reading went up. He explained that the sun, unshielded fusion reactor > that it was hurled energy all over the electromagnetic > > spectrum in every direction. The oven running added to that reading in > the smallest way, but nothing compared to the background > > radiation that he also claimed was minor. > > > > Hard to get away from that. > > > > S > > > > > > On Jan 10, 2015, at 1:49 PM, Steve Ross wrote: > > > > Shows you the power of PR people to push stories for their own agendas. > > > > Remember how the NYT did a front page story on the Obama stimulus program > in 2009 as it was being considered in Congress? The story zoomed in on the > broadband package, 1% of the total program, as s "cyberbridge to nowhere." > The NYT stenographer (he called himself a reporter) said he had come up > with the phrase himself. Right. Just a few days earlier PR for a major > cable company had used the phrase on me. > > > > > Steve Ross > Editor-at-Large, 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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Mitchell < > christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > > I just saw a similar article on Ars - > > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/ > > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > > http://www.muninetworks.org > > @communitynets > > 612-276-3456 x209 > > > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross > wrote: > > And yet, almost all the double-blind challenge tests, where you randomly > subject electrosensitive people to signals, turn out negative. I know of a > half-dozen mildly positive studies, only two of which could be replicated > by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind. > It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths, > but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2 > GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength > gets so low so fast... > > And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave > oven and cordless phones emitting similar frequency. > > On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" wrote: > > http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/ > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > SPJ Region 9 Director > tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 > =================================== > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Nan On Jan 13, 2015 6:36 PM, "Richard Lowenberg" wrote: > Hot off the press. > > The White House has just released an outline of the speech President Obama > will give in Cedar Falls, Iowa tomorrow afternoon. > The President will highlight the success that Cedar Falls and other cities > have had > in bringing high-speed, low-cost Internet to their communities. > The President is expected to announce the steps he will discuss in the > State of the Union > to promote community broadband including: > a call to end laws that harm broadband service competition and > a new initiative to support community broadband projects. > > > http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/13/fact-sheet-broadband-works-promoting-competition-local-choice-next-gener > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov Wed Jan 14 10:30:33 2015 From: Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov (Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:30:33 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] President's Speech In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B54CBB66@P-ESS-SEN-EXA1.senate.ussenate.us> Richard, 1st Milers, On a related note... The White House mentions RUS Community Connect Grant opportunities in this fact sheet. If there are folks in NM or those possibly planning broadband grant applications that would benefit NM constituents, please let us know. It may be possible to organize a webinar or conference call with RUS to help interested constituents learn more about these opportunities and how to make their applications as competitive as possible. In some cases, the NM Congressional delegation can also provide letters of support for such federal grant opportunities. Thanks, Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 8:36 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] President's Speech Hot off the press. The White House has just released an outline of the speech President Obama will give in Cedar Falls, Iowa tomorrow afternoon. The President will highlight the success that Cedar Falls and other cities have had in bringing high-speed, low-cost Internet to their communities. The President is expected to announce the steps he will discuss in the State of the Union to promote community broadband including: a call to end laws that harm broadband service competition and a new initiative to support community broadband projects. http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/13/fact-sheet-broadband-works-promoting-competition-local-choice-next-gener --------------------------------------------------------- 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 nanrubin at gmail.com Wed Jan 14 11:55:17 2015 From: nanrubin at gmail.com (Nan Rubin) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:55:17 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] President's Speech In-Reply-To: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B54CBB66@P-ESS-SEN-EXA1.senate.ussenate.us> References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B54CBB66@P-ESS-SEN-EXA1.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: I'm familiar with the previous Commerce Depart. facilities and broadband programs, and have written a number of successful grants. I'm available and would LOVE to work on one (or more) for any municipalities here! ?? Nan Rubin *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) < Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov> wrote: > Richard, 1st Milers, > > > > On a related note? > > > > The White House mentions RUS Community Connect Grant opportunities in this > fact sheet. If there are folks in NM or those possibly planning broadband > grant applications that would benefit NM constituents, please let us know. > > > > It may be possible to organize a webinar or conference call with RUS to > help interested constituents learn more about these opportunities and how > to make their applications as competitive as possible. In some cases, the > NM Congressional delegation can also provide letters of support for such > federal grant opportunities. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kevin > > > > Kevin Cummins > > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *Richard Lowenberg > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2015 8:36 PM > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > *Subject:* [1st-mile-nm] President's Speech > > > > Hot off the press. > > > > The White House has just released an outline of the speech President Obama > > will give in Cedar Falls, Iowa tomorrow afternoon. > > The President will highlight the success that Cedar Falls and other cities > have had > > in bringing high-speed, low-cost Internet to their communities. > > The President is expected to announce the steps he will discuss in the > State of the Union > > to promote community broadband including: > > a call to end laws that harm broadband service competition and > > a new initiative to support community broadband projects. > > > > > http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/13/fact-sheet-broadband-works-promoting-competition-local-choice-next-gener > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > > 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org > > P. 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By Roger Snodgrass For the New Mexican The small town of Green Bank, W. Va., has a number of claims to fame, starting with being the site from which astronomer Francis Drake began a search for extraterrestrial life in the universe in 1960, testing the hypothesis that intelligent beings would be detectable by radio waves. In order to minimize extraneous signals that might interfere with the reception of radio waves, the Federal Communication Commission in 1958 designated a 13,000-square-mile area near the border between Virginia and West Virginia as a National Radio Quiet Zone in order to minimize signals that could interfere with the reception of infinitesimal gradations of radio waves. The quest to find extraterrestrial intelligence continues, so far, without success. But lately, Green Bank seems to attract more attention as a radio quiet zone than for its astronomy. An article in the current Washingtonian magazine is the latest sign of the wired-up and wireless world?s fascination with ?the other? ? what it calls ?A town without Wi-Fi.? In this and several other publications in the last few years, the tiny hamlet of Green Bank with a population listed as 143 in 2010 has been exalted as a refuge for a particular group of people who consider themselves ??electrosensitives?, that is, sensitive to various radio frequencies to the point that they feel severe pain and discomfort. There are said to be about two dozen individuals who have moved there to get away from their electric demons. The city of Santa Fe has been one of the most vocal centers of opposition to ?electromagnetic pollution,? a concern apparent in public debates about cell-tower construction, Wi-Fi service in libraries and most recently in a legal challenge to a city plan to replace current water meters with wireless devices. The argument typically involves a controversial illness known as electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a poorly defined set of maladies like allergies and obscure chemical sensitivities, that may turn out to have some basis in fact, but can be inconsistently represented and hard for the vast majority of unaffected people to understand. Richard Lowenberg, executive director of the 1st-Mile Institute, a nonprofit organization that conducts community-oriented broadband research and education, said he has been interested in the subject since the ?70s. ?There is too much noise to signal and very little appropriate work,? he said. ?Like the climate discussion, there is a lot of counterfactual information and anytime you say something, some obscure finding can be raised to contradict it.? Lowenberg said that the future of broadband depends on coordinated research at both the microscopic, cellular level and at the macroscopic, environmental level. ?Nobody is looking at electromagnetic environment as a part of our ecosystem, not as a whole system,? he said, which is why he has proposed an exemplary project called ?Mapping the Information Eco-System of the Colorado Plateau,? to get a grip on the major issues in the Four Corners region before they run away on their own. The Santa Fe Wi-Fi community has been inspired by the latest surge of interest in electromagnetic hypersensitivity. The latest article on Green Bank was posted on the group?s list serve and drew some sympathetic comments. ?I just think it?s wonderful that there?s a place where electrosensitive people can find solace,? said Jane Hill, owner of Cyber Mesa Telecom, a Santa Fe Internet provider. Steve Ross, an editor at Broadband Communities Magazine, cited a dearth of double blind challenge tests that support electrosensitivity, but he was also ?willing to bet there are some people who are sensitive to some frequencies.? Medical literature typically aims at helping a physician cope with patients who report symptoms associated with radio waves. Some medical professionals are said to acknowledge the phenomenon of hypersensitivity, but others believe it is psychosomatic or fictitious. An abstract of an article by S.J Genuis at the University of Alberta, Canada, in the journal Science of Total Environment, reports, ?Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: fact or fiction? Various organizations, including the World Health Organization as well as some nation states are carefully exploring this clinical phenomenon in order to better explain the rising prevalence of non-specific, multi-system, often debilitating symptoms? associated with the electromagnetic exposure. The author concludes that the literature is sparse and the condition perplexing. Prescribed remedy: Smart use of quiet zones and more research would seem to be very much in order. --------------------------------------------------------- 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 Jan 20 11:05:32 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:05:32 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Legislative Session ? Message-ID: <24583840-8B6F-461A-8ABB-0AE9126B860F@1st-mile.org> Question? Are there any broadband / telecom. related issues before the 2015 NM Legislative Session, which just started? If you know, please let us know. 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If I hear of anything specific I will send it to you offline. Nerissa bigbyte.cc Post Office Box 81200 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87198 nwhittington at bigbyte.cc 505.255.5422 Office 505.255.2946 Facsimile bigbyte.cc CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any documents, files or previous e-mails attached to it are confidential and may contain legally privileged information intended only for the addressee or the intended recipient. If you are not the addressee or the intended recipient of this e-mail, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this e-mail or its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, delete this e-mail and its contents and destroy any hard copies. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lowenberg" To: "1st-Mile-NM" <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:05:32 PM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Legislative Session ? Question? Are there any broadband / telecom. related issues before the 2015 NM Legislative Session, which just started? If you know, please let us know. Thanks, 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 Mike.Ripperger at state.nm.us Tue Jan 20 12:20:04 2015 From: Mike.Ripperger at state.nm.us (Ripperger, Mike, PRC) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:20:04 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Legislative Session ? In-Reply-To: <24583840-8B6F-461A-8ABB-0AE9126B860F@1st-mile.org> References: <24583840-8B6F-461A-8ABB-0AE9126B860F@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: HB 14, HB 126, SB 34, SB 67, SB 165, and SB 193 all Telecom or Broadband related. Michael Ripperger Telecommunications Bureau Chief Utility Division New Mexico Public Regulation Commission 1120 Paseo De Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone 1-505-827-6902 Fax 1-505-827-4402 From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 12:06 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Legislative Session ? Question? Are there any broadband / telecom. related issues before the 2015 NM Legislative Session, which just started? If you know, please let us know. Thanks, RL --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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To: "Tom Johnson" Cc: "Susan Boe" , "Trip Jennings" < jennings.trip at gmail.com> Here are a few: Broadband Infrastructure Fund http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=%20%2034&year=15 PRC jurisdiction over phone carriers http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=%20193&year=15 Bill IDTitleSponsor(s)HB 18 SEPARATE TAX DEDUCTIONS & EXEMPTIONSBill McCamley HB 66 INVESTMENT IN NM TECH COLLABORATIVE COMPANIESCarl Trujillo HB 126 E911 SURCHARGESRoberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales SB 7 HYDROGEN FUEL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITCarlos R. Cisneros Carl Trujillo SB 26 INVESTMENT IN NM TECH COLLABORATIVE COMPANIESMichael Padilla SB 32 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT ENTITIESMichael Padilla SB 34 BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDMichael Padilla SB 61 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT CHANGESSander Rue SB 62 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT DEFINITIONSSander Rue SB 65 REGULATION & LABELING OF NICOTINE PRODUCTSCisco McSorley SB 159 SEVERANCE TAX BOND PROJECTSCarlos R. Cisneros SB 174 STATE INVESTMENT CHANGESPeter Wirth SB 193 PRC JURISDICTION OVER LOCAL PHONE CARRIERSMichael Padilla Sarah Maestas Barnes You can keyword search on the New Mexico Legislature's website here: http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/keyword.aspx On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > ================ > Tom Johnson > ================================= > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Richard Lowenberg > Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:05 PM > Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Legislative Session ? > To: 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> > > > Question? > > Are there any broadband / telecom. related issues before the 2015 > NM Legislative Session, which just started? > > If you know, please let us know. > Thanks, > 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 Wed Jan 28 14:37:30 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:37:30 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Public Schools Fiber Network Message-ID: <7DF84142-81AD-4AB9-BDD3-CD485857A96A@1st-mile.org> Santa Fe Public Schools Brings Innovative Fiber Network to Seven New Schools with Tellabs Optical LAN (From a Tellabs PR, issued last week at an education technology conference in Florida) https://www.tellabs.com/press-releases/15/ Optical LAN enables teachers to tailor learning tools to student needs and meets future network requirements, all while lowering TCO by nearly 80 percent ORLANDO ? January 21, 2015 ? FETC Booth #364 - Tellabs, a leading provider of passive optical network (PON) solutions, today at FETC 2015 announced that Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) deployed its fiber-based Optical LAN network solution in seven additional schools, bringing the number of schools that benefit from Optical LAN to eight. By switching to fiber from the traditional copper option, students and teachers benefit from high-speed Internet and the flexibility they need to take full advantage of digital learning technologies. Tellabs Optical LAN is a simpler network. At each school, it converges voice/VoIP, data, video, Wi-Fi, security, and other services onto a single fiber and centralizes all network management functions. This gives teaching staff the flexibility to tailor the classroom and learning tools to evolving student needs and provides students with high-speed access to digital learning tools, including e-learning apps, Wi-Fi and cloud-based networking, via their desktop computers, laptops and smartphones. The flexibility of the Tellabs Optical LAN infrastructure also enables the IT staff to easily react to individual needs of each school. The technology is easy to use, and doesn?t require any additional outsourced IT resources. Because fiber offers nearly unlimited speed and capacity, this infrastructure can easily meet the evolving connectivity needs in the future, making it a more scalable option as well. All of these benefits translate to significant cost savings that schools can use elsewhere. In one school alone, Optical LAN cost $60,000 less than the copper-based solution. SFPS realized cost savings in square footage as well by eliminating the need for seven communications closets that would have otherwise been required. This enabled the district to instead build out a new classroom. Over a 10-year period, SFPS expects to save almost $2.1 million at one school alone, resulting in 80 percent lower TCO. ?With Tellabs Optical LAN, we built a network infrastructure that has it all ? it?s simple, flexible, sustainable and cost effective,? said Elias Bernardino, executive director of the SFPS technology department. ?Tellabs Optical LAN enabled us to leverage existing IT resources and reduce costs, and then apply those savings to investments in other areas of education." ?As the demand for higher Internet speeds and overall better digital learning experience rises, Tellabs answers with Optical LAN,? said Charlie Stone, vice president of North American sales at Tellabs. ?Our innovative solution is simple, flexible and scalable. It gives students fast access to school resources over a future-proof fiber-based infrastructure and schools the confidence in knowing that they are deploying an established technology that improves the overall educational experience.? At each school, Tellabs Optical LAN was installed by a leading IT system integrator IT Connect. SFPS and Tellabs will discuss the deployment in detail during a conference session titled ?Improve Digital Learning Environments by Going Against the Mainstream? at FETC 2015 on Friday, January 23 at 2:00PM. --------------------------------------------------------- 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 Feb 4 23:36:36 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 00:36:36 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Chairman Wheeler Proposes New Rules for Protecting the Open Internet Message-ID: <6862A7A3-11CC-4ABE-804D-A590096C4B2E@1st-mile.org> Here's the beginning of the long awaited FCC path forward. We'll see a lot of media attention paid to this for some time. http://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-wheeler-proposes-new-rules-protecting-open-internet Chairman Wheeler is proposing clear, sustainable, enforceable rules to preserve and protect the open Internet as a place for innovation and free expression. His common-sense proposal would replace, strengthen and supplement FCC rules struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit more than one year ago. The draft Order supports these new rules with a firm legal foundation built to withstand future challenges. The Chairman?s comprehensive proposal will be voted on the FCC?s February 26 open meeting. (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 Sat Feb 14 17:48:49 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:48:49 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: [Weekly Round-up] What Section 706 Means for Net Neutrality, Municipal Networks, and Universal Broadband References: <14b840c8dcb.5772.4ae6cc@ismtpd-021> Message-ID: <868F633D-A842-4E4E-9238-3274177F8CEB@1st-mile.org> I'm forwarding this week's excellent posting from the Benton Foundation, laying out the current federal government programs and initiatives for nationwide broadband development. RL Begin forwarded message: > From: "Benton Foundation" > Date: February 13, 2015 10:46:30 AM MST > To: rl at 1st-mile.com > Subject: [Weekly Round-up] What Section 706 Means for Net Neutrality, Municipal Networks, and Universal Broadband > Reply-To: headlines at benton.org > > View this on the web. | Manage your account. > > Submitted by Benton Foundation on behalf of Kevin Taglang on February 13, 2015 - 10:12am > What Section 706 Means for > Net Neutrality, Municipal Networks, and Universal Broadband > > > A powerful weapon with extremely wide latitude to address threats to broadband deployment and the open Internet. > In 2014, when the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down key elements of the Federal Communications Commission?s Open Internet rules, the court actually sided with the Commission?s arguments that Section 706 of the Communications Act (1), titled 'Advanced Telecommunications Incentives', gives the FCC authority to regulate broadband networks, including imposing net neutrality rules on Internet service providers. The court ruled that the law ?vests [the FCC] with affirmative authority to enact measures encouraging the deployment of broadband infrastructure.? As Andrew Jay Schwartzman wrote in Benton?s Digital Beat blog a year ago, the court gave the FCC a ?powerful weapon? with ?extremely wide latitude to address threats to broadband deployment and the open Internet.? Since Section 706 authority only kicks in when the FCC finds that ?advanced telecommunications capability? is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion, we focus today on the Commission?s latest findings on broadband deployment in the U.S. These findings will have a huge impact on major, controversial decisions before the FCC this month -- and the months ahead. > > The connection between Section 706 and the FCC?s agenda was highlighted this week when FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler traveled to Boulder, Colorado, to deliver a speech to the Silicon Flatirons Center?s conference on Digital Broadband Migration: First Principles for a Twenty First Century Innovation Policy. In his remarks, Chairman Wheeler said the FCC is in the midst of three historic decisions aimed at reaching two equally important goals: 1) economic return as an incentive for investment in broadband infrastructure; and 2) networks that are fast, fair and open for all Americans. > > > Three historic decisions aimed at bringing fast, fair and open networks to all Americans. > > Two of these three historic decisions will be reached by the FCC at its February 26 open meeting when it votes on new Open Internet/network neutrality rules and the petitions of Chattanooga (TN) and Wilson (NC) seeking relief on their states? laws restricting municipal broadband networks. Wheeler identifies these two issues as Act Two and Act Three in the overall effort. Both net neutrality and municipal broadband are controversial and garnering lots of press (as we noted just last week) . Both decisions will rely, at least in part, on the authority granted to the FCC by Congress in Section 706. > I. The FCC Considers U.S. Broadband and Finds It Lacking > > > FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler at Silicon Flatirons > > Wheeler?s Act One is what he called the ?issue of fast networks? and it has garnered much less attention than Acts Two and Three. Back on January 29, the FCC adopted the Broadband Progress Report for 2015, the annual report mandated by Section 706.(2) In its latest Broadband Progress Report, the FCC tackled two interrelated questions: 1) what now (and for the next couple of years) is advanced telecommunications capability? and 2) are all Americans able to access that capacity? > Concerning question 1, the FCC, since 2010, has considered broadband speeds of 4 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 1 Mbps upload (4 Mbps/1 Mbps) to be ?advanced.? But in looking at current deployment and adoption trends, the FCC came to understand that a new benchmark is needed for 2015. > > First, the FCC noticed that ISPs are asserting in their marketing campaigns that a minimum of 25 Mbps downstream is required to take advantage of the services widely offered and used today. > Then the FCC considered that many U.S. households are running multiple, simultaneous broadband-enabled applications. Although broadband is often measured in speed, Chairman Wheeler noted this week that the issue is really about ?the capacity to have simultaneous connectivity sufficient for the application to perform its task.? > Finally, the FCC looked at current broadband adoption and noticed what broadband speeds consumers are currently choosing when offered choice: nearly one-third of consumers are choosing 25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload (25 Mbps/3Mbps) when available. > Given all these factors, the FCC adopted 25 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload as the new benchmark for advanced telecommunications capacity for residential service. Relying on the FCC?s own E-rate Modernization docket and order, the Commission also pegged advanced telecommunications capacity for schools and libraries at, for now, 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff and, in the long-term, 1 Gigabit per second per 1,000 students and staff. > > ?With our vote two weeks ago,? Chairman Wheeler said in Boulder, ?we established a standard that anticipates and -- as the Telecommunications Act mandates -- encourages a world in which megabits per second isn?t just about whether a video buffers, but is about the world in which increasing numbers of devices will be making simultaneous demands on the network; a world in which innovation isn?t held back by network capacity.? > > Given this new standard, the FCC then considered question 2 and looked to see who has access to advanced telecommunications capacity. The good news: service of at least 25 Mbps/3 Mbps or higher is already available to 83 percent of Americans. The bad news: as of December 31, 2013, approximately 55 million -- 1 in 6 -- Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps or higher fixed broadband service. And approximately 35 percent of schools lack access to fiber, and thus likely lack access to broadband at the FCC?s shorter term benchmark of 100 Mbps per 1,000 users, and even fewer have access at the long term goal of 1 Gbps per 1,000 users. > > Moreover, a significant digital divide remains between urban and rural America even though Americans living in rural and urban areas adopt broadband at similar rates when it is available: > > Over half of all rural Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service while just 8 percent of urban Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband. > Rural America continues to be underserved at all speeds: 20 percent lack access even to service at 4 Mbps/1 Mbps, down only 1 percent from 2011, and 31 percent lack access to 10 Mbps/1 Mbps, down only 4 percent from 2011. > 63 percent of Americans living on Tribal lands (2.5 million people) lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband. 85 percent living in rural areas of Tribal lands (1.7 million people) lack access. > n/a > National Map of Fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps Broadband Service from 2015 Broadband Progress Report > > Given these gaps in availability, the FCC concluded that advanced telecommunications capability is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. And, in light of this finding, the FCC must ?take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.? > > II. Major Federal Efforts to Expand the Reach of Broadband > > > A sustained, multifaceted universal broadband agenda. > > The FCC highlights the many efforts the government has already taken to help ensure that broadband -- both wireline and wireless -- reaches all Americans. Chairman Wheeler noted this week that the FCC will disburse $11 billion through its Connect America Fund to support infrastructure build-out in rural areas. And the FCC modernized its E-rate program in 2014 to support fiber deployment to and Wi-Fi within the nation?s schools and libraries. In addition, there are a number federal efforts to improve broadband deployment and adoption: > At the White House > > Wireless Broadband Memorandum: On June 28, 2010, President Barack Obama sent all the heads of Executive departments and agencies a memorandum entitled Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution. The memorandum called on the Department of Commerce?s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to collaborate to make available a total of 500 MHz of Federal and non-Federal spectrum over the next 10 years, suitable for both mobile and fixed wireless broadband use. In early 2015, the FCC completed, in a bipartisan success story, the AWS-3 auction which brought 65 Megahertz of spectrum to market and raised nearly $45 billion dollars. > National Wireless Initiative: Building on the Wireless Broadband Memorandum, in early 2011 President Obama set the goal of enabling businesses to provide high-speed wireless services to at least 98 percent of all Americans within five years. The President?s initiative supported a large, one-time investment in and reform of the FCC?s Universal Service Fund. > Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment (Executive Order 13616): On June 14, 2012, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13616 which promotes broadband deployment in Federal buildings and rights-of-way. The EO established and charged the Broadband Deployment on Federal Property Working Group with ensuring a coordinated approach in implementing agency procedures, requirements, and policies related to these topics. The Working Group is composed of representatives from 14 Federal agencies and offices that have either significant Federal land ownership or management responsibilities or expertise relevant to broadband infrastructure deployment on Federal lands and buildings.(3) The key accomplishments of the Working Group include: 1) Aggregating Data Sets on Federal Asset Locations, 2) Developing General Services Administration (GSA) Common Forms and Templates, 3) Developing an Online Platform for Common Applications and Forms, 4) Ensuring Increased Accessibility and Usability of Federal Broadband Documentation, 5) Establishing Dig Once Best Practices, 6) Improving Section 106 and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Efficiency Measures, and 7) Increasing Coordination with Tribal Nations for Permitting and Environmental Reviews. > ConnectED: In June 2013, President Obama called on the FCC to reform and modernize its E-rate program with the aim of bringing high-capacity broadband and wireless connections to 99% of American by 2018. The FCC completed these reforms in 2014. > Net Neutrality: On November 10, 2014, President Obama asked the FCC to ?implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.? The President asked for ?bright-line rules? that include: 1) No blocking, 2) No throttling, 3) Increased transparency, and 4) No paid prioritization. > Calling to End Laws that Harm Broadband Service Competition: On January 13, the President announced his opposition to measures that limit the range of options available to communities to spur expanded local broadband infrastructure, including ownership of networks. As a first step, the Administration filed a letter with the FCC urging it to join this effort by addressing barriers inhibiting local communities from responding to the broadband needs of their citizens. The President also announced a June 2015 Community Broadband Summit of mayors and county commissioners from around the nation who are joining this movement for broadband solutions and economic revitalization. > Removing Regulatory Barriers and Improving Investment Incentives: Earlier this year, President Obama called for the Federal Government to remove all unnecessary regulatory and policy barriers to broadband build-out and competition, and established the Broadband Opportunity Council which includes over a dozen government agencies with the singular goal of speeding up broadband deployment and promoting adoption for our citizens. The Council will solicit public comment on unnecessary regulatory barriers and opportunities to promote greater coordination with the aim of addressing those within its scope. > At the FCC > > The National Broadband Plan, released by the FCC on March 17, 2010, sets out a roadmap for initiatives to stimulate economic growth, spur job creation and boost America's capabilities in education, health care, homeland security and more. The plan includes sections focusing on economic opportunity, education, health care, energy and the environment, government performance, civic engagement and public safety. > The FCC?s Connect America Fund has dispersed more than $438 million which will bring new broadband service to rural areas in the next several years. Phase II of the Connect America Fund will provide nearly $9 billion to expand broadband to five million Americans living in rural areas within the next five years. > The Mobility Fund has made more than $300 million available for one-time support to provide 3G or better mobile voice and broadband services to areas where those services did not exist. > E-rate Modernization: On December 11, 2014 the FCC approved additional E-rate funding for libraries and schools to purchase broadband connectivity capable of delivering gigabit service over the next five years. The newest FCC rules raise the spending cap on the E-rate program from the current $2.4 billion to $3.9 billion. > Rural Broadband Experiments are testing how tailored economic incentives can advance the deployment of next generation networks, both wireline and wireless, in rural, high-cost areas, including Tribal lands. The FCC has allocated $75 million for the construction of networks capable of delivering 100 Mbps/25 Mbps, while requiring the funding recipients offer at least one service plan that provides 25 Mbps/5 Mbps to all locations within the selected census blocks. Another $25 million was allocated for projects offering at least 10 Mbps/1 Mbps broadband service in high-cost and extremely high-cost areas. > Healthcare Connect Fund: Since July 13, 2013, healthcare providers have been able to apply for funds from the Healthcare Connect Fund, which supports the cost of broadband -- including new construction -- for healthcare providers, with up to $400 million in support for the combined rural healthcare universal service programs. As of November 30, 2014, a total of $6,816,777 in funds were disbursed through the Healthcare Connect Fund. > Technology Transition Order: On January 14, 2014, the FCC began the process for a diverse set of experiments and data collection initiatives that will allow the Commission and the public to evaluate how customers are affected by the historic technology transitions that are transforming our nation?s voice communications services ? from a network based on TDM circuit-switched voice services running on copper loops to an all-IP network using copper, co-axial cable, wireless, and fiber as physical infrastructure. The Commission explained that ?the type of experiments described in this Order will accelerate broadband deployment and therefore advances the goals of section 706.? > Emerging Wireline Networks and Services Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): On November 21, 2014, the FCC adopted an NPRM to strengthen its public safety, pro-consumer, and pro-competition policies and protections as the nation transitions to an all-IP network using fiber and other forms of physical infrastructure. The NPRM proposes and seeks comment on steps to safeguard the public interest through these transitions. The steps that the NPRM proposes would enhance consumer confidence in the safety and reliability of IP-based technologies, thereby leading to increased demand for -- and resulting deployment of -- advanced facilities and services. > Lifeline Broadband Pilot Program: Throughout 2014, the FCC has collected survey information from Lifeline subscribers under the Lifeline Broadband Pilot Program. The survey results, which are expected in 2015, will assist the FCC in understanding the effects of varying subsidy amounts, end-user charges, access to digital literacy training, usage allowances, choices for broadband speed, access to equipment and other important reasons consumers may not adopt broadband. > Modernizing Form 477 Order: The FCC collects data about broadband and voice connections from providers twice a year on Form 477. The information is used to measure broadband deployment and telephone competition. New Form 477 deployment data is being collected as required by the Modernizing Form 477 Order, which revised the Form 477 data collection to collect network broadband deployment data for both fixed and mobile broadband. These reforms will improve future Broadband Progress Reports and allow the FCC to ?update ? universal service policies and monitor whether ? statutory universal service goals are being achieved.? The FCC expects that the revised data collection will improve its ability to identify unserved areas and, in particular, may improve mobile and satellite deployment estimates in the future. > Open Internet: On February 26, the FCC will consider new rules to protect and promote an open Internet. In 2014, the FCC proposed a series of rules intended to preserve and facilitate the virtuous cycle of innovation which drives demand for Internet services and deployment of broadband infrastructure. The FCC stated that absent such rules, broadband providers would have the incentive and ability to interfere with the virtuous cycle, therefore inhibiting that deployment. > Municipal Broadband: Also on February 26, the FCC will vote on a Memorandum Opinion and Order addressing petitions filed by two municipal broadband providers asking that the Commission preempt provisions of state laws in North Carolina and Tennessee that restrict the abilities of communities to provide broadband service. > At the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce > > Broadband Initiatives Program: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (also known as the stimulus) provided the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Rural Utility Service (RUS) with $2.5 billion to expand access to broadband services in rural America. RUS leveraged its budget authority appropriated by the Recovery Act to make grants, loans and loan/grant combination awards. In total for the broadband program, over $2.33 billion in grants and $1.19 billion in loans were made to 320 projects, totaling over $3.5 billion. Of those original 320 projects, 297 were for infrastructure, 4 for satellite broadband service support, and 19 for technical assistance, the majority of which went to tribal communities. These projects reported deploying over 63,576 miles of fiber and delivering new or improved broadband connections for more than a quarter of a million households, community institutions, and public safety providers. > Unveiling New Grant and Loan Opportunities for Rural Providers: RUS is accepting applications to its Community Connect broadband grant program and will reopen a revamped broadband loan program, which offers financing to eligible rural carriers that invest in bringing high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved rural areas. > Broadband Technology Opportunities Program: The Recovery Act provided the Department of Commerce?s National Telecommunications and Information Administration with approximately $4.7 billion to increase broadband access and adoption, including at public safety agencies. In 2009 and 2010, NTIA invested approximately $4 billion in 233 BTOP projects and $293 million in 56 State Broadband Initiative (SBI) projects benefiting every state, as well as five territories and the District of Columbia. As of December 31, 2013, BTOP grantees were responsible for 109,137 miles of fiber infrastructure (including new, upgraded, and leased miles) and had directly connected 21,240 community anchor institutions. > Announcing a New Initiative to Support Community Broadband Projects: NTIA launched BroadbandUSA to promote broadband deployment and adoption. Building on expertise gained from overseeing BTOP, BroadbandUSA will offer online and in-person technical assistance to communities; host a series of regional workshops around the country; and publish guides and tools that provide communities with proven solutions to address problems in broadband infrastructure planning, financing, construction, and operations across many types of business models. > III. Notice of Inquiry on Immediate Action to Accelerate Broadband Deployment > > Included with the FCC?s Broadband Progress Report is a new Notice of Inquiry seeking ways to remove barriers to infrastructure investment and promote competition. In the NOI, the FCC seeks public comment on actions that will accelerate the rate at which 25 Mbps/3 Mbps service is deployed. In particular, the NOI seeks comment on the following: > > Coordinating federal support with other funding opportunities that, collectively, could increase the availability of services that offer at least 25 Mbps/3 Mbps. > Improving coordination among federal agencies (similar to the earlier Executive Order 13616, designed to allow easier access to public lands). > Exploring whether federal, state, and local efforts to increase broadband can be better coordinated. > The FCC is asking a couple of specific questions: > > Are there restrictions on the use of government funding that discourage providers from entering the market? > Are there ways in which governmental efforts to promote broadband can more effectively complement and boost private actions? > The FCC is also required to promote competition in the telecommunications market to increase and enhance broadband service. The Broadband Progress Report notes evidence that competition does encourage other providers to build-out or upgrade broadband services. For example, where Google Fiber has built-out in certain cities, Comcast and other providers have responded. The Broadband Progress Report also includes estimates on the number of competitive choices at various speeds: 45% of households have only a single provider option for fixed 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband services, and an additional 16% are in areas without a single provider option for these services -- leaving the majority of households with no choice for high-capacity broadband. Chairman Wheeler said this week, ?Where there is no choice, the market cannot work. American families need to be able to shop for affordable prices and faster speeds. The Commission is committed to removing barriers to broadband investment and competition.? The FCC?s NOI asks for comment on additional actions it can take to increase competition, remove barriers to market entry or stimulate the offering of innovative services. For example, are there efforts in addition to those we have taken that would encourage providers to enter the market or expand their reach to unserved or underserved areas, including Tribal lands? > > The FCC also seeks comment on how to address the disparity in broadband availability between Americans living in urban areas with those living in rural areas and Tribal lands. This gap, the FCC notes, is, by itself, the basis for a determination that broadband is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. > > Finally, the FCC asks if there are additional actions it could take to reduce the number of schools that lack high-capacity broadband. > > IV. Conclusion: Getting Americans the Broadband Capacity They Need in the Time They Deserve > > > "To achieve affordable, abundant bandwidth, our work in the trenches remains in front of us.? > > Blair Levin, the architect of the FCC?s 2010 National Broadband Plan, wrote an op-ed for Recode this week cautioning on exuberance over the net neutrality and municipal broadband victories expected this month. Although not downplaying the significance of either an open Internet or community networks, Levin says ?a sober analysis reveals they will not broadly stimulate upgrades or new deployments. To achieve affordable, abundant bandwidth, our work in the trenches remains in front of us.? > As President Obama has stressed for sometime, if we are to win the future, if we want to out-educate, out-innovate, and out-compete the world in a technology we invented, it will take hard work, and tough choices. There are no silver bullets or single efforts that can get us there on their own. It will take pragmatic policy choices and sustained policy attention in a variety of areas -- from new policies around lowering barriers to pole attachments, deployment of fiber, improved access to programming, access to spectrum, a vigorous competition policy agenda, and policies that continue to enable innovation in the content and services that broadband can deliver and that can transform the way we work, the way we live, and the way we learn. Ultimately, that is the challenge that is before us. And the reason that Congress gave us Section 706 in the first place. > > Notes > Section 706 is a provision adopted in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and, in 2008, Congress augmented Section 706 when it passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act (BDIA). In that Act, Congress required the FCC to issue its section 706(b) reports annually, rather than ?regularly.? Congress also amended Section 706(b) by requiring that the FCC provide demographic information for unserved areas and an international comparison in its annual Report. The revisions to the statutory directive were based on Congress?s finding that the deployment and adoption of broadband ?has resulted in enhanced economic development and public safety for communities across the Nation, improved health care and educational opportunities, and a better quality of life for all Americans.? Congress also recognized that continued efforts were necessary so that ?our Nation remains competitive and continues to create business and job growth.? > > Section 706(b) requires the FCC to ?initiate a notice of inquiry concerning the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans (including, in particular, elementary and secondary schools and classrooms).? In conducting this inquiry, the FCC must ?determine whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.? For a service to be considered advanced (thanks for asking), it must enable Americans ?to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications.? > > The Working Group members include: Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation, Department of Veteran Affairs, United States Postal Service, Federal Communications Commission, Council on Environmental Quality, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National Security Staff, General Services Administration, Department of Homeland Security, and the Executive Office of the President. 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URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Sun Feb 15 18:50:35 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:50:35 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Good article from ARS on net neutrality, before it became vogue Message-ID: http://bit.ly/1yI65iA When looking at policy it is important to look at the long cycle history of events.... From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Feb 19 08:54:55 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:54:55 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Commissioner Pai on ISP Radio Message-ID: From subscriber Steve Grabiel: > I believe we will have FCC Commissioner Pai on my show this Friday at 1pm MST, 3pm EST if you are interested in listening in and or participating on the chat. www.ispradio.com Note: Commissioner Ajit Pai is taking the lead in crafting and articulating the conservative argument against Chairman Tom Wheeler?s plan, which represents one of the most sweeping efforts to regulate communications in the agency?s history. A Kansas-raised lawyer and onetime aide to former Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS), Commissioner Pai was Sen Mitch McConnell?s (R-KY) choice for a Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission back in 2011. He is now actively outspoken in opposition to the net neutrality order. 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RL U.S. Millennials Rank Among Lowest-Skilled Tech Workers in the World Despite having a higher rate of educational attainment than any previous generation, U.S. millennials (between 16-34 years of age) ranked lower than most of their international peers in literacy, mathematics and technology problem solving in a recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Those born in the U.S. after 1980 tied for last among the 22 participating countries in numeracy and technology skills, and 16th in literacy. Top scoring Americans in this cohort ranked lower than their peers in most other countries, and bottom-scoring Americans ranked among the lowest in the whole study. http://www.ets.org/s/research/30079/overview.html --------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 10:24:20 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:24:20 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Udall Statement on FCC's Adoption of New Net Neutrality Rules References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503F9875F@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: <4125010E-8DA7-4F91-80B8-984BB2998C8A@1st-mile.org> This morning the FCC voted to protect real Net Neutrality, restoring the agency's authority to protect Internet users under Title II of the Communications Act. RL Begin forwarded message: > From: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" > Date: February 26, 2015 11:20:25 AM MST > To: "Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)" > Subject: Udall Statement on FCC's Adoption of New Net Neutrality Rules > > FYI. See below. > 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 > February 26, 2015 > Contact: Jennifer Talhelm > 202.228.6870 | news at tomudall.senate.gov | @TomUdallPress > > > > Udall Statement on FCC's Adoption of New Net Neutrality Rules > > > > WASHINGTON ? Today, U.S. Senator Tom Udall welcomed a vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve updated open Internet rules. The new rules prevent broadband providers from blocking or throttling lawful online content and ban agreements between broadband providers and online companies that create Internet ?toll lanes.? > > Udall has been outspoken in his support for a free and open Internet for all Americans. In November, he visited Albuquerque's Levitated Toy Factory and met with its co-owner Jared Tarbell, who also co-founded Etsy, to discuss the essential role of an open and fair Internet in helping New Mexico small businesses like Levitated and e-commerce platforms like Etsy to thrive. > > "Net neutrality is about leveling the playing field, and today I join thousands of New Mexicans in celebrating this victory for grassroots Internet users, innovators and entrepreneurs. These strong rules by the FCC to protect the open Internet will ensure it remains a platform for free expression, promotes innovation, and helps online entrepreneurs compete on a level playing field with established companies. > > "Too many New Mexicans are already stuck in an Internet slow lane. 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RL --------- Outage cuts Internet, phone service across northern Arizona The Associated Press http://www.cnbc.com/id/102456398 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? People across northern Arizona couldn't use the Internet, their cellphones or landlines for several hours Wednesday after someone vandalized a fiber-optic line that brings communications to a large part of the state, officials said. Businesses couldn't process credit card transactions, ATMs didn't function, law enforcement databases were unavailable, and even weather reports were affected in an area stretching from north of Phoenix to Flagstaff, about 100 miles away. CenturyLink spokesman Alex Juarez said the problem was first reported around noon. Internet and phone service started to come back to some residents and businesses in Flagstaff by 6:30 p.m. Juarez said all customers should be back online by 3 a.m. Thursday. He didn't have an estimate of how many were affected. Phoenix police said CenturyLink employees found that the fiber-optic cable in far north Phoenix had been completely cut through. The cable, which CenturyLink owns, is near a riverbed in an area that isn't accessible to vehicles. It carries signals for various cellphone, television and Internet providers that serve northern Arizona. According to Juarez, technicians from Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink had to go through a long, tedious process of inspecting the line "mile by mile." Meanwhile, Flagstaff's 69,000 residents tried to go about their daily business. Zak Holland, who works at a computer store at Northern Arizona University, said distraught students were nearly in tears when he said nothing could be done to restore their Internet connection. "It was kind of a slap in the face if the Internet goes down," Holland said. "It just goes to show how dependent we are on the Internet when it disappears." Many students told Holland they needed to get online to finish school assignments. University spokesman Tom Bauer said it was up to individual professors on how to handle potentially late assignments. Kate Hance and Jessie Hutchison stopped at a Wells Fargo ATM to get cash because an ice cream shop couldn't take credit cards without a data connection. They left empty-handed because the outage also put cash machines out of service. "It's moderately annoying, but it's not going to ruin my day," Hutchison said. Staff at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Flagstaff said they tried for about 45 minutes to restore their Internet connection before employees realized their equipment wasn't the problem. People often go to the popular bookstore and cafe to do homework, listen to music, watch movies and browse jobs online. Some set down their computers Wednesday only to walk out minutes later after learning Internet service was down. Staff suggested to kids bewildered by the technical problem that they should read a book. Cordell Charley just finished some online banking when the outage happened and shut off his computer to grab lunch. "You just feel lost," he said. "It's like, what happened?" Mark Goldstein, secretary for the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council, said CenturyLink's cable likely has bundles of fibers that can be leased to multiple service providers. If the line follows only one direction with no alternative paths to reroute service, then any damage to the line will wreak havoc. At Flagstaff City Hall, employees were unable make or receive calls at their desks. "It's quieter than usual," said Stephanie Smith, assistant to the city manager. "The good thing is there is still lots of work to get done even without phones ringing." The city was relying on the Arizona Department of Public Safety to assist with dispatching police and fire services. In Prescott Valley, about 75 miles north of Phoenix, authorities said 911 service was being supplemented with hand-held radios and alternate phone numbers. Water and sewer facilities switched to manual operations, and residents needed cash to make utility and court payments. Yavapai County spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said 911 lines were limited Wednesday afternoon and authorities couldn't access law enforcement databases. Weather reports from the region weren't able to reach anyone. During their evening newscasts, Phoenix television stations showed blank spaces on their weather maps where local temperatures would normally appear. Associated Press writer Terry Tang in Phoenix contributed to this report. --------------------------------------------------------- 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 Feb 26 11:16:48 2015 From: frank at wmxsystems.com (Franklin Ohrtman) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:16:48 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Arizona CenturyLink Fiber Cut In-Reply-To: <54B2F0C8-2226-4451-AB8E-180F13EC3908@1st-mile.org> References: <54B2F0C8-2226-4451-AB8E-180F13EC3908@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: <01F95C2C-0E7B-4E79-B79D-47A014D81186@wmxsystems.com> A fiber cut in NW Colorado OCT 31, 2011 left that corner of the state off-line for over 8 hours. The Steamboat Springs Chamber of Commerce estimates the cost of that outage to their community at almost $1 million in lost sales. The town fathers/mothers said ?this must never happen again? and proceeded to build a carrier neutral location that now ensures a broadband environment that is ?redundant, abundant and affordable?: 1. fiber routes now run east to Denver and west to Salt Lake City 2. the cost of wholesale bandwidth went from $100+/Mbps/month to less than $10. 3. the school district and others can now buy bandwidth at the gigabit per second level for what they used pay for DS3 (45 Mbps) Meeker, Rangely and other communities are following Steamboat?s lead. Read more at: http://wmxsystems.com/Carrier-Neutral-Locations > On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:28 AM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: > > Yesterday's massive network outage in Arizona, > demonstrated our increasing dependency on reliable, > fail-safe communications capabilities. > RL > --------- > > Outage cuts Internet, phone service across northern Arizona > > The Associated Press > http://www.cnbc.com/id/102456398 > > FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) ? People across northern Arizona couldn't use the Internet, their cellphones or landlines for several hours Wednesday after someone vandalized a fiber-optic line that brings communications to a large part of the state, officials said. > > Businesses couldn't process credit card transactions, ATMs didn't function, law enforcement databases were unavailable, and even weather reports were affected in an area stretching from north of Phoenix to Flagstaff, about 100 miles away. > > CenturyLink spokesman Alex Juarez said the problem was first reported around noon. Internet and phone service started to come back to some residents and businesses in Flagstaff by 6:30 p.m. > > Juarez said all customers should be back online by 3 a.m. Thursday. He didn't have an estimate of how many were affected. > > Phoenix police said CenturyLink employees found that the fiber-optic cable in far north Phoenix had been completely cut through. > > The cable, which CenturyLink owns, is near a riverbed in an area that isn't accessible to vehicles. It carries signals for various cellphone, television and Internet providers that serve northern Arizona. > > According to Juarez, technicians from Monroe, Louisiana-based CenturyLink had to go through a long, tedious process of inspecting the line "mile by mile." Meanwhile, Flagstaff's 69,000 residents tried to go about their daily business. > > Zak Holland, who works at a computer store at Northern Arizona University, said distraught students were nearly in tears when he said nothing could be done to restore their Internet connection. > > "It was kind of a slap in the face if the Internet goes down," Holland said. "It just goes to show how dependent we are on the Internet when it disappears." > > Many students told Holland they needed to get online to finish school assignments. University spokesman Tom Bauer said it was up to individual professors on how to handle potentially late assignments. > > Kate Hance and Jessie Hutchison stopped at a Wells Fargo ATM to get cash because an ice cream shop couldn't take credit cards without a data connection. They left empty-handed because the outage also put cash machines out of service. > > "It's moderately annoying, but it's not going to ruin my day," Hutchison said. > > Staff at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Flagstaff said they tried for about 45 minutes to restore their Internet connection before employees realized their equipment wasn't the problem. > > People often go to the popular bookstore and cafe to do homework, listen to music, watch movies and browse jobs online. Some set down their computers Wednesday only to walk out minutes later after learning Internet service was down. > > Staff suggested to kids bewildered by the technical problem that they should read a book. > > Cordell Charley just finished some online banking when the outage happened and shut off his computer to grab lunch. > > "You just feel lost," he said. "It's like, what happened?" > > Mark Goldstein, secretary for the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council, said CenturyLink's cable likely has bundles of fibers that can be leased to multiple service providers. If the line follows only one direction with no alternative paths to reroute service, then any damage to the line will wreak havoc. > > At Flagstaff City Hall, employees were unable make or receive calls at their desks. > > "It's quieter than usual," said Stephanie Smith, assistant to the city manager. "The good thing is there is still lots of work to get done even without phones ringing." > > The city was relying on the Arizona Department of Public Safety to assist with dispatching police and fire services. > > In Prescott Valley, about 75 miles north of Phoenix, authorities said 911 service was being supplemented with hand-held radios and alternate phone numbers. Water and sewer facilities switched to manual operations, and residents needed cash to make utility and court payments. > > Yavapai County spokesman Dwight D'Evelyn said 911 lines were limited Wednesday afternoon and authorities couldn't access law enforcement databases. > > Weather reports from the region weren't able to reach anyone. During their evening newscasts, Phoenix television stations showed blank spaces on their weather maps where local temperatures would normally appear. > > Associated Press writer Terry Tang in Phoenix contributed to this report. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Mar 3 09:06:05 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:06:05 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler To Keynote Austin Summit April 14 References: <1120274065828.1101292665313.55287.0.241130JL.1002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: <5AB8926B-C800-479C-A89B-D7190146FD3C@1st-mile.org> For those who may be interested in attending, here's the latest announcement of the Broadband Communities Summit, coming up in April in Austin. Registering for the Rural (RTC) program can save you $700 on registration. A number of 1st-Mile subscribers will be attending and some are presenting. A great program for those interested in learning about the emerging broadband issues, opportunities and challenges, while interacting with key decisionmakers, players and community champions. RL Begin forwarded message: > From: Broadband Communities > Date: March 3, 2015 9:32:04 AM MST > To: lowenberg at designnine.com > Subject: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler To Keynote Austin Summit April 14 > Reply-To: nancym at broadbandproperties.com > > https://ui.constantcontact.com/rnavmap/evaluate.rn Having trouble viewing this email? CLICK HERE > > > FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler To Keynote Summit > > > Austin Event Features Major Rural Program > > > JOIN US IN AUSTIN AT THE 2015 > BROADBAND COMMUNITIES SUMMIT! > April 14 - 16, 2015 > And become current with: > THE STATE OF RURAL BROADBAND - 2015 > RTC PROGRAM: CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW > > > Click To Register > Use Code RTC195 > to register for just $195 instead of > the regular rate of $895. > > > THE RURAL TELECOM CONGRESS INVITES YOU to join us at the 2015 Broadband Communities Summit in Austin Texas. Preconference workshops begin on Monday, the 13th and the Summit continues Tues - Thurs (April 14th-16th). This is the 7th year that RTC (founded in 2003) has been partners with Broadband Communities Magazine to improve broadband availability and usage across Rural America. > > FOR THE SPECIAL RATE OF $195, you can register for the full conference.....a $700 savings from the full conference cost. RTC invitees should use the code RTC195 to register at our special rate. This includes all meals, refreshments, evening receptions and admission to all sessions. When registering, choose the "code holders" option and enter "RTC195" when prompted. Click here to register - or go to the registration information page at: http://www.bbcmag.com/2015s/pages/15register.php > > THE RTC PROGRAM OF PANELS, SEMINARS and plenary events will run throughout the three-day conference - plus the one-day pre-conference workshops. More than ever before, the presentations, discussions and face-to-face encounters with the best and brightest technologists, policy advocates, and policy makers from all levels of government will arm you with today's best practices in building capacity and adoption. You'll return to your own constituency, clients, customers or citizen groups with increased ability to advocate for better broadband and the economic impact it brings. > > THE CONFERENCE VENUE IS the Renaissance Austin Hotel. A special rate of $185 per night is available to those who register in time, before the allotment of rooms is gone. We hope you consider staying at this hotel. It also saves you time and money for transportation and parking - and networking with fellow Summit participants is easier. 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URL: From drew.einhorn at gmail.com Thu Mar 12 08:20:00 2015 From: drew.einhorn at gmail.com (drew einhorn) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:20:00 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County Message-ID: I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on NM 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet really didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. 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Cibola Wireless may also cover On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: > I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. > > Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on NM > 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? > > So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" > > I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. > > Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? > > I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. I'm sure > it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, ordered sat tv > and internet. The installer said their internet really didn't work. So I'm > not hopeful. > > I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose service > standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. CenturyLink > has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural infrastructure, unless > they get someone else to pay for it. > > -- > 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 Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov Thu Mar 12 09:09:07 2015 From: Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov (Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:09:07 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Drew, John, The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area. See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/. But I am not sure who those folks are. Perhaps someone here can confirm. If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) Best, Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall -----Original Message----- From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM Cc: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area. I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone. They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well. Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. Cibola Wireless may also cover On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: > I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. > > Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on > NM > 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? > > So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" > > I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. > > Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? > > I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. > I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, > ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet really > didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. > > I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose > service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. > CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural > infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Perhaps someone here can confirm. > If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if coverage not > actually available where map says it is, that should be flagged for NM > DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) > > Best, > > Kevin > > Kevin Cummins > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins= > tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that > area. > > I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant > investment into better backbone. > They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave > capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. > That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working > on augmenting their distribution side as well. > > Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. > > Cibola Wireless may also cover > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn > wrote: > > I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. > > > > Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on > > NM > > 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? > > > > So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" > > > > I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. > > > > Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite > providers? > > > > I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. > > I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, > > ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet really > > didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. > > > > I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose > > service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. > > CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural > > infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. > > > > -- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JBadal at sacred-wind.com Thu Mar 12 10:37:43 2015 From: JBadal at sacred-wind.com (John Badal) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:37:43 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: Kevin, If you delete on the map all the types of broadband providers serving the East Mountains (along old State Rte 14), then click on Wireless, then Fixed Wireless, you'll see something interesting that occurs everywhere depicted on the state BBd map: the map shows universal coverage of broadband by wireless as if topography has no play at all in the service. A propagation map depicting merely the radius of a wireless signal , without consideration of the terrain, will not provide accurate information about the reach of the signal or the strength of the signal. I discount the assertions by wireless companies that they can provide XX amount of bandwidth unless true wave propagation is shown. For example, the one good fixed wireless company that I'm familiar with in the east mountains, shooting from Sandia Peak, is NMSurf. But even they cannot provide service through the trees that surround homes in San Pedro Creek and portions of Paa-ko, or violate the physics of a Frenzel Zone, unless far taller subscriber masts are used, which the company doesn't normally provide. The bbnd map, too, shows DSL available -- that's fine but customers out there are well aware that 1.5Mbps is their limit. John -----Original Message----- From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:09 AM To: John Brown Cc: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County Drew, John, The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area. See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/. But I am not sure who those folks are. Perhaps someone here can confirm. If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) Best, Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall -----Original Message----- From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM Cc: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area. I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone. They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well. Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. Cibola Wireless may also cover On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: > I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. > > Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on > NM > 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? > > So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" > > I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. > > Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? > > I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. > I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, > ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet really > didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. > > I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose > service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. > CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural > infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From john at citylinkfiber.com Thu Mar 12 10:50:03 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:50:03 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: John is correct here. One of the main challenges for fixed base microwave providers is mother earth. At the end of the day, decent wireless providers should do a specific path review based on the customers site, elevation AGL, frequency, distance to nearest aggregation site, trees, buildings, etc. Then compare the estimated path loss and does that match the bandwidth requirements of the customer. Just because I can get a sniff / wiff of a signal, doesn't mean it will be good. You have to look what modulation is needed for the bandwidth requested, the channel width, noise floor, and see if there is enough delta to support the needed modulation rate. Lower channel width means more spectral energy, but reduces the amount of usable bandwidth because the modulation rates go down. Wider channel width gets more bandwidth to the user, but at the cost of spectral energy delivered and increases the likelihood of interference. At the end of the day, if you dont have clear LOS on the path it won't work well. Physics is NOT your friend. As a tower owner on the Crest, we see lots of places we CAN get to, and lots of places we CAN NOT get to. There is no silver bullet. The Federal costs to be on the crest or other Federal lands is extremely high and despite the Presidential EO to reduce such costs to further broadband deployment, that really hasn't happened. Kevin, it would be great if those costs could get reduced / removed. :) On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:37 AM, John Badal wrote: > Kevin, > > If you delete on the map all the types of broadband providers serving the East Mountains (along old State Rte 14), then click on Wireless, then Fixed Wireless, you'll see something interesting that occurs everywhere depicted on the state BBd map: the map shows universal coverage of broadband by wireless as if topography has no play at all in the service. A propagation map depicting merely the radius of a wireless signal , without consideration of the terrain, will not provide accurate information about the reach of the signal or the strength of the signal. I discount the assertions by wireless companies that they can provide XX amount of bandwidth unless true wave propagation is shown. For example, the one good fixed wireless company that I'm familiar with in the east mountains, shooting from Sandia Peak, is NMSurf. But even they cannot provide service through the trees that surround homes in San Pedro Creek and portions of Paa-ko, or violate the physics of a Frenzel Zone, unless far taller subscriber masts are used, which the company doesn't normally provide. The bbnd map, too, shows DSL available -- that's fine but customers out there are well aware that 1.5Mbps is their limit. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:09 AM > To: John Brown > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > Drew, John, > > The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area. > > See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/. > > But I am not sure who those folks are. Perhaps someone here can confirm. If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) > > Best, > > Kevin > > Kevin Cummins > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area. > > I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone. > They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. > That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well. > > Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. > > Cibola Wireless may also cover > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: >> I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. >> >> Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service on >> NM >> 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? >> >> So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" >> >> I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. >> >> Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? >> >> I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. >> I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, >> ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet really >> didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. >> >> I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose >> service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. >> CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural >> infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov Thu Mar 12 11:01:57 2015 From: Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov (Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall)) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:01:57 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB229B@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> John, first milers, There is supposed to be more movement soon on the federal lands permitting/deployment front. Stay tuned. Do folks from this group have recommendations for how to improve the broadband map accuracy? If so, has that been shared with NM DoIT? I am aware that coverage seems to be overstated in some rural areas, particularly for wireless coverage. My understanding is that the problem stems from the accuracy of data submitted to NM DoIT. Has anyone tried to correct the data or flag areas where map seems to be innacurate? Data from the NM broadband map can have an impact on which unserved/underserved areas qualify for certain types of universal service support. Thanks for any helpful suggestions you may have. Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall -----Original Message----- From: John Brown [mailto:john at citylinkfiber.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:50 PM To: John Badal Cc: Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall); 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County John is correct here. One of the main challenges for fixed base microwave providers is mother earth. At the end of the day, decent wireless providers should do a specific path review based on the customers site, elevation AGL, frequency, distance to nearest aggregation site, trees, buildings, etc. Then compare the estimated path loss and does that match the bandwidth requirements of the customer. Just because I can get a sniff / wiff of a signal, doesn't mean it will be good. You have to look what modulation is needed for the bandwidth requested, the channel width, noise floor, and see if there is enough delta to support the needed modulation rate. Lower channel width means more spectral energy, but reduces the amount of usable bandwidth because the modulation rates go down. Wider channel width gets more bandwidth to the user, but at the cost of spectral energy delivered and increases the likelihood of interference. At the end of the day, if you dont have clear LOS on the path it won't work well. Physics is NOT your friend. As a tower owner on the Crest, we see lots of places we CAN get to, and lots of places we CAN NOT get to. There is no silver bullet. The Federal costs to be on the crest or other Federal lands is extremely high and despite the Presidential EO to reduce such costs to further broadband deployment, that really hasn't happened. Kevin, it would be great if those costs could get reduced / removed. :) On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:37 AM, John Badal wrote: > Kevin, > > If you delete on the map all the types of broadband providers serving the East Mountains (along old State Rte 14), then click on Wireless, then Fixed Wireless, you'll see something interesting that occurs everywhere depicted on the state BBd map: the map shows universal coverage of broadband by wireless as if topography has no play at all in the service. A propagation map depicting merely the radius of a wireless signal , without consideration of the terrain, will not provide accurate information about the reach of the signal or the strength of the signal. I discount the assertions by wireless companies that they can provide XX amount of bandwidth unless true wave propagation is shown. For example, the one good fixed wireless company that I'm familiar with in the east mountains, shooting from Sandia Peak, is NMSurf. But even they cannot provide service through the trees that surround homes in San Pedro Creek and portions of Paa-ko, or violate the physics of a Frenzel Zone, unless far taller subscriber masts are used, which the company doesn't normally provide. The bbnd map, too, shows DSL available -- that's fine but customers out there are well aware that 1.5Mbps is their limit. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On > Behalf Of Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:09 AM > To: John Brown > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > Drew, John, > > The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area. > > See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/. > > But I am not sure who those folks are. Perhaps someone here can > confirm. If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if > coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be > flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) > > Best, > > Kevin > > Kevin Cummins > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm > [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman. > dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area. > > I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone. > They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. > That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well. > > Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. > > Cibola Wireless may also cover > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: >> I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. >> >> Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service >> on NM >> 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? >> >> So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" >> >> I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. >> >> Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? >> >> I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. >> I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, >> ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet >> really didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. >> >> I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose >> service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. >> CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural >> infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From JBadal at sacred-wind.com Thu Mar 12 11:09:23 2015 From: JBadal at sacred-wind.com (John Badal) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:09:23 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County In-Reply-To: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB229B@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> References: <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB203D@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> <1938EA6ABFA5734187F744F0B6CD55B503FB229B@P-ESS-SEN-EXA2.senate.ussenate.us> Message-ID: Kevin, The data we provide DoIT relative to our fixed wireless service is based on specific propagation readings of signal strength, eliminating areas within the antennae radius that are inaccessible due to terrain. I've seen in many cases involving mobile wireless reporting that coverage is simply based on the radius from an antenna regardless of the terrain. I have raised this with DoIT and others, but am told that they must depend on the accuracy of the filers and can't test otherwise. John -----Original Message----- From: Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) [mailto:Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:02 PM To: John Brown; John Badal Cc: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: RE: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County John, first milers, There is supposed to be more movement soon on the federal lands permitting/deployment front. Stay tuned. Do folks from this group have recommendations for how to improve the broadband map accuracy? If so, has that been shared with NM DoIT? I am aware that coverage seems to be overstated in some rural areas, particularly for wireless coverage. My understanding is that the problem stems from the accuracy of data submitted to NM DoIT. Has anyone tried to correct the data or flag areas where map seems to be innacurate? Data from the NM broadband map can have an impact on which unserved/underserved areas qualify for certain types of universal service support. Thanks for any helpful suggestions you may have. Kevin Kevin Cummins Office of Sen. Tom Udall -----Original Message----- From: John Brown [mailto:john at citylinkfiber.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:50 PM To: John Badal Cc: Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall); 1st-Mile-NM Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County John is correct here. One of the main challenges for fixed base microwave providers is mother earth. At the end of the day, decent wireless providers should do a specific path review based on the customers site, elevation AGL, frequency, distance to nearest aggregation site, trees, buildings, etc. Then compare the estimated path loss and does that match the bandwidth requirements of the customer. Just because I can get a sniff / wiff of a signal, doesn't mean it will be good. You have to look what modulation is needed for the bandwidth requested, the channel width, noise floor, and see if there is enough delta to support the needed modulation rate. Lower channel width means more spectral energy, but reduces the amount of usable bandwidth because the modulation rates go down. Wider channel width gets more bandwidth to the user, but at the cost of spectral energy delivered and increases the likelihood of interference. At the end of the day, if you dont have clear LOS on the path it won't work well. Physics is NOT your friend. As a tower owner on the Crest, we see lots of places we CAN get to, and lots of places we CAN NOT get to. There is no silver bullet. The Federal costs to be on the crest or other Federal lands is extremely high and despite the Presidential EO to reduce such costs to further broadband deployment, that really hasn't happened. Kevin, it would be great if those costs could get reduced / removed. :) On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:37 AM, John Badal wrote: > Kevin, > > If you delete on the map all the types of broadband providers serving the East Mountains (along old State Rte 14), then click on Wireless, then Fixed Wireless, you'll see something interesting that occurs everywhere depicted on the state BBd map: the map shows universal coverage of broadband by wireless as if topography has no play at all in the service. A propagation map depicting merely the radius of a wireless signal , without consideration of the terrain, will not provide accurate information about the reach of the signal or the strength of the signal. I discount the assertions by wireless companies that they can provide XX amount of bandwidth unless true wave propagation is shown. For example, the one good fixed wireless company that I'm familiar with in the east mountains, shooting from Sandia Peak, is NMSurf. But even they cannot provide service through the trees that surround homes in San Pedro Creek and portions of Paa-ko, or violate the physics of a Frenzel Zone, unless far taller subscriber masts are used, which the company doesn't normally provide. The bbnd map, too, shows DSL available -- that's fine but customers out there are well aware that 1.5Mbps is their limit. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On > Behalf Of Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 10:09 AM > To: John Brown > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > Drew, John, > > The NM Broadband Map seems to confirm what John notes in his reply about DSL and fixed wireless providers in that area. > > See attached screenshot photo from https://nmbbmapping.org/mapping/. > > But I am not sure who those folks are. Perhaps someone here can > confirm. If not, let me know and I will try to find out. (And if > coverage not actually available where map says it is, that should be > flagged for NM DoIT, which maintains the NM Broadband map.) > > Best, > > Kevin > > Kevin Cummins > Office of Sen. Tom Udall > > -----Original Message----- > From: 1st-mile-nm > [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman. > dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:27 AM > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Service in SE corner of Bernalillo County > > I believe there are several wireless providers that have coverage in that area. > > I know HigherSpeed Internet has been recently making significant investment into better backbone. > They have invested tens of thousands in new FCC licensed microwave capacity and are pushing more than 100Mb/s worth of traffic. > That is up 100% from a little more than a year ago. They are also working on augmenting their distribution side as well. > > Lobo may also cover that area, not sure. > > Cibola Wireless may also cover > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:20 AM, drew einhorn wrote: >> I ask these questions every few months in a bunch of places. >> >> Does anybody know of anyone (besides CenturyLink) providing service >> on NM >> 337 (old S14) south of NM 217? >> >> So far the only answer I've gotten is: "Sorry, no service for you!" >> >> I'm so tired of 1.5 mbit dsl. >> >> Does anyone have anything good to say about any of the satellite providers? >> >> I had satellite service a long time ago and it didn't really work. >> I'm sure it's gotten better. But a new neighbor moved in next door, >> ordered sat tv and internet. The installer said their internet >> really didn't work. So I'm not hopeful. >> >> I really hope the FCC does turn back the clock a bit, and impose >> service standards. And reinstates fees to fund rural infrastructure. >> CenturyLink has demonstrated that they will not invest in rural >> infrastructure, unless they get someone else to pay for it. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm From john at citylinkfiber.com Thu Mar 12 19:15:09 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:15:09 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Issues 400 page Broadband Title 2 Order Message-ID: There are some very good things in this order. I'm generally a happy camper based on first pass reading. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0312/FCC-15-24A1.pdf From dlc at lacnmp.lampinc.com.los-alamos.net Mon Mar 16 09:35:50 2015 From: dlc at lacnmp.lampinc.com.los-alamos.net (Dale Carstensen) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:35:50 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Google received FCC aerial drone net licenses for the Moriarty area this year Message-ID: <20150316162815.7FF18C3@lacn.los-alamos.net> Google's Solar-Drone Internet Tests About To Take Off 21 Posted by samzenpus on Saturday March 14, 2015 @11:15AM from the sky-web dept. itwbennett writes Titan Aerospace, the drone-maker acquired last year by Google to help realize the company's ambitious plans to provide Internet access to remote areas via solar-powered drones, recently applied for and received two licenses from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to run tests over the next six months. The licenses, which are valid from March 8 until September 5, don't give away much because Google has asked the FCC to keep many of the details confidential for commercial reasons, but they reveal the tests will take place inside a 1,345 square kilometer (520 square mile) area to the east of Albuquerque. The area includes the town of Moriarty, where Titan Aerospace is headquartered and conducts its research and development work. Read the 21 comments apply tags google internet drone From nanrubin at gmail.com Mon Mar 23 12:13:40 2015 From: nanrubin at gmail.com (Nan Rubin) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:13:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force Message-ID: Richard -- what can you tell us about this??? best, Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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USDA Rural Development is the largest public funder of broadband in New Mexico and we?ve made more than $200 million in loans and grants in New Mexico in the last 5 years. News Release Release No. 0073.15 Contact: Anne Mayberry (202) 690-1756 [cid:image001.png at 01D06611.67FF82E0]Printable version [Email this page]Email this page USDA Announces Funding for Broadband Projects in Arkansas, Iowa and New Mexico Vilsack and Pritzker to Co-Chair Obama Administration's Broadband Opportunity Council WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 ? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has funded three rural telecommunications infrastructure projects that will improve broadband service in portions of rural Arkansas, Iowa and New Mexico. This announcement coincides with the news that the President Obama signed a new Presidential Memorandum to create the Broadband Opportunity Council, co-chaired by Secretary Vilsack and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. "These telecommunications providers will deliver enhanced broadband services to help attract and grow businesses, as well as to improve educational and health care services," Vilsack said. "Time and again, studies show that affordable broadband offers increased economic opportunities in rural areas, which is why Rural Development is committed to delivering high-speed internet service to these communities." Southwest Arkansas Telephone will receive a $25 million loan to upgrade portions of a fiber network and convert the remaining portions of a copper system to fiber to improve service for subscribers. In New Mexico, Mescalero Apache Telecom will receive a $5.4 million loan to upgrade portions of its system and provide fiber service to approximately 50 percent of its territory. This is the first loan that USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has made under the Substantially Underserved Trust Area provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill. These provisions amended the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to make funding available to areas that historically have had difficulty receiving federal assistance. RUS has held a series of outreach workshops around the country in the past year to help Tribal communities access RUS broadband programs. Iowa's Minburn Communications has been selected to receive a $4.7 million loan to upgrade its copper network to fiber, and to provide subscribers with voice, broadband and video service. USDA is providing a total of $35 million in broadband infrastructure loans in today's announcement. In 2014, the Rural Utilities Service awarded $228 million to improve telecommunications service for 83,000 rural customers. As part of Obama Administration's announcement of the creation of the Broadband Opportunity Council, the White House noted that through significant private investment we have reached the President's national goal of providing 98% of Americans with high-speed 4th Generation (4G) mobile broadband, based on newly-released Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data. The Council includes over twenty-five different government agencies and components, all united around clear policy objectives to: * Engage with industry and other stakeholders to understand ways the government can better support the needs of communities seeking broadband investment; * Identify regulatory barriers unduly impeding broadband deployment or competition; * Survey and report back on existing programs that currently support or could be modified to support broadband competition, deployment or adoption; and * Take all necessary actions to remove these barriers and re-align existing programs to increase broadband competition, deployment, and adoption. The Council will report back to the President, within 150 days, with the steps each agency will take to advance these goals, including specific regulatory actions or budget proposals. "Broadband access is as key to economic success today as electricity was in the 20th Century," Vilsack said. "The Administration's strong and deepening commitment to bridging the digital divide in rural America will be my focus on this Council." Since 2009, USDA investments in broadband include more than 500 projects for a total investment of $5.88 billion through the Farm Bill broadband program, Title II Infrastructure, Community Connect and Recovery Act programs. President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way ? strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values. President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack are committed to a smarter use of Federal resources to foster sustainable economic prosperity and ensure the government is a strong partner for businesses, entrepreneurs and working families in rural communities. # USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users) . Last Date Modified: 03/23/2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 1190 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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RL NATIONAL BROADBAND MAP [SOURCE: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, AUTHOR: Anne Neville] http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/national-broadband-map-has-helped-chart-broadband-evolution The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released updated broadband map data, current as of June 30, 2014. The most significant finding from the latest data is that the United States has met the President?s goal of ensuring 98 percent of the country has access to wireless broadband at a speed of at least 6 megabits per second (Mbps) down/1.5 Mbps up. Other key findings from the June 30, 2014 dataset include: As we have seen in every data release since our first in February 2011, broadband speeds continue to increase. The rate at which we are seeing speeds increase, however, is slower at every national speed threshold that we track. At lower speeds, Internet access is widely available across both rural and urban areas. The latest data shows that 99 percent of the country has access to advertised broadband speeds at 10 megabits per second (Mbps) through either wired or wireless services, and 93 percent have access to this speed through wired service alone. Nearly 85 percent of the country has access to wired broadband at a speed of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up, which is the Federal Communications Commission?s (FCC) new benchmark level for broadband speeds. Cable provides 82.69 percent of the U.S. population with speeds of 25 Mbps or more, while fiber to the premises serves about one in four Americans (24.20 percent) at that speed. However, there is still a big gap between urban and rural areas when it comes to access to broadband at 25 Mbps. The latest data finds that only 55 percent of those in rural communities, and 32 percent of tribal lands have access to broadband at 25 mbps compared with 94 percent of urban areas. NTIA?s State Broadband Initiative (SBI), which funded grants to collect the data used in the Broadband Map, is coming to a close. This data is the last set of data that states will collect under this program. NTIA is transitioning the broadband map to the FCC which will collect data as part of its 477 data collection program. --------------------------------------------------------- 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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Gee, I guess this means I'm a 2 percent-er. tj ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 Director Twitter: jtjohnson slideshare.net/jtjohnson/presentations http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > *Personal Note: I do not know how to rely on the broadband access > findings noted below,* > *as I work and travel through the rural West, and find that the available > bandwidth reality* > *on the ground is so much less than that indicated on the National > Broadband Map, and * > *therefore on the statements of federal agencies and the White House. > This has troubling * > *consequences, if the (growing) 'digital divide' is to be effectively > addressed and mitigated.* > *RL* > > > NATIONAL BROADBAND MAP > [SOURCE: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, > AUTHOR: Anne Neville] > > > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/national-broadband-map-has-helped-chart-broadband-evolution > > The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released > updated broadband map data, current as of June 30, 2014. The most > significant finding from the latest data is that the United States has met > the President?s goal of ensuring 98 percent of the country has access to > wireless broadband at a speed of at least 6 megabits per second (Mbps) > down/1.5 Mbps up. Other key findings from the June 30, 2014 dataset include: > > As we have seen in every data release since our first in February 2011, > broadband speeds continue to increase. The rate at which we are seeing > speeds increase, however, is slower at every national speed threshold that > we track. > > At lower speeds, Internet access is widely available across both rural and > urban areas. The latest data shows that 99 percent of the country has > access to advertised broadband speeds at 10 megabits per second (Mbps) > through either wired or wireless services, and 93 percent have access to > this speed through wired service alone. > > Nearly 85 percent of the country has access to wired broadband at a speed > of 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up, which is the Federal Communications > Commission?s (FCC) new benchmark level for broadband speeds. Cable provides > 82.69 percent of the U.S. population with speeds of 25 Mbps or more, while > fiber to the premises serves about one in four Americans (24.20 percent) at > that speed. > > However, there is still a big gap between urban and rural areas when it > comes to access to broadband at 25 Mbps. The latest data finds that only 55 > percent of those in rural communities, and 32 percent of tribal lands have > access to broadband at 25 mbps compared with 94 percent of urban areas. > > NTIA?s State Broadband Initiative (SBI), which funded grants to collect > the data used in the Broadband Map, is coming to a close. This data is the > last set of data that states will collect under this program. NTIA is > transitioning the broadband map to the FCC which will collect data as part > of its 477 data collection program. > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 Wed Mar 25 09:08:34 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:08:34 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Broadband Statistics (We're doing OK ?) Message-ID: According to yesterday's PR from the White House, "98 percent of Americans nationwide are now connected to high-speed wireless Internet". I wonder if the word should be "have access to" rather than are now connected to". And from Broadband Reports, "US connection speed has jumped 10 Mbps in the last year to 33.9 Mbps. That said, the US improvements were only enough to push it to 27th among the 199 countries ranked by average downstream speed." http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Now-27th-Globally-With-Average-Speed-of-339-Mbps-133097 Data sets are available at: http://www.netindex.com/download/2,1/United-States/ While NM is still ranked near the bottom of the list of States, I have deep concern about these recent statistics, which do not seem to jive with 'ground truth'. While Comcast service has raised the bandwidth bar in NM and across the country, they do not serve most of the State and where they do offer some significant bandwidth, that bandwidth drops rapidly as service moves out to the periphery of their connected areas. That is the case for all the providers, though technical details vary. It would be very useful to have a state conduct a more accurate broadband survey, though access to the real needed data is a problem. 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 drew.einhorn at gmail.com Wed Mar 25 09:35:36 2015 From: drew.einhorn at gmail.com (drew einhorn) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:35:36 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] National Broadband Statistics (We're doing OK ?) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I started thinking about the data NM DOIT has been collecting, and started looking around. And found this: BROADBAND MAP GALLERY STATEWIDE MAPS . Looks very interesting. Haven't had time to take more than a very quick look. How well do these maps jive with your sense of the 'ground truth'? On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > According to yesterday's PR from the White House, > "98 percent of Americans nationwide are now connected to high-speed > wireless Internet". > I wonder if the word should be "have access to" rather than are now > connected to". > > And from Broadband Reports, "US connection speed has jumped 10 Mbps in the > last year to 33.9 Mbps. > That said, the US improvements were only enough to push it to 27th among > the 199 countries ranked by average downstream speed." > > > http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/US-Now-27th-Globally-With-Average-Speed-of-339-Mbps-133097 > > Data sets are available at: > http://www.netindex.com/download/2,1/United-States/ > > While NM is still ranked near the bottom of the list of States, > I have deep concern about these recent statistics, which do not seem to > jive with 'ground truth'. > While Comcast service has raised the bandwidth bar in NM and across the > country, > they do not serve most of the State and where they do offer some > significant bandwidth, > that bandwidth drops rapidly as service moves out to the periphery of > their connected areas. > That is the case for all the providers, though technical details vary. > > It would be very useful to have a state conduct a more accurate broadband > survey, > though access to the real needed data is a problem. > > 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 > -- Drew Einhorn "You can see a lot by just looking." -- Yogi Berra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Mar 26 08:21:14 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:21:14 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Akamai Report Message-ID: <1A4585B8-7D7C-465E-B8F1-7330EF17DAD9@1st-mile.org> The most recent Akamai Broadband Report is just out, with data for first quarter of 2014. Different from FCC/NTIA numbers for states. RL http://www.stateoftheinternet.com/downloads/pdfs/2014-q4-state-of-the-internet-report.pdf On a year-over-year basis, all 51 states saw increases in average connection speeds compared with the fourth quarter of 2013, and all of the states in the top 10 saw double-digit gains. Massachusetts?s 11% yearly increase was the smallest of the top 10, while Delaware?s 33% jump was the largest. Across the entire country, Missouri saw the largest yearly gain at 37% (to 9.8 Mbps), while New Hampshire and New Mexico saw the smallest increases at 5.4% (to 12.5 Mbps and 7.9 Mbps, respectively). Maryland was the only other state in the country to see a yearly growth rate below 10%, although it came close at 9.9% (to 12.0 Mbps). Despite a 2.6% quarterly increase to 7.4 Mbps, Alaska remained the state with the lowest average connection speed in the fourth quarter. 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Surgeons in Cleveland and Los Angeles share insights and run through a simulation of brain surgery on a biologically exact image of the patient?s brain just before the real operation begins. Harnessing data from sources ranging from environmental sensor networks to patient records, researchers in Dallas and elsewhere are working to someday be able to send personalized alerts to people who are particularly sensitive to tiny airborne particles ? notably, the 44,000 Americans who have an asthma attack each day, with 1,200 of them having to be admitted to a hospital. Those were three of the projects shown off at a gathering last week that focused on what ultrahigh-speed Internet communications and advanced software can make possible. The conference, in Arlington, Va., brought together participants in two initiatives supported by National Science Foundation: the Global Environment for Network Innovations project, or GENI , and US Ignite . 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URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sun Apr 5 11:03:08 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 12:03:08 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Taos Broadband Message-ID: <1AFACDA3-98CA-4F24-B61C-088F89BDE4CC@1st-mile.org> Taos broadband network nearly done, but what?s the cost? http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/taos-broadband-network-nearly-done-but-what-s-the-cost/article_08d47beb-85e1-5456-8a9a-9e06669dadb8.html Posted: Saturday, April 4, 2015 7:00 pm J.R. Logan The Taos News | 4 comments TAOS ? Right now, residents of Las Vegas, N.M., can get 20 megabits-per-second Internet service for $69.95 a month. If you live in northeastern Oklahoma, the same price will get you a 50 mbps connection. And folks in central Missouri are actually looking at 100 mbps service for 10 bucks cheaper. But if you want access to Kit Carson Electric Cooperative?s brand-new fiber network at your house, $69.95 a month gets you 10 mbps. Access to high-speed Internet ? especially in rural America ? is notoriously inconsistent. And so are costs to get online. But as Kit Carson Electric Cooperative nears completion of its fiber network, its current pricing is above industry standards, even for Podunk, U.S.A. ?That sounds a little high to me,? said Sharon Strover, a professor in the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin and an expert in rural broadband policy, when told about Kit Carson?s advertised cost of $199.95 for 20 mbps for business access. ?On the face of it, $200 doesn?t sound very good.? By comparison, the same download speed in Las Vegas, N.M., is $70 from Plateau Telecommunications and $80 from Guadalupe Valley Electric Co-op in relatively rural central Texas. Strover is quick to point out that it?s very difficult to compare apples to apples when discussing Internet pricing. Download speeds and upload speeds vary, and several providers often bundle Internet access with phone and TV packages. But in general, rural broadband access is, of course, more expensive than in urban areas, Strover said. That fact was at the heart of the federal government?s effort to spur broadband expansion to rural communities. A few years back, Kit Carson was among a batch of awardees that got generous grant and loan packages under the federal stimulus program to expand superfast Internet to places for-profit companies were unlikely to approach. The co-op got a $45 million grant and $19 million loan to bring fiber-optic service to every customer it serves. Strover said she was invited to be part of the stimulus program that put federal money in the hands of companies like Kit Carson. She came on board after the program had been developed, and she said the emphasis was primarily on getting the networks on the ground. ?They were really intent on getting the infrastructure out,? Strover said. ?The whole issue of what you charge people later, I don?t think that was even asked in grant proposals.? ?My guess is that it wasn?t an issue,? Strover added. ?These were businesses, and they assumed people knew how to run these businesses.? While pricing may not have been set in stone, Brett Kilbourne, vice president and deputy general counsel for the Utilities Telecom Council, said co-ops getting into the broadband game has generally proven to be very good for consumers. ?Some of the co-ops have been able to do it at price points that are pretty darn reasonable,? Kilbourne said. ?The number one reason is co-ops tend to be very community-focused. They?re not as driven by profit as private entities.? Co-ops like Kit Carson, Kilbourne said, are better positioned to serve out-of-the-way customers. Stimulus grants like the one awarded to Kit Carson subsidize the expense of taking fiber-optic networks to such customers. But even with that help, Kilbourne said, building a fiber network from scratch is expensive, and that will likely be reflected in the access costs. But what good is millions of dollars in infrastructure if it?s too pricey for the average resident? As part of a pitch to drum up support for its grant/loan application, Kit Carson committed to offer ?low cost service options.? ?For decades, rural communities, Native American tribes and local governments in this area have struggled to negotiate access to telecommunications services, infrastructure, connectivity and affordable rates from the small number of incumbent carriers that dominate the market,? the proposal reads. While its prices may still seem steep, the new fiber network appears to be impacting for-profit competition already. CenturyLink, for instance, is offering the fastest speeds it can give a customer for $29.95 a month for 12 months. But CenturyLink?s DSL network is limited, and doesn?t extend very far into less populated parts of the county. Kit Carson CEO Lu?s Reyes acknowledged that pricing broadband is ?really more of an art than a science,? and he expected the co-op?s prices to change dramatically in the coming months. The co-op is the exclusive provider on the new network at the moment. Reyes said that?s because he wants to ensure the system is airtight before letting other companies connect. When and if they do, it?s possible that competition will drive down prices, though it?s up to Kit Carson to determine wholesale costs for its competitors. While parts of the fiber network are online, Kit Carson Telecom (a co-op subsidiary) still relies on a fiber-optic cable owned by CenturyLink to reach the rest of the world. The co-op expects to make two other connections ? one to the south and another to the north ? that will give it additional options for buying bulk bandwidth. Those options, says Reyes, will likely be cheaper, and the savings can then be passed onto the consumer. ?Once we get to the bigger hubs, we can get bandwidth real cheap,? Reyes said. Reyes also said major institutions like governments, schools and hospitals are being targeted now, and those large accounts could defray costs for regular consumers as well. Still, the reality for the co-op is that it will probably charge a consumer in Amalia the same for Internet as it does someone who lives in Taos. That means the customer in Taos is helping cover the cost of the fiber-optic cable it takes to get the Web to the northern county. ?We?ll be in the middle [on pricing] because we do have to serve a diverse group as far as Costilla and Ute Park,? Reyes said. ?When you blend that pricing, it?s going to be a little higher.? But, Reyes says, that?s always been the spirit of the co-op model, and it gives the co-op access to places that would otherwise go unserved entirely. One notable change to be enacted since the construction of the network began was a redefining of ?broadband.? In January, the Federal Communications Commission raised the official threshold for broadband speeds from 4 mbps to 25 mbps. Based on that change, none of Kit Carson?s current advertised speeds technically qualify as ?broadband.? Reyes said the current offers are preliminary, and updated packages with faster speeds will be advertised in the coming weeks. But he also pointed out that for a lot of Taos County residents, any access to the Internet is better than the status quo. ?They just need access,? Reyes said. ?Anything more than dial-up is broadband to them.? This article first appeared in The Taos News, a sister newspaper to The New Mexican. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering Committee -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast (figures) -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast turnaround. The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...) If this isn't fun, at the very least it will be interesting! best, Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From whancock at donaanacounty.org Wed Apr 8 11:03:52 2015 From: whancock at donaanacounty.org (Wayne Hancock) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 18:03:52 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56710F98E77B114A9A077FA9933D737E21EE5ED4@gcmxbe02.dac.int> That?s Great! As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of Way? . Good Luck Wayne D. Hancock Dona Ana County Commissioner District 4 845 N. Motel Blvd. Las Cruces, NM 88007 575 525-5810 Office 575 520-4560 Cell 575 525-5948 Fax [DAC_logo_small] From: Nan Rubin [mailto:nanrubin at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Cc: Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; gillsorg at gmail.com Subject: NM Broadband Task Force As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of the state where there is none. Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this issue as it has evolved. Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering Committee -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast (figures) -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast turnaround. The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...) If this isn't fun, at the very least it will be interesting! best, Nan Nan Rubin Community Media Services 917-656-0886 [Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!] 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Motel Blvd. > > Las Cruces, NM 88007 > > 575 525-5810 Office > > 575 520-4560 Cell > > 575 525-5948 Fax > > > > [image: DAC_logo_small] > > > > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:nanrubin at gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > gillsorg at gmail.com > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > > > > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of > the state where there is none. > > > > Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated > myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this > issue as it has evolved. > > > > Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting > me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. > > > > I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! > > -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering > Committee > > -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast > (figures) > > -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) > > -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast > turnaround. > > > > The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along > with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials > that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. > > > > I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. > (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...) > > > > If this isn't fun, at the very least it will be interesting! > > > > best, > > Nan > > > > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > > www.nanrubin.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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John From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM To: Wayne Hancock Cc: Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force what exactly will that achieve ? On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock > wrote: That?s Great! As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of Way? . Good Luck Wayne D. Hancock Dona Ana County Commissioner District 4 845 N. Motel Blvd. Las Cruces, NM 88007 575 525-5810 Office 575 520-4560 Cell 575 525-5948 Fax [DAC_logo_small] From: Nan Rubin [mailto:nanrubin at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Cc: Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; gillsorg at gmail.com Subject: NM Broadband Task Force As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of the state where there is none. Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this issue as it has evolved. Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering Committee -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast (figures) -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast turnaround. The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...) 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By Brian Whitacre and Colin Rhinesmith http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-libraries-linked-higher-broadband-adoption/2015/04/08/7796 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 Brian at Tagaban.com Fri Apr 10 15:50:41 2015 From: Brian at Tagaban.com (Brian Tagaban) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:50:41 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: <20150408125431.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.ecd5d3439c.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> References: <20150408125431.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.ecd5d3439c.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <000901d073e0$c8392080$58ab6180$@Tagaban.com> Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a substantial project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and dependency nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from the complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea in my opinion. Brian Tagaban From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of frank at wmxsystems.com Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM To: John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock Cc: Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force From: John Badal < JBadal at sacred-wind.com> Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm To: John Brown < john at citylinkfiber.com>, Wayne Hancock < whancock at donaanacounty.org> Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" < andrea at medialiteracyproject.org>, Lynn Chadwick < lchadwick at ntia.doc.gov>, Cheryl Leanza < cleanza at alhmail.com>, 1st-Mile-NM < 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, " gillsorg at gmail.com" < gillsorg at gmail.com>, Ned < erubin47 at comcast.net> Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn excavations could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of California has introduced a bill for several years running that would require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way for use by any fiber provider. John From: 1st-mile-nm [ mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of John Brown Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM To: Wayne Hancock Cc: Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force what exactly will that achieve ? On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < whancock at donaanacounty.org> wrote: That?s Great! As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of Way? . Good Luck Wayne D. Hancock Dona Ana County Commissioner District 4 845 N. Motel Blvd. Las Cruces, NM 88007 575 525-5810 Office 575 520-4560 Cell 575 525-5948 Fax DAC_logo_small From: Nan Rubin [mailto: nanrubin at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Cc: Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; gillsorg at gmail.com Subject: NM Broadband Task Force As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of the state where there is none. Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this issue as it has evolved. Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering Committee -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast (figures) -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast turnaround. The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...) If this isn't fun, at the very least it will be interesting! best, Nan Nan Rubin Community Media Services 917-656-0886 [Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!] 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net _______________________________________________ 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? seems like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to be outspoken on behalf of this constituency. The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical bureaucratic structure. The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a recommended action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the Task Force, in each area of the State; B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband services at all. C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent or impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the existing cap on the USF surcharge. E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the Task Force.? The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: Mapping Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service Fund) Public policy ? I?m on this one. My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate providers. I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. Stay tuned, Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban wrote: > Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring > subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a substantial > project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements > but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the > complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and dependency > nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from the > complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea in > my opinion. > > > > Brian Tagaban > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM > *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock > > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > From: John Badal > Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm > To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock > > Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick > , Cheryl Leanza , > 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" > , Ned > > Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming > and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn excavations > could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install > conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of > California has introduced a bill for several years running that would > require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way > for use by any fiber provider. > > > > > > John > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* > <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM > *To:* Wayne Hancock > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > what exactly will that achieve ? > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < > *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: > > That?s Great! > > > > As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to > include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that > ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of > Way? . > > > > Good Luck > > > > Wayne D. Hancock > > Dona Ana County > > Commissioner District 4 > > 845 N. Motel Blvd. > > Las Cruces, NM 88007 > > 575 525-5810 Office > > 575 520-4560 Cell > > 575 525-5948 Fax > > > > [image: DAC_logo_small] > > > > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > > > > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of > the state where there is none. > > > > Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated > myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this > issue as it has evolved. > > > > Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting > me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. > > > > I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member! > > -- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering > Committee > > -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast > (figures) > > -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!) > > -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast > turnaround. > > > > The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along > with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials > that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members. > > > > I thought you'd be interested. 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To: Brian Tagaban
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force
[image: Paul White's profile photo] Thanks ? I?m REALLY glad to have some support for this! Here?s the story ? it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast track ? recommendations ready by the end of May. I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? seems like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to be outspoken on behalf of this constituency. The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical bureaucratic structure. The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a recommended action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the Task Force, in each area of the State; B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband services at all. C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent or impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the existing cap on the USF surcharge. E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the Task Force.? The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: Mapping Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service Fund) Public policy ? I?m on this one. My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate providers. I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. Stay tuned, Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban wrote: > Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring > subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a substantial > project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements > but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the > complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and dependency > nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from the > complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea in > my opinion. > > > > Brian Tagaban > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM > *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock > > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > From: John Badal > Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm > To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock > > Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick > , Cheryl Leanza , > 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" > , Ned > > Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming > and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn excavations > could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install > conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of > California has introduced a bill for several years running that would > require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way > for use by any fiber provider. > > > > > > John > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* > <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM > *To:* Wayne Hancock > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > what exactly will that achieve ? > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < > *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: > > That?s Great! > > > > As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to > include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that > ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of > Way? . > > > > Good Luck > > > > Wayne D. Hancock > > Dona Ana County > > Commissioner District 4 > > 845 N. Motel Blvd. > > Las Cruces, NM 88007 > > 575 525-5810 Office > > 575 520-4560 Cell > > 575 525-5948 Fax > > > > [image: DAC_logo_small] > > > > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > > > > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sun Apr 12 11:55:58 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:55:58 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] 12 Communities Experimenting with Mesh Networks Message-ID: <0D800E1C-1248-4F36-AB56-339F7CBB265B@1st-mile.org> An interesting article on wireless Mesh Networks, with 12 examples, including La Canada, serving the poorly served, extended Santa Fe area. Anyone from La Canada want to give us an update? RL ------ 12 Communities Experimenting with Mesh Networks http://technical.ly/2015/04/06/12-communities-experimenting-mesh-networks/ By Jason Tashea Apr. 6, 2015 10:53 am Whether to get around traditional ISPs or to bulk up resiliency in the event of a disaster, these mesh networks are worth knowing about. Mesh networks help people stay connected while avoiding traditional internet providers. Motivation around the country for creating community mesh networks ranges from a desire for social justice, improved information access during natural disasters or just the need to experiment. A mesh network creates reliable and redundant wireless internet access. Instead of relying on a wired access point to the internet like a traditional network, a mesh network uses wireless radio nodes that speak to each other, thus creating decentralized wireless access points. Because a mesh network does not have to communicate through a central organization (like an ISP), if one node goes down the network will self heal ? allowing service to continue without interruption. You are probably wondering, how is this different than your WiFi at home? For one, mesh networks are actually wireless. If you think of your at-home wireless router, it is wired directly to the internet. Within a mesh network, only one node needs to be hardwired. All the other nodes, of which there could be hundreds, do not require direct access to the internet, just access to the mesh network itself. This allows a mesh network to operate without laying new cable, or as a local network during a service outage. The application of mesh networks varies depending on need and environment. Here are 12 community mesh networks around the U.S. we checked up on: (snip) La Ca?ada Wireless Association (LCWA), Santa Fe The La Ca?ada De Los Alamos Land Grant area outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico is rural. According to the 2010 census, 434 people lived there. Locally owned and operated by its members, this project provides low-cost internet in an area with lacking infrastructure. Instead of creating a mesh network that covers an entire geographic area, LCWA focuses its nodes to jump directly from an access point to a member?s home. According to their website, this allows an unobscured access point to reach a home up to ten miles away. While it is unclear if the LCWA is still fully functional, the model is none-the-less important to note, because it illustrates the application of mesh networks outside of urban 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 mharris at visgence.com Sun Apr 12 20:18:18 2015 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:18:18 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > > Other than John Brown and John Badal > Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is > and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet Myself, for one, and a few other lurkers on this list, for sure! People who are actually doing something should be the people solicited for > ideas/advice. Agreed. So here are my ideas: Adding carrier-neutral fiber ducts into rights-of-way is a good idea. At the very least, I don't see how it can hurt. The cost of empty conduit is almost nothing, so might as well put it in while the hole is open. I recall that NMSU had a similar policy... I know they have some people lurking on this list, so maybe they can comment on its effectiveness. I've worked in the local Qwest engineering office and have been in the WISP industry for a few years, so here are some of my thoughts: - It is hard to build business cases in rural and even some "urban" areas. Small WISPS are more nimble and willing to do it than big telcos, but have their own unique risk models. - "Minimum bandwidth" requirements are well intentioned, but I don't see how they could possibly be enforceable. - Related - Drawing an accurate broadband map is going to be an interesting challenge! - The big carriers (Cogent, Century Link, Level3, Comcast) are reluctant and slow to do construction, even in "metro" areas. - Obtaining ROW can be difficult - Digging is expensive - "First-mile" wireless is a good solution in a lot of cases, but it is not magic - A small WISP or independent ISP can get more mileage out of $100k than a big telco can with $1M - Providing more information/subsidized assistance (i.e. grant writing consultants) to regional ISPs to apply for federal, state grants would be very helpful -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel wrote: > Other than John Brown and John Badal > Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is > and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet? > > Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled > from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or someone > who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually > doing something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. > > This is how atlas shrugged. > > Steven Grabiel > President > Higher Speed Internet > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nan Rubin > Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Brian Tagaban > Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, > gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > [image: Paul White's profile photo] > > > > Thanks ? I?m REALLY glad to have some support for this! > > > > Here?s the story ? it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband > recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the > start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast > track ? recommendations ready by the end of May. > > > > I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? seems > like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working > on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to be > outspoken on behalf of this constituency. > > > > The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee > was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical > bureaucratic structure. > > > > The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a recommended > action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: > > A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be > made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the > Task Force, in each area > > of the State; > > B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have > available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download > speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to > provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and > (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service > with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task > Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband > services at all. > > C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent or > impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. > > D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used > to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task > Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one > of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the > existing cap on the USF surcharge. > > E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that > should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State > of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the Task > Force.? > > > > The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several > others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. > > > > I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already > on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in > other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have > been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) > > > > http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map > > > > based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: > > Mapping > > Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service Fund) > > Public policy ? I?m on this one. > > > > My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching > unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once > they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, > I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for > recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) > > > > I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position > supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. > If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC > should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate > providers. > > > > I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee > meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the > background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. > > > > Stay tuned, > > Nan > > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > www.nanrubin.net > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban wrote: > > > Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring > > subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a > substantial > > project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements > > but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the > > complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and > dependency > > nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from > the > > complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea > in > > my opinion. > > > > > > > > Brian Tagaban > > > > > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > > Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM > > *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock > > > > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > > gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned > > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > > > > > Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > From: John Badal > > Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm > > To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock > > > > Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick > > , Cheryl Leanza , > > 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" > > , Ned > > > > Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time > consuming > > and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn > excavations > > could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install > > conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of > > California has introduced a bill for several years running that would > > require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of > way > > for use by any fiber provider. > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* > > <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM > > *To:* Wayne Hancock > > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > > *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned > > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > > > > > what exactly will that achieve ? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < > > *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: > > > > That?s Great! > > > > > > > > As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to > > include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that > > ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of > > Way? . > > > > > > > > Good Luck > > > > > > > > Wayne D. Hancock > > > > Dona Ana County > > > > Commissioner District 4 > > > > 845 N. Motel Blvd. > > > > Las Cruces, NM 88007 > > > > 575 525-5810 Office > > > > 575 520-4560 Cell > > > > 575 525-5948 Fax > > > > > > > > [image: DAC_logo_small] > > > > > > > > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > > *gillsorg at gmail.com* > > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > > > > > > > > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts > of > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Sun Apr 12 20:49:44 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 23:49:44 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well said. Having run a tiny ISP (frame relay, literally into a home's living room, where the server was), filed the quarterly 941 (and made sure state folks were happy, too), and served on various Ethernet committees, Mike is absolutely right. Wireless has an important role to play. Tough in the East with worse weather, lots of local hills and LEAVES, but still the only business case in many situations. The East has a LOT of telephone poles, though, and often a fiber deploy on poles can pay with 8 or 10 paying customers per mile (much of rural areas like VT can offer tempting targets, but much of NM can't). At least a public entity or small LEC can make a business case. Wall Street needs 20-30 customers a mile. And my financial models for FTTH builds (some aimed at investors, some for monthly case flow) are free and in the public domain on the bbcmag.com site. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Michael Harris wrote: > Other than John Brown and John Badal >> Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is >> and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet > > > Myself, for one, and a few other lurkers on this list, for sure! > > People who are actually doing something should be the people solicited for >> ideas/advice. > > > Agreed. So here are my ideas: > > Adding carrier-neutral fiber ducts into rights-of-way is a good idea. At > the very least, I don't see how it can hurt. The cost of empty conduit is > almost nothing, so might as well put it in while the hole is open. I recall > that NMSU had a similar policy... I know they have some people lurking on > this list, so maybe they can comment on its effectiveness. > > I've worked in the local Qwest engineering office and have been in the > WISP industry for a few years, so here are some of my thoughts: > > - It is hard to build business cases in rural and even some "urban" > areas. Small WISPS are more nimble and willing to do it than big telcos, > but have their own unique risk models. > - "Minimum bandwidth" requirements are well intentioned, but I don't > see how they could possibly be enforceable. > - Related - Drawing an accurate broadband map is going to be an > interesting challenge! > - The big carriers (Cogent, Century Link, Level3, Comcast) are > reluctant and slow to do construction, even in "metro" areas. > - Obtaining ROW can be difficult > - Digging is expensive > - "First-mile" wireless is a good solution in a lot of cases, but it > is not magic > - A small WISP or independent ISP can get more mileage out of $100k > than a big telco can with $1M > - Providing more information/subsidized assistance (i.e. grant writing > consultants) to regional ISPs to apply for federal, state grants would be > very helpful > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel > wrote: > >> Other than John Brown and John Badal >> Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is >> and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet? >> >> Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled >> from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or someone >> who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually >> doing something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. >> >> This is how atlas shrugged. >> >> Steven Grabiel >> President >> Higher Speed Internet >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Nan Rubin >> Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) >> To: Brian Tagaban >> Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, >> gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned >> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> [image: Paul White's profile photo] >> >> >> >> Thanks - I'm REALLY glad to have some support for this! >> >> >> >> Here's the story - it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband >> recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the >> start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast >> track - recommendations ready by the end of May. >> >> >> >> I'm attaching the list of members - yes, nearly all industry folks - seems >> like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working >> on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I'll feel free to be >> outspoken on behalf of this constituency. >> >> >> >> The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee >> was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical >> bureaucratic structure. >> >> >> >> The mission of the TF is: "to be responsible for developing a recommended >> action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: >> >> A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be >> made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the >> Task Force, in each area >> >> of the State; >> >> B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have >> available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download >> speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to >> provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and >> (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service >> with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task >> Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband >> services at all. >> >> C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent >> or >> impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. >> >> D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used >> to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task >> Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one >> of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the >> existing cap on the USF surcharge. >> >> E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that >> should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State >> of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the >> Task >> Force." >> >> >> >> The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several >> others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. >> >> >> >> I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already >> on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in >> other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have >> been misled, since I wasn't able to see the presentations.) >> >> >> >> http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map >> >> >> >> based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: >> >> Mapping >> >> Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service >> Fund) >> >> Public policy - I'm on this one. >> >> >> >> My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching >> unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once >> they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I'm on the Policy Committee, >> I'll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for >> recommendations. ("Obstacles" is already a category!) >> >> >> >> I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position >> supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. >> If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC >> should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate >> providers. >> >> >> >> I'll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee >> meeting. Meanwhile, I've asked them to send me copies of all the >> background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. >> >> >> >> Stay tuned, >> >> Nan >> >> *Nan Rubin* >> *Community Media Services* >> 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* >> 4093 Calle de Estrellas >> Las Cruces, NM 88012 >> www.nanrubin.net >> >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban wrote: >> >> > Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring >> > subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a >> substantial >> > project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements >> > but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the >> > complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and >> dependency >> > nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from >> the >> > complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea >> in >> > my opinion. >> > >> > >> > >> > Brian Tagaban >> > >> > >> > >> > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On >> > Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com >> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM >> > *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock >> > >> > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> > gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned >> > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> > >> > >> > >> > Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. >> > >> > -------- Original Message -------- >> > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> > From: John Badal >> > Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm >> > To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock >> > >> > Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick >> > , Cheryl Leanza , >> > 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" >> > , Ned >> > >> > Actually, that's a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time >> consuming >> > and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn >> excavations >> > could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install >> > conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of >> > California has introduced a bill for several years running that would >> > require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of >> way >> > for use by any fiber provider. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > John >> > >> > >> > >> > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* >> > <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown >> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM >> > *To:* Wayne Hancock >> > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> > *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned >> > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> > >> > >> > >> > what exactly will that achieve ? >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < >> > *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: >> > >> > That's Great! >> > >> > >> > >> > As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to >> > include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, >> that >> > "Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights >> of >> > Way" . >> > >> > >> > >> > Good Luck >> > >> > >> > >> > Wayne D. Hancock >> > >> > Dona Ana County >> > >> > Commissioner District 4 >> > >> > 845 N. Motel Blvd. >> > >> > Las Cruces, NM 88007 >> > >> > 575 525-5810 Office >> > >> > 575 520-4560 Cell >> > >> > 575 525-5948 Fax >> > >> > >> > >> > [image: DAC_logo_small] >> > >> > >> > >> > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] >> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM >> > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM >> > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; >> > *gillsorg at gmail.com* >> > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force >> > >> > >> > >> > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband >> > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, >> > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to >> parts of >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 george.clarke at state.nm.us Mon Apr 13 07:54:29 2015 From: george.clarke at state.nm.us (Clarke, George, DoIT) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:54:29 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7E5FD34@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> BROADBANNONUTS: I am appreciative that there are those on the list who have run an ISP, know a payroll, and have sleuthed through a 941. However, broadband implementation is more than a construction project. The planning, design, funding, and development requires a large number of talents and "wants" a collaborative framework. Of importance is Digital Literacy or Broadband Education\Training that can be morphed into a "Marketing" element to any ISP's Business Model. The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) has identified that establishing "relevancy" that targets the consumer's "community" (health, senior, education, tribal, e-commerce, e-governance, etc.) and identifying specific applications increases use. The NMBBP has established a site for these types of activities that we hope to "sustain" and provide to you 941ers, the public, government, and other businesses as an instrument to direct your customers and/or potential customers to an environment that can establish that "relevancy". We've not formally launched this site, yet maybe this is that. Please click and go to: - CONNECT NEW MEXICO: http://nmconnect.org/ NMBBP Mapping: Back some weeks there was some chatter about the New Mexico Broadband Map. We've been a bit busy as are funding ended late January, we had hopes for legislation to continue, and now are scrambling to sustain a program that has had widespread support due to the "relevancy" of our work. Final close out is at the end of April. Regardless, I'll be responding to what's behind the making of the NM Map. For now simple to say that that map is the best there is in the Universe for New Mexico. The data presented are only as good as what we get from the provider. Of note, some of the providers refused to play. So, they are not on the map. I'll explain the process which is rather impressive from an analytical perspective. The PRC Task Force will be utilizing this and other products from the NMBBP in the development of their recommendations. Now of note, I do have one out of three. I've run a business and a payroll......Be well, Gar Clarke Gar Clarke NM Geospatial and Broadband Program Manager Agency Tribal Liaison 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 Web: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/ Broadband Web:: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ GAC Web: http://www.gac.state.nm.us On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel > wrote: Other than John Brown and John Badal Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet? Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or someone who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually doing something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. This is how atlas shrugged. Steven Grabiel President Higher Speed Internet Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Nan Rubin Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Brian Tagaban Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force [image: Paul White's profile photo] Thanks - I'm REALLY glad to have some support for this! Here's the story - it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast track - recommendations ready by the end of May. I'm attaching the list of members - yes, nearly all industry folks - seems like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I'll feel free to be outspoken on behalf of this constituency. The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical bureaucratic structure. The mission of the TF is: "to be responsible for developing a recommended action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the Task Force, in each area of the State; B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband services at all. C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent or impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the existing cap on the USF surcharge. E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the Task Force." The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have been misled, since I wasn't able to see the presentations.) http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: Mapping Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service Fund) Public policy - I'm on this one. My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I'm on the Policy Committee, I'll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for recommendations. ("Obstacles" is already a category!) I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate providers. I'll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee meeting. Meanwhile, I've asked them to send me copies of all the background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. Stay tuned, Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban > wrote: > Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring > subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a substantial > project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements > but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the > complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and dependency > nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from the > complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea in > my opinion. > > > > Brian Tagaban > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM > *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock > > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > From: John Badal > > Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm > To: John Brown >, Wayne Hancock > > > Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" >, Lynn Chadwick > >, Cheryl Leanza >, > 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" > >, Ned > > > Actually, that's a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming > and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn excavations > could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install > conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of > California has introduced a bill for several years running that would > require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way > for use by any fiber provider. > > > > > > John > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* > <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM > *To:* Wayne Hancock > *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* >; Ned > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > what exactly will that achieve ? > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < > *whancock at donaanacounty.org* >> wrote: > > That's Great! > > > > As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to > include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that > "Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of > Way" . > > > > Good Luck > > > > Wayne D. Hancock > > Dona Ana County > > Commissioner District 4 > > 845 N. Motel Blvd. > > Las Cruces, NM 88007 > > 575 525-5810 Office > > 575 520-4560 Cell > > 575 525-5948 Fax > > > > [image: DAC_logo_small] > > > > *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* >] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > *gillsorg at gmail.com* > > *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > > > > As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of _______________________________________________ 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 john at citylinkfiber.com Mon Apr 13 09:10:09 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:10:09 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7E5FD34@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> References: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7E5FD34@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> Message-ID: and yet, as mentioned by others, the data collected via this process is in error, not accurate, not verified. And as such useless to base important decisions on.. On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Clarke, George, DoIT wrote: > BROADBANNONUTS: > > > > I am appreciative that there are those on the list who have run an ISP, know > a payroll, and have sleuthed through a 941. However, broadband > implementation is more than a construction project. The planning, design, > funding, and development requires a large number of talents and ?wants? a > collaborative framework. Of importance is Digital Literacy or Broadband > Education\Training that can be morphed into a ?Marketing? element to any > ISP?s Business Model. The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) has > identified that establishing ?relevancy? that targets the consumer?s > ?community? (health, senior, education, tribal, e-commerce, e-governance, > etc.) and identifying specific applications increases use. > > > > The NMBBP has established a site for these types of activities that we hope > to ?sustain? and provide to you 941ers, the public, government, and other > businesses as an instrument to direct your customers and/or potential > customers to an environment that can establish that ?relevancy?. We?ve > not formally launched this site, yet maybe this is that. Please click and > go to: > > > > - CONNECT NEW MEXICO: http://nmconnect.org/ > > > > NMBBP Mapping: Back some weeks there was some chatter about the New Mexico > Broadband Map. We?ve been a bit busy as are funding ended late January, we > had hopes for legislation to continue, and now are scrambling to sustain a > program that has had widespread support due to the ?relevancy? of our work. > Final close out is at the end of April. Regardless, I?ll be responding to > what?s behind the making of the NM Map. For now simple to say that that map > is the best there is in the Universe for New Mexico. The data presented are > only as good as what we get from the provider. Of note, some of the > providers refused to play. So, they are not on the map. I?ll explain the > process which is rather impressive from an analytical perspective. The PRC > Task Force will be utilizing this and other products from the NMBBP in the > development of their recommendations. > > > > Now of note, I do have one out of three. I?ve run a business and a > payroll??Be well, Gar Clarke > > > > Gar Clarke > > NM Geospatial and Broadband Program Manager > > Agency Tribal Liaison > > 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 > > Web: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/ > > Broadband Web:: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ > > GAC Web: http://www.gac.state.nm.us > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel > wrote: > > Other than John Brown and John Badal > > Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is > and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a packet? > > > > Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled > from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or someone > who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually doing > something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. > > > > This is how atlas shrugged. > > > > Steven Grabiel > > President > > Higher Speed Internet > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Nan Rubin > > Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) > > To: Brian Tagaban > > Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, > gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned > > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > [image: Paul White's profile photo] > > > > > Thanks ? I?m REALLY glad to have some support for this! > > > > Here?s the story ? it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband > recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the > start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast > track ? recommendations ready by the end of May. > > > > I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? seems > like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working > on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to be > outspoken on behalf of this constituency. > > > > The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering Committee > was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. Typical > bureaucratic structure. > > > > The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a recommended > action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: > > A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should be > made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the > Task Force, in each area > > of the State; > > B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have > available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download > speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to > provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and > (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service > with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the Task > Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband > services at all. > > C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent or > impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. > > D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be used > to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the Task > Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as one > of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the > existing cap on the USF surcharge. > > E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that > should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the State > of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the Task > Force.? > > > > The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several > others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. > > > > I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done already > on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in > other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have > been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) > > > > http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map > > > > based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: > > Mapping > > Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service Fund) > > Public policy ? I?m on this one. > > > > My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching > unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems once > they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, > I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for > recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) > > > > I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position > supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. > If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the PRC > should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate > providers. > > > > I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee > meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the > background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. > > > > Stay tuned, > > Nan > > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > www.nanrubin.net > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban wrote: > >> Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring >> subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a >> substantial >> project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements >> but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the >> complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and >> dependency >> nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from the >> complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea in >> my opinion. >> >> >> >> Brian Tagaban >> >> >> >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On >> Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM >> *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock >> >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> From: John Badal >> Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm >> To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock >> >> Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick >> , Cheryl Leanza , >> 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" >> , Ned >> >> Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming >> and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn >> excavations >> could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install >> conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of >> California has introduced a bill for several years running that would >> require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way >> for use by any fiber provider. >> >> >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* >> <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM >> *To:* Wayne Hancock >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> what exactly will that achieve ? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < >> *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: >> >> That?s Great! >> >> >> >> As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to >> include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that >> ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of >> Way? . >> >> >> >> Good Luck >> >> >> >> Wayne D. Hancock >> >> Dona Ana County >> >> Commissioner District 4 >> >> 845 N. Motel Blvd. >> >> Las Cruces, NM 88007 >> >> 575 525-5810 Office >> >> 575 520-4560 Cell >> >> 575 525-5948 Fax >> >> >> >> [image: DAC_logo_small] >> >> >> >> *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM >> *To:* 1st-Mile-NM >> *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* >> *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband >> Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, >> especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts >> of > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > From mharris at visgence.com Mon Apr 13 09:32:04 2015 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:32:04 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7E5FD34@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> Message-ID: > > I?ll explain the process which is rather impressive from an analytical > perspective. The PRC Task Force will be utilizing this and other products > from the NMBBP in the development of their recommendations. I'm very interested to hear what the process is, and how providers can get information to you to be included on the map. The point that the maps are not that great has been beaten to death, so how do the providers (that are willing to) help get them fixed? -Michael On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:10 AM, John Brown wrote: > and yet, as mentioned by others, the data collected via this process > is in error, not accurate, not verified. And as such useless to base > important decisions on.. > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Clarke, George, DoIT > wrote: > > BROADBANNONUTS: > > > > > > > > I am appreciative that there are those on the list who have run an ISP, > know > > a payroll, and have sleuthed through a 941. However, broadband > > implementation is more than a construction project. The planning, > design, > > funding, and development requires a large number of talents and ?wants? a > > collaborative framework. Of importance is Digital Literacy or Broadband > > Education\Training that can be morphed into a ?Marketing? element to any > > ISP?s Business Model. The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) has > > identified that establishing ?relevancy? that targets the consumer?s > > ?community? (health, senior, education, tribal, e-commerce, e-governance, > > etc.) and identifying specific applications increases use. > > > > > > > > The NMBBP has established a site for these types of activities that we > hope > > to ?sustain? and provide to you 941ers, the public, government, and other > > businesses as an instrument to direct your customers and/or potential > > customers to an environment that can establish that ?relevancy?. We?ve > > not formally launched this site, yet maybe this is that. Please click > and > > go to: > > > > > > > > - CONNECT NEW MEXICO: http://nmconnect.org/ > > > > > > > > NMBBP Mapping: Back some weeks there was some chatter about the New > Mexico > > Broadband Map. We?ve been a bit busy as are funding ended late January, > we > > had hopes for legislation to continue, and now are scrambling to sustain > a > > program that has had widespread support due to the ?relevancy? of our > work. > > Final close out is at the end of April. Regardless, I?ll be responding > to > > what?s behind the making of the NM Map. For now simple to say that that > map > > is the best there is in the Universe for New Mexico. The data presented > are > > only as good as what we get from the provider. Of note, some of the > > providers refused to play. So, they are not on the map. I?ll explain > the > > process which is rather impressive from an analytical perspective. The > PRC > > Task Force will be utilizing this and other products from the NMBBP in > the > > development of their recommendations. > > > > > > > > Now of note, I do have one out of three. I?ve run a business and a > > payroll??Be well, Gar Clarke > > > > > > > > Gar Clarke > > > > NM Geospatial and Broadband Program Manager > > > > Agency Tribal Liaison > > > > 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 > > > > Web: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/ > > > > Broadband Web:: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ > > > > GAC Web: http://www.gac.state.nm.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel < > sgrabiel at higherspeed.net> > > wrote: > > > > Other than John Brown and John Badal > > > > Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll is > > and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a > packet? > > > > > > > > Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled > > from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or > someone > > who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually > doing > > something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. > > > > > > > > This is how atlas shrugged. > > > > > > > > Steven Grabiel > > > > President > > > > Higher Speed Internet > > > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > > > From: Nan Rubin > > > > Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) > > > > To: Brian Tagaban > > > > Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, > > gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned > > > > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > > > > > > > > [image: Paul White's profile photo] > > > > > > > > > > Thanks ? I?m REALLY glad to have some support for this! > > > > > > > > Here?s the story ? it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband > > recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the > > start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a fast > > track ? recommendations ready by the end of May. > > > > > > > > I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? > seems > > like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as working > > on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to > be > > outspoken on behalf of this constituency. > > > > > > > > The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering > Committee > > was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. > Typical > > bureaucratic structure. > > > > > > > > The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a recommended > > action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: > > > > A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should > be > > made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the > > Task Force, in each area > > > > of the State; > > > > B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have > > available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and download > > speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to > > provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and > > (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service > > with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the > Task > > Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband > > services at all. > > > > C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent > or > > impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. > > > > D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be > used > > to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the > Task > > Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as > one > > of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the > > existing cap on the USF surcharge. > > > > E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that > > should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the > State > > of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the > Task > > Force.? > > > > > > > > The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several > > others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. > > > > > > > > I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done > already > > on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in > > other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might have > > been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) > > > > > > > > http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map > > > > > > > > based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: > > > > Mapping > > > > Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service > Fund) > > > > Public policy ? I?m on this one. > > > > > > > > My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching > > unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems > once > > they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, > > I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for > > recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) > > > > > > > > I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position > > supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. > > If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the > PRC > > should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate > > providers. > > > > > > > > I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee > > meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the > > background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. > > > > > > > > Stay tuned, > > > > Nan > > > > *Nan Rubin* > > *Community Media Services* > > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > > www.nanrubin.net > > > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban > wrote: > > > >> Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring > >> subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a > >> substantial > >> project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting requirements > >> but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the > >> complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and > >> dependency > >> nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from > the > >> complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea > in > >> my opinion. > >> > >> > >> > >> Brian Tagaban > >> > >> > >> > >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > >> Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM > >> *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock > >> > >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > >> gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned > >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > >> > >> > >> > >> Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. > >> > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > >> From: John Badal > >> Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm > >> To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock > >> > >> Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick > >> , Cheryl Leanza , > >> 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" > >> , Ned > >> > >> Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time > consuming > >> and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn > >> excavations > >> could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install > >> conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of > >> California has introduced a bill for several years running that would > >> require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of > way > >> for use by any fiber provider. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> John > >> > >> > >> > >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* > >> <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM > >> *To:* Wayne Hancock > >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; > >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned > >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force > >> > >> > >> > >> what exactly will that achieve ? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < > >> *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: > >> > >> That?s Great! > >> > >> > >> > >> As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to > >> include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, > that > >> ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights > of > >> Way? . > >> > >> > >> > >> Good Luck > >> > >> > >> > >> Wayne D. Hancock > >> > >> Dona Ana County > >> > >> Commissioner District 4 > >> > >> 845 N. Motel Blvd. > >> > >> Las Cruces, NM 88007 > >> > >> 575 525-5810 Office > >> > >> 575 520-4560 Cell > >> > >> 575 525-5948 Fax > >> > >> > >> > >> [image: DAC_logo_small] > >> > >> > >> > >> *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] > >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM > >> *To:* 1st-Mile-NM > >> *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; > >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* > >> *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force > >> > >> > >> > >> As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband > >> Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, > >> especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts > >> of > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Apr 13 10:15:30 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:15:30 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Rural Libraries and Broadband Adoption In-Reply-To: <6c27b119af959976d78a0c73f6afd8bb.squirrel@emailmg.netfirms.com> References: <4437CCB5-F943-408C-9B35-378B35B0B546@1st-mile.org> <6c27b119af959976d78a0c73f6afd8bb.squirrel@emailmg.netfirms.com> Message-ID: <55AEF53C-B994-4135-9738-B394B0E09C8F@1st-mile.org> Lillian, As you likely know, libraries have been and continue to be primary community information-access and knowledge-building centers, with the ALA having been a leading advocate since the early Internet days. In rural communities, libraries are a safe, trusted, helpful place for all; children, elders, those with handicaps, the poor and more. Libraries have an important ongoing role to play as the net evolves technically, and as the digital divide evolves with growing economic fragilities and disparities in urban and rural communities. A major problem is that libraries are under-supported for their evolving role and tasks, needing trained staff and systems (desktop and mobile). Incumbent providers and ISPs ought to have an incentive to support libraries and community learning centers, if their efforts lead to new network subscribers. Local .gov and schools should also partner to support libraries, as the results are of benefit to the community common good. Maintaining metrics on this can help make the case. Richard On Apr 13, 2015, at 10:07 AM, Lillian Galloway wrote: > Thank you for sharing this, Richard. In the course of launching our > digital literacy project over the past year, I have noticed increases in > confidence with technology for most people who have attended learning > sessions with the Silver City Public Library and our partners. The survey > data we have collected seems to support this. I wonder whether informal, > supportive learning environments contribute to community members' adoption > of broadband. > > Lillian > > Lillian Galloway > > Programming and Outreach Librarian > Silver City Public Library, Silver City, NM > (575) 538-3672 > silvercitypubliclibrary.wordpress.com > > >> Rural Libraries and Broadband Adoption >> >> A new study suggests there is a link between libraries and rates of >> household broadband adoption ? but only in the most remote rural counties. >> Libraries were the only type of ?community anchor institution? to >> demonstrate this relationship. >> >> By Brian Whitacre and Colin Rhinesmith >> >> http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-libraries-linked-higher-broadband-adoption/2015/04/08/7796 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> 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... URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Mon Apr 13 12:10:40 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:10:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force In-Reply-To: References: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7E5FD34@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> Message-ID: Agree. We need to first make this data set more accurate and correct. >From there we (as in we the people) can make better recommendations and decisions on next steps for broadband deployment On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Michael Harris wrote: >> I?ll explain the process which is rather impressive from an analytical >> perspective. The PRC Task Force will be utilizing this and other products >> from the NMBBP in the development of their recommendations. > > > I'm very interested to hear what the process is, and how providers can get > information to you to be included on the map. The point that the maps are > not that great has been beaten to death, so how do the providers (that are > willing to) help get them fixed? > > -Michael > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 10:10 AM, John Brown wrote: >> >> and yet, as mentioned by others, the data collected via this process >> is in error, not accurate, not verified. And as such useless to base >> important decisions on.. >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Clarke, George, DoIT >> wrote: >> > BROADBANNONUTS: >> > >> > >> > >> > I am appreciative that there are those on the list who have run an ISP, >> > know >> > a payroll, and have sleuthed through a 941. However, broadband >> > implementation is more than a construction project. The planning, >> > design, >> > funding, and development requires a large number of talents and ?wants? >> > a >> > collaborative framework. Of importance is Digital Literacy or Broadband >> > Education\Training that can be morphed into a ?Marketing? element to any >> > ISP?s Business Model. The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) has >> > identified that establishing ?relevancy? that targets the consumer?s >> > ?community? (health, senior, education, tribal, e-commerce, >> > e-governance, >> > etc.) and identifying specific applications increases use. >> > >> > >> > >> > The NMBBP has established a site for these types of activities that we >> > hope >> > to ?sustain? and provide to you 941ers, the public, government, and >> > other >> > businesses as an instrument to direct your customers and/or potential >> > customers to an environment that can establish that ?relevancy?. >> > We?ve >> > not formally launched this site, yet maybe this is that. Please click >> > and >> > go to: >> > >> > >> > >> > - CONNECT NEW MEXICO: http://nmconnect.org/ >> > >> > >> > >> > NMBBP Mapping: Back some weeks there was some chatter about the New >> > Mexico >> > Broadband Map. We?ve been a bit busy as are funding ended late January, >> > we >> > had hopes for legislation to continue, and now are scrambling to sustain >> > a >> > program that has had widespread support due to the ?relevancy? of our >> > work. >> > Final close out is at the end of April. Regardless, I?ll be responding >> > to >> > what?s behind the making of the NM Map. For now simple to say that that >> > map >> > is the best there is in the Universe for New Mexico. The data presented >> > are >> > only as good as what we get from the provider. Of note, some of the >> > providers refused to play. So, they are not on the map. I?ll explain >> > the >> > process which is rather impressive from an analytical perspective. The >> > PRC >> > Task Force will be utilizing this and other products from the NMBBP in >> > the >> > development of their recommendations. >> > >> > >> > >> > Now of note, I do have one out of three. I?ve run a business and a >> > payroll??Be well, Gar Clarke >> > >> > >> > >> > Gar Clarke >> > >> > NM Geospatial and Broadband Program Manager >> > >> > Agency Tribal Liaison >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > Web: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/ >> > >> > Broadband Web:: http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/ >> > >> > GAC Web: http://www.gac.state.nm.us >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Steven Grabiel >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > Other than John Brown and John Badal >> > >> > Who else on this list has ever run an isp or even knows what a payroll >> > is >> > and what a 941 is? Who on this list knows anything about routing a >> > packet? >> > >> > >> > >> > Will bureaucrats be receiving advice from someone who has never dangled >> > from a tower or does not know how to terminate category 6 cable, or >> > someone >> > who can not interpret a p&l or balance sheet? People who are actually >> > doing >> > something should be the people solicited for ideas/advice. >> > >> > >> > >> > This is how atlas shrugged. >> > >> > >> > >> > Steven Grabiel >> > >> > President >> > >> > Higher Speed Internet >> > >> > >> > >> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone >> > >> > >> > >> > -------- Original message -------- >> > >> > From: Nan Rubin >> > >> > Date:04/11/2015 3:01 PM (GMT-07:00) >> > >> > To: Brian Tagaban >> > >> > Cc: John Badal , 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, >> > gillsorg at gmail.com, Wayne Hancock , Ned >> > >> > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> > >> > >> > >> > [image: Paul White's profile photo] >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks ? I?m REALLY glad to have some support for this! >> > >> > >> > >> > Here?s the story ? it looks like the PRC is trying to get some broadband >> > recommendations (including possible $$ allocations) in place before the >> > start of the new fiscal year, July 1. So this BB task force is on a >> > fast >> > track ? recommendations ready by the end of May. >> > >> > >> > >> > I?m attaching the list of members ? yes, nearly all industry folks ? >> > seems >> > like anyone who sent in a letter. But since I described myself as >> > working >> > on media policy with grassroots and community groups, I?ll feel free to >> > be >> > outspoken on behalf of this constituency. >> > >> > >> > >> > The TF is operating under the authority of the PRC. The Steering >> > Committee >> > was named by the PRC to oversee and coordinate the work of the TF. >> > Typical >> > bureaucratic structure. >> > >> > >> > >> > The mission of the TF is: ?to be responsible for developing a >> > recommended >> > action plan ("Action Plan") that will include the following: >> > >> > A. The minimum upload and download broadband speeds that should >> > be >> > made available either across the State or, if deemed appropriate by the >> > Task Force, in each area >> > >> > of the State; >> > >> > B. A map showing: (i) the areas of the State that currently have >> > available broadband service with at least the minimum upload and >> > download >> > speeds determined by the Task Force, and the type of technology used to >> > provide such Internet service, such as DSL, cable or fixed wireless; and >> > (ii) the areas of the State that currently do not have broadband service >> > with at least the minimum upload and download speeds determine by the >> > Task >> > Force; and (iii) the areas of the State that do not have any broadband >> > services at all. >> > >> > C. A description of any barriers under existing law that prevent >> > or >> > impede the deployment of broadband service in the State. >> > >> > D. The identification of possible funding sources that can be >> > used >> > to increase the deployment of broadband services in the State. If the >> > Task >> > Force proposes using the State Rural Universal Service Fund ("USF") as >> > one >> > of the funding sources, the proposal shall not include changing the >> > existing cap on the USF surcharge. >> > >> > E. The specific Commission actions and possible legislation that >> > should be taken or enacted to ensure the rapid deployment across the >> > State >> > of broadband services that meets the minimum speeds recommended by the >> > Task >> > Force.? >> > >> > >> > >> > The first TF meeting was this past Thursday in Santa Fe, me and several >> > others on the phone with intros and several background presentations. >> > >> > >> > >> > I was impressed that a fair amount of work seems to have been done >> > already >> > on these topics, especially looking at rural models already in place in >> > other states, and broadband mapping done here in NM. (though I might >> > have >> > been misled, since I wasn?t able to see the presentations.) >> > >> > >> > >> > http://www.doit.state.nm.us/broadband/#map >> > >> > >> > >> > based on the 5 items listed above, they set up 3 subcommittees: >> > >> > Mapping >> > >> > Funding (including using the New Mexico Universal Service >> > Fund) >> > >> > Public policy ? I?m on this one. >> > >> > >> > >> > My initial impression is that the focus will actually be on reaching >> > unserved areas; raising access speeds; and sustainability for systems >> > once >> > they are built out (this is a biggy.) Since I?m on the Policy Committee, >> > I?ll make sure the ROW issue is properly researched and included for >> > recommendations. (?Obstacles? is already a category!) >> > >> > >> > >> > I will probably also raise the issue of urging the PRC take a position >> > supporting municipal broadband, which was part of the same FCC decision. >> > If any local municipality in NM should want to run its own system, the >> > PRC >> > should make it easy for them instead of deferring to the corporate >> > providers. >> > >> > >> > >> > I?ll know more on Monday when I call in to the first Policy committee >> > meeting. Meanwhile, I?ve asked them to send me copies of all the >> > background materials, and am attaching the list of TF members. >> > >> > >> > >> > Stay tuned, >> > >> > Nan >> > >> > *Nan Rubin* >> > *Community Media Services* >> > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* >> > 4093 Calle de Estrellas >> > Las Cruces, NM 88012 >> > www.nanrubin.net >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Brian Tagaban >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Digging is a one-time cost. Rights-of-way agreements are reoccurring >> >> subject to local and diverse ordinances/rules which makes ROW a >> >> substantial >> >> project risk. Some areas are subject to minimal permitting >> >> requirements >> >> but when the Feds deem one as being under federal protection then the >> >> complexity for ROW grows exponentially due to the sequential and >> >> dependency >> >> nature of the agreements. Federal and State roads are not exempt from >> >> the >> >> complexity of ROW therefore combining the two ROWs is an excellent idea >> >> in >> >> my opinion. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Brian Tagaban >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On >> >> Behalf Of *frank at wmxsystems.com >> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2015 1:55 PM >> >> *To:* John Badal; John Brown; Wayne Hancock >> >> >> >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> >> gillsorg at gmail.com; Ned >> >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Digging is 90% of the cost of a fiber deployment. >> >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> >> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> From: John Badal >> >> Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm >> >> To: John Brown , Wayne Hancock >> >> >> >> Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" , Lynn Chadwick >> >> , Cheryl Leanza , >> >> 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>, "gillsorg at gmail.com" >> >> , Ned >> >> >> >> Actually, that?s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time >> >> consuming >> >> and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn >> >> excavations >> >> could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would >> >> install >> >> conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of >> >> California has introduced a bill for several years running that would >> >> require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of >> >> way >> >> for use by any fiber provider. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* 1st-mile-nm [*mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org* >> >> <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org>] *On Behalf Of *John Brown >> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM >> >> *To:* Wayne Hancock >> >> *Cc:* Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; >> >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* ; Ned >> >> *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> what exactly will that achieve ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock < >> >> *whancock at donaanacounty.org* > wrote: >> >> >> >> That?s Great! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to >> >> include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, >> >> that >> >> ?Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights >> >> of >> >> Way? . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Good Luck >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wayne D. Hancock >> >> >> >> Dona Ana County >> >> >> >> Commissioner District 4 >> >> >> >> 845 N. Motel Blvd. >> >> >> >> Las Cruces, NM 88007 >> >> >> >> 575 525-5810 Office >> >> >> >> 575 520-4560 Cell >> >> >> >> 575 525-5948 Fax >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: DAC_logo_small] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Nan Rubin [mailto:*nanrubin at gmail.com* ] >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM >> >> *To:* 1st-Mile-NM >> >> *Cc:* Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; >> >> Ned; >> >> *gillsorg at gmail.com* >> >> *Subject:* NM Broadband Task Force >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a >> >> Broadband >> >> Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, >> >> especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to >> >> parts >> >> of >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > > > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Apr 14 08:17:29 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:17:29 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] ALA Report Message-ID: <62C57804-E940-4030-8067-521B1D3CE97C@1st-mile.org> More on the role of libraries. RL http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/04/new-state-america-s-libraries-report-finds-shift-role-us-libraries According to The State of America?s Libraries Report released today by the American Library Association (ALA), academic, public and school libraries are experiencing a shift in how they are perceived by their communities and society. No longer just places for books, libraries of all types are viewed as anchors, centers for academic life and research and cherished spaces. This and other library trends of the past year are detailed in ALA?s State of America?s Libraries Report 2015, made available during National Library Week, April 12?18. --------------------------------------------------------- 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 sgrabiel at higherspeed.net Wed Apr 15 05:34:30 2015 From: sgrabiel at higherspeed.net (Steven Grabiel) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:34:30 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink Telecom to start 20 Mile fiber project in Albuquerque Message-ID: Bravo Mr. Brown! ---------------------------------------- From: "John Brown" Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 4:58 PM To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CityLink Telecom to start 20 Mile fiber project in Albuquerque Open Access Fiber is expanding in Albuquerque http://c.bizjournals.com/ct/c/89890011/NjE5MzAyOTE6OjIzNTY0NDIx The article says that the project will be done in 2016, it will actually be done in 2015 and will support 100 x 100Gig connections, along with dark fiber options for anyone. _______________________________________________ 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 Wed Apr 15 12:40:52 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 13:40:52 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Open Fiber: PR + Photos Message-ID: Mayor, Councilors, Chamber Launch Installation of Open-Access Broadband Infrastructure Public-Private partnership will open up competition, boost business and private internet speed and affordability April 15, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Matt Ross, PIO; (505) 955-6045, mross at santafenm.gov Santa Fe, NM ? At a short groundbreaking ceremony this morning, Mayor Javier M. Gonzales, joined by Councilors Peter Ives, Signe Lindell, and Joseph Maestas, as well as Simon Brackley, the President of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, launched the installation of open-access broadband internet infrastructure in Santa Fe. This is the culmination of a multi-year project to connect Santa Fe?s internet market to faster speeds with a broader range of options. The project is anticipated to lower wholesale costs, creating competition among retail providers that will lower costs and increase speed to parity with regional cities including Albuquerque. For details on the program, including the local company that is managing the project, and the expected benefits, please see the attached memorandum from Special Projects Administrator Sean Moody. The statements below are taken directly from remarks at the press conference: ?When we talk about growing an economy that works for all Santa Fe, an economy that works in the 21st century, you have to have infrastructure that is competitive with any place in the world. This project is about making sure that our people have access to infrastructure that will truly unleash the potential of our entrepreneurs.? - Mayor Javier M. Gonzales ?Santa Fe is a city that always puts equality at the forefront, and today we?re striking a blow for the ability of our businesses to be on equal footing with businesses around the world. To our educational institutions and our businesses as well as our residents, this will be a big boost.? - Mayor Pro Tem Peter Ives ?The Business and Quality of Life Committee is looking at the whole picture for Economic Development, that includes prioritizing infrastructure necessary to enable industries that create good jobs. This was a priority for the business community and its critical to our future growth. This is a key first step.? - Councilor Signe Lindell ?It?s not every day that city government can leverage $1 million that translates into job creation and lower broadband prices, so the potential here is tremendous. It?s going to open so many doors and create so many opportunities for our community.? - Councilor Joseph Maestas ?This is an exciting day for Santa Fe businesses. Today is the result of two years of conversations and a true public-private partnership to improve the business environment in Santa Fe. This collaboration is going to help startup businesses, it?s going to help existing businesses, it?s going to help people who work from home, it?s going to improve Santa Fe?s connection to the rest of the world. And Cyber Mesa as the provider here is a local company that has done a tremendous job of negotiating the regulations and making this happen today.? - President Simon Brackley, Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce ### --------------------------------------------------------- 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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Required to be 'open access', this fiber leg will provide interconnection opportunities for Cybermesa and any other ISPs that want to reach out to actually connect and offer services to businesses, institutions and homes. That's phase two. RL ------ http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-10222-broadband-liftoff.html Broadband Liftoff Broadband projects are moving forward in Northern New Mexico. We think. Santa Fe Reporter, April 15, 2015, by Joey Peters Santa Fe?s broadband wireless project is more than three years in the making. This week, it finally breaks ground. The delay comes partly from the difficulty building a new 2-mile-long fiber optic pipeline from the intersection of Second Street and the railroad tracks to the downtown CenturyLink building. Though the pipeline was supposed to break ground nearly two years ago, establishing rights of way for construction and seeking approval from state and city architectural boards prevented a quicker rollout, according to Sean Moody, project administrator with Santa Fe?s Economic Development Division. Currently, a 60-mile-long fiber optic pipeline connects the city?s CenturyLink building to downtown Albuquerque. Though Santa Fe?s Web access comes from the Duke City?s grid, our city?s speed still averages half as many megabits per second than Albuquerque. CenturyLink effectively controls the last two miles of cable on the pipeline to Santa Fe. This, according to Moody, means that the city?s Internet access sits in the control of one provider. Building a new pipeline on that last two miles, he says, will finally put Santa Fe on the same high-speed level as its neighbor to the south. More specifically, other providers may be able to use the new pipeline and offer service at higher speeds, for a lower price. But that?s easier said than done. For one, the construction route runs through some state land, meaning the city had to establish right-of-way easements before the pipeline could be built. ?Most of the underground pipe is in the streets, but some runs across the Railyard and the downtown Capitol complex,? Moody says. Both the city?s Archaeological Review Committee and the state?s Historic Preservation Division also had to approve the pipeline design before anything went forward. Things got particularly tricky because the pipeline will run just yards from a historic cemetery just behind Dunkin? Donuts on St. Francis Drive, among other landmarks. Though technically outside of the old cemetery, the pipeline still could have come close to buried bodies. ?In historical times, the good Catholics were buried in the cemetery and the ones who weren?t good were buried outside the cemetery,? Moody says. The city ended up contracting with the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies to ?add some confidence really that if there was something of interest, we wouldn?t go blundering through it,? Moody says. Jessica Badner, a project director with the Office of Archaeological Studies, says her department is monitoring the construction using a plan that had to be reviewed by the Archaeological Review Committee and involved ?a huge amount of archaeological research .? The pipeline is projected to finish in June. Through a contract with the city, Chaparral Cable Co. is the taking on the job, which is projected to cost $1 million, which will be paid for from the Capital Improvement Program bond money. Another long-discussed local broadband program is also under way. The Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDINet) is also moving forward with a five-year-old plan to continue bringing broadband access to several communities in Northern New Mexico. All told, REDINet covers a 140-mile radius that extends from northern Santa Fe County up to Taos and around to Los Alamos. The vast stretch of land the pipelines run through explains part of the reason why the project took so long. awhile to build. ?The distance is the challenge,? explains Duncan Sill, the economic and strategic director with North Central New Mexico Economic Development District, which oversees the project. ?To build out the infrastructure takes planning and consideration.? Challenging with connecting smaller communities to high-speed Internet access doesn?t end with delays in the development process. Another problem surfaces when infrastructure is vandalized or accidentally damaged, an entire community can be left without connectivity for a l period of time. Not so for the City Different. Santa Fe has what?s known in the industry as a redundant pipeline. On top of the route to Albuquerque, Santa Fe has a fiber optic pipeline that runs up through Taos County to Colorado (also provided by CenturyLink) and one that runs down to Clovis (provided by local telecom provider Plateau). REDINet also has redundancy plans for its services that reach Dixon, Velarde, Espa?ola, Chimay? and other sites. --------------------------------------------------------- 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 company objected to the FCC's reclassification of broadband from a lightly regulated information service to a more heavily regulated common-carrier service. CenturyLink spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to "build, maintain and update an open Internet network and does not block or degrade lawful content," it said in a statement. The common-carrier regulations, dating back to the 1930s, "not only have no place in the 21st century economy, but will chill innovation and investment," the company added. The FCC is confident it will prevail in the lawsuits, Chairman Tom Wheeler said Friday. CenturyLink, based in Monroe, Louisiana, is the third-largest telecom carrier in the U.S. It acquired Qwest in 2011, and it has about 5 million broadband customers, with its presence the strongest in the U.S. South, Mountain West and parts of the Midwest. The six other lawsuits come from two ISPs -- AT&T and Alamo Broadband -- and trade groups CTIA, the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and the American Cable Association. Alamo and USTelecom filed lawsuits in late March, with the trade group refiling its suit on Monday. AT&T and the three other trade groups filed lawsuits on Tuesday. The new net neutrality rules, approved by the FCC on Feb. 26, would prohibit broadband and mobile carriers from selectively blocking or slowing Web traffic. The rules reclassify broadband as a regulated telecom service, instead of treating it as a lightly regulated information service, as the FCC has done for the past decade. --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. 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FREE LIVE WEBINAR on Friday, April 24, 2015, 2 p.m. ET/ Noon MT on GigUtah The Broadband Breakfast Club and Utah Breakfast Club are pleased to host a special LUNCHEON event at the Utah State Capitol Complex, State Office Building Auditorium, on "How Fiber Networks are Transforming Salt Lake City, Provo and Utah," Register to attend the event IN PERSON, or to WATCH THE FREE LIVE WEBINAR. REGISTER NOW KIRTON McCONKIE Webinar Series on 'How to Build Your Gigabit Network' From January 27 through February 17, 2015, Kirton McConkie telecom attorneys David Shaw, Shareholder, and Drew Clark, Of Counsel, addressing various issues municipalities should consider before creating a Gigabit network. Review the collection of resources available below. RESOURCE PAGE RURAL TELECOM CONGRESS AT BROADBAND SUMMIT Join us in Austin at the Broadband Communities Summit from Monday, April 13, through Thursday, April 16, for the must-attend event from broadband enthusiasts, experts, and industry officials. Below is the summit's agenda-at-a-glance page. Agenda-at-a-Glance PAST BROADBAND BREAKFAST CLUB EVENTS ARCHIVE To see the video archive from the Broadband Breakfast Club, please visit the "Broadband TV" category on BroadbandBreakfast.com. Utah and Broadband Breakfast Club Announce Luncheon Event and Webcast on Friday, April 24 SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Breakfast Club, in collaboration with the well-established Broadband Breakfast Club of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday announced a special luncheon event on Gigabit Networks in Utah that will take place on Friday, April 24, 2015. The luncheon event will take place at the Utah State Capitol, in the regular location of the monthly Utah Breakfast Club. This event will also be viewable as a FREE LIVE WEBCAST beginning at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT/Noon MT/11 a.m. PT. Those who seek to attend in person may register to attend this interactive discussion. Members of the Utah Breakfast Club pay $15, plus registration fee. Nonmembers pay $25, plus registration fee. (Individuals may obtain a NO CHARGE three month trial membership of the Utah Breakfast Club.) Lunch will be served at the Utah State Capitol beginning at 11:30 a.m. MT, with the program and webcast beginning promptly at 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT. "Google's decision to bring fiber to Salt Lake City adds the the strong base of fiber-optic deployment with Utah," said Drew Clark, founder of the Utah Breakfast Club and the Broadband Breakfast Club. "With cities and states across the country now seeking to build Gigabit networks, this discussion about GigUtah will be of great interest throughout the nation." The panel discussion and FREE LIVE WEBCAST will explore these topics: Google has captivated the enthusiasm of internet users -- and the attention of economic development professionals -- by offering Gigabit Network service in selected cities across the country. In announcing in late March that Google Fiber will expand to Salt Lake City (its eighth metropolitan area nationwide), the broadband world turned its envying eyes on Utah. With Google Fiber in Provo and now Salt Lake -- and with Gigabit Networks available in the 11 cities served by the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA -- Utah is poised to be the first state where a substantial portion of its residents have access to the fastest-possible broadband internet services. What does Google's investments say about the economic health and technology-savvy nature of Utah? What do cities and citizens get from Google Fiber that they haven't gotten from traditional telecom companies? And, for cities and states seeking to get a Gig, what are the best options to build and enhance Gigabit Networks? CONFIRMED Panelists: Devin Baer, Head of Fiber Business, Salt Lake, Google Paul Cutler, Mayor, City of Centerville, Utah Justin Jones, Vice President, Public Policy and Communications, Salt Lake Chamber David Shaw, Shareholder, Kirton McConkie; Chair, Government and Utilities Practice Group Nole Walkingshaw, Manager, Institutional Engagement, Salt Lake City Moderated by Drew Clark, Of Counsel, Kirton McConkie; Founder, Utah Breakfast Club For questions about the event, please contact Drew Clark atdrew at broadbandcensus.com. NO CHARGE Three Month Trial Membership in Utah Breakfast Club REGISTER NOW FOR WEBCAST: 2 p.m. ET, Friday, April 24 You are receiving this announcement because you subscribed to BroadbandCensus.com. Our mailing address is: BroadbandCensus.com 1100 Connecticut Ave. Suite 725 Washington, DC 20036 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2009 BroadbandCensus.com All rights reserved. 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With plans to deploy fiber to support the UETN business, CenturyLink was able to also build a business case to deploy high-speed broadband to homes and businesses in four Utah communities ? St. George, Hurricane, Cedar City and Washington country, said Jeremy Ferkin, CenturyLink vice president of operations for Utah, Nevada and California, in an interview. ?We?re helping to drive the gigabit economy,? said Ferkin. CenturyLink, he said, wants to provide gigabit connectivity for customers at home, at work and at school, he said. More than 60 housing developments and 10,000 individual homes are gaining fiber-to-the-home connectivity as a result of the UETN contract, Ferkin said. UETN/ CenturyLink Deal UETN initially was designed as a teleconferencing network but today supports both teleconferencing and data service. CenturyLink has provided service to UETN for many years, initially serving UETN through its predecessor company US West. CenturyLink isn?t UETN?s only supplier, however. An additional 580 locations are served by other network operators. Ferkin noted that ?everything is rebid every five years so I have to keep earning? UETN?s business. He added that ?UETN keeps holding our feet to the fire both from a cost and availability standpoint.? The service that UETN is buying from CenturyLink is Ethernet private line, explained UETN Communications Manager Rich Finlinson. The network architecture isn?t a pure hub and spoke design, however. ?We?re using higher education institutions as major [points of presence],? said Finlinson. ?We aggregate the signal there.? In some cases high schools act as aggregation points, he added. Some of the costs of the CenturyLink contract were paid for through the e-rate Universal Service program. ?We have a discount rate of 71%,? Finlinson said, adding that it?s a great deal for education. He noted, for example, that some high school students are able to take courses that count toward college and that Utah students are well trained for today?s work force. ?The state is recognized for helping business grow,? said Ferkin. As a result, he said, many companies are investing in the state. See also: http://www.telecompetitor.com/centurylink-brings-gigabit-broadband-southern-utah/ --------------------------------------------------------- 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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A very good program. www.tribaltelecomconference.com/ 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 May 6 11:38:41 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 12:38:41 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Opens Spectrum; Creates Citizens Broadband Radio Service Message-ID: From Community Broadband Networks: http://muninetworks.org/content/fcc-opens-spectrum-creates-citizens-broadband-radio-service On April 17th, FCC Commissioners voted unanimously to expand the use of spectrum previously reserved for U.S. Army and Navy radar systems. The FCC Report and Order creates the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) which establishes rules for shared use by licensed and unlicensed users. This is a step forward to ensuring we are getting the most use out of the spectrum - by allowing different entities to share the spectrum when it is not being used in some geographic areas for the purpose it was originally allocated for. (snip) The FCC's April 17th Press Release: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0417/DOC-333083A1.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 Mon May 18 09:46:45 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 10:46:45 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] =?windows-1252?q?Kit_Carson_Electric_Cooperative_Re?= =?windows-1252?q?ceives_UTC=92s_APEX_Award?= Message-ID: <4D9A77B9-15F7-45EA-963F-6E7B9552BB44@1st-mile.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Lekan 202.833.6815 paul.lekan at utc.org Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Receives UTC?s APEX Award Washington, D.C. ? Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc., based in Taos, New Mexico, received the prestigious UTC APEX Award during the organization?s annual Awards Dinner. As the Utilities Telecom Council?s most prestigious award, the APEX Award pays tribute to the critical role of information and communications technologies in delivering essential energy and water services to communities throughout the world. The award recognizes that in emergencies, utility communications technology saves lives, protects property, speeds restoration, and puts communities on the path to recovery. In normal times, utility communications provide opportunities for communities to enhance economic prosperity, provide innovative new services, and support health, education, and access to critical services. Recipients are selected by a panel of utility experts based on: Overall Utility Telecom System Design Utility Telecom Sharing with Public Safety Using Utility Telecom for Community Development Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) was selected for deploying a broadband network that will enable smart grid and affordable Internet throughout its service area. In New Mexico, only 43 percent of residents have access to broadband networking. KCEC envisioned a modernized, fiber-based network infrastructure to deliver the benefits of high-speed Internet access to underserved communities, thereby creating Internet-based opportunities and driving economic development among businesses, households, community anchor institutions, and two Native American pueblos. The project began in the fall of 2011, making KCEC the first ISP in northern and central New Mexico to provide 1 Gbps service. The main line construction project is approximately 91 percent complete, with more than 110 businesses and community anchor institutions connected to broadband fiber. Over the remainder of this year, KCEC will make 1 Gbps broadband service available in 29 communities and will cover 5,000 square miles. Kit Carson?s plan resulted in a network architecture that minimizes TCO and maximizes ROI. Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., led the FTTH network implementation team as prime integrator. Zhone Technologies and Juniper Networks were technology partners, and Pulse Broadband provided outside plant design and engineering services. ?We needed fiber for our electrical operations, but high-speed connectivity is lacking in our area,? said Luis A. Reyes Jr., Kit Carson?s chief executive officer. ?The absence of broadband was creating many quality-of-life and economic development challenges. The co-op responded by designing and executing a strategy that would finally bring broadband to the area in a way that would benefit everyone, and any profit we make from the network goes back to the members in the form of lower electrical rates. It?s the very definition of a win-win relationship.? The network also will enable smart grid technologies including distribution automation and advanced metering infrastructure, which will enhance service reliability and better enable customers to participate in energy usage management. The network is secure, fully redundant, and compatible with evolving technology. UTC?s President and CEO Connie Durcsak added, ?Broadband is a transformative platform, enabling outcomes in economic development and job creation, telemedicine, and access to world-class education. UTC, through its Rural Broadband Council, has been leading the fight to ensure utilities have a clear path in utilizing their unique skills, field-based assets, and connections with their communities to provide broadband to areas that are currently unserved or underserved by other commercial service providers. Kit Carson is a perfect example of what utilities can accomplish. By building support within its community and with its state and local officials, Kit Carson was able to deliver in just a few short months what others have failed to accomplish: a gigabit pipeline to the digital world.? Among the many success stories made possible by Kit Carson?s vision and determination: The broadband network enhances other services, such as e911 and fire dispatch, improving the quality of life for locals and visitors. The Sipapu Ski Area, which exists in a very competitive ski market, can now offer high speed Internet to customers for their mobile devices, giving them an edge over other ski resorts. Prior to the launch of service to Red River Fish Hatchery, a division of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, had only been capable of receiving service via a costly T-1 copper line at speeds of 1.5 Mbps or less. Now the operation enjoys a symmetrical consistent speed of 5 Mbps at a fraction of the cost. The Taos Pueblo, one of only eight designated World Heritage Sites, now receives 1 Gigabit per second Internet service speed. The connectivity gives Taos Pueblo and its administration a reliable and robust connection to the Internet and will ultimately allow enable such services as telemedicine, online high school and college courses, job creation, and more. Utilities are ready to compete and are uniquely positioned to deliver broadband to rural America. Many utilities have experience deploying and utilizing fiber-optic networks for their own use in managing and controlling their systems. All utilities have extensive infrastructure assets and resources that can be immediately leveraged for broadband services. Equally important is the fact, that utilities have existing relationships with their members and customers, making them trusted providers of essential services, including electricity, gas, water ? and broadband. About UTC Utility information and communications technology (ICT) is integral to reliable and secure utility services. UTC is the premier trade association for information, telecommunications, and operations technologies to identify, innovate and enable mission critical solutions for essential utility services. Since 1948, UTC is the source and resource for ICT solutions, collaboration and advocacy for utilities and other critical infrastructure industries. Visit - www.utc.org About Kit Carson Electric Kit Carson Electric Cooperative is a member owned cooperative serving nearly 30,000 members, and is the second largest electric cooperative in the State of New Mexico. Kit Carson Electric provides Electric, Propane, Telecommunication and Broadband services. For more information about Kit Carson Electric visitwww.kitcarson.com or contact the Public Information Office at 575-758-2258 or by email at agonzales at kitcarson.com. PHOTO CAPTION: Louis A. Reyes Jr. (Right), Kit Carson Electric Cooperative CEO, accepts the 2015 UTC APEX Award from UTC Chairman Jason Griffith. ### Contact information: Paul Lekan, Utilities Telecom Council, 1129 20th St NW Ste 350, Washington, DC 200363436 --------------------------------------------------------- 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 Wed Jun 3 11:43:03 2015 From: Rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 12:43:03 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] State officials eye broadband in New Mexico rural schools Message-ID: Following is a short AP article posted today, which I think deserves some consideration and productive follow-up discussion on this list. Below it is an excerpt from an article posted just over one year ago. My understanding and experience is that statewide schools' broadband and tech. surveys have been repeatedly conducted over the past 8 years, to determine which are the most in-need schools and what the costs would be. Where are survey results? What is the status of last year's SB-159 funding allocation? Why will it take 3-5 more years to connect schools to 1Mb access, as noted by Ovidiu Viorica? This is not broadband, and is not adequate. This is not a matter of cost or technical difficulty. It is a matter of lack of will. Broadband connecting all NM schools is a rapidly achievable initiative, bringing together the State, telecom. providers, federal funding, community buy-in and shared networking opportunities, with economically and socially benefiting win-win outcomes. What's stopping us? RL ------ State officials eye broadband in New Mexico rural schools Created: 06/03/2015 By: RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State officials say they hope to get broadband into most New Mexico schools by the end of the decade. Ovidiu Viorica, who oversees a broadband program for the New Mexico Public Schools Facilities Authority, told a legislative committee on Tuesday that officials are still trying to determine the costs. Viorica says officials are wrapping up a statewide survey to determine what rural school districts face challenges in getting broadband. He says the goal is to get 1,000 kilobits per second for students and staff by 2018. State officials say New Mexico still lags behind many states, including Utah and Mississippi, on broadband access in public schools. Officials say broadband in schools is needed because of new online testing requirements and a changing world of teaching. (Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) --------- March 10, 2014 Bill Signed to Invest $50 Million in Broadband Infrastructure for Public Schools Santa Fe, NM ? Governor Susana Martinez signed Senate Bill 159 (SB159), sponsored by Senator Jacob Candelaria (D-26-Bernalillo) and co-sponsored by Representative Mimi Stewart (D-21-Bernalillo). The bill will allow the Public School Capital Outlay Council (PSCOC) to expend up to $10 million annually for the next five fiscal years, to correct deficiencies in broadband infrastructure in schools statewide. www.nmsenate.com/2014/03/10/bill-signed-to-invest-50-million-into-technology-infrastructure-for-public-schools/ --------------------------------------------------------- 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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Sean works in the Economic Development Division of the City as a Special Projects Administrator. He explains the bottleneck in middle mile access that allowed CenturyLink to charge higher rates for backhaul than are common in similar communities. The City decided to invest $1 million in a new fiber link that would bypass the choke point and allow various independent companies to have a better choice for access to the wider Internet. Along the way, the City partnered with the state for additional benefits. --------------------------------------------------------- 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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[more ]* In a similar fashion, Open Data drives better administration of government, new business opportunities, improved citizen access to government services and data and heightened citizen overview of government. Unfortunately, we do not have full access to the potentially rich data paid for by citizens of Santa Fe. Yes, the city has a Checkbook Register web site, for example, but taxpayers cannot figure out why and for what someone named "Cole Courtney" (or should it be "Courtney Cole") was paid $108.18 on May 28. Or why ASI CONSTRUCTORS INC was paid $300,000.00 from an account called "Cash in Common" on May 6. [Analytic Journalists are always suspicious when financial data ends in nice, neat zeros.) A positive example of municipal open data can be found at Chattanooga, Tenn . The Society of Professional Journalists are putting together a broad-based citizen's initiative to make government data of all types easily available to taxpayers for analysis. We are bringing together individuals with broad interests, skills or just curiosity to, first, conduct a census of City of Santa Fe databases in order to create an easily searchable database of that data, a *meta-database*, if you will. At the same time, we will train participants how to search, extract, clean and analyze that data. These will be foundational skills that anyone can use for multiple analytic objectives -- social and educational services, economic development, political insights and tracking government performance far beyond what public employees have the time or money to conduct. We plan to hold initial organization meetings in early July. Attached is a memo outlining the project. Please read it and, if you are interested in participating, click on the link at the top of the memo to go to a sign-up form or click here for the same form. Please forward this email and the memo to everyone you think might be interested. Also, we would like to make a presentation on the *It's The People's Data *initiative to any civic, religious, political, social service and educational group in the city and county of Santa Fe. To get a broad idea of the dynamic progress of this trend, do a Google and/or Twitter search with *#opendata* . We look forward to hearing from you. -Tom Johnson ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 Director http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ============================================ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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James Smith of District 22, chairman of the interim Science, Technology and Telecom Committee in the New Mexico House, wrote about telecommunications policy (?Could the FCC foreclose on high-tech future,? My View, June 6). Addressing the Federal Communications Commission?s regulation of the Internet, Smith wrote, ?light regulation ? gave Internet providers freedom to innovate with new services and new infrastructure ? .? Further, ?this move ? has fueled the dramatic expansion of Internet technology in America. ?This symbiotic relationship between minimal regulation and maximum investment and innovation continues,? he said. First, remember that the initial Internet concepts and technologies were developed with taxpayer research dollars, not private enterprise investment. Second, the ?new services? are coming not from the digital providers, but from clever individuals and talented startup teams that could possibly do even more if they had access to true broadband at affordable prices. Third, research year after year indicates that U.S. citizens are paying higher prices for slower connectivity. As the Open Technology Institute reports: ?Data that we have collected in the past three years demonstrates that the majority of U.S. cities surveyed lag behind their international peers, paying more money for slower Internet access.? (See http://bit.ly/1FJL1vB and http://bit.ly/1MAlYRa) Companies providing Internet connectivity ? and we really only have three in Santa Fe, and none providing true high-speed, fiber-optic connections ? all seek to minimize their costs and maximize their revenue. That?s inherent in capitalism. For customers, that means minimal connectivity, slow speeds and high monthly bills. Appropriate ?regulation? of the Internet would seek collaborative government/private enterprise endeavors with the goal of maximizing customer benefits (i.e. fiber to the home with maximum digital up and down speeds) at minimal cost. Such would be the feedstock for economic, social, educational, health and governmental progress in the digital era. The high-speed, digital train is rapidly leaving stations around the world. New Mexico needs political conductors and engineers capable of running that train with informed knowledge, insight and vision. Tom Johnson is co-founder of the Institute for Analytic Journalism in Santa Fe. --------------------------------------------------------- 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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Message-ID: A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by county! http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/ Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't Nan ===================================== *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mharris at visgence.com Tue Jun 16 15:12:13 2015 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:12:13 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Forbes has a great broadband map! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting map, thanks for sharing! I wonder if Akamai or Ookla or someone of the like have published any private broadband penetration studies... -Michael On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: > A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by > county! > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/ > > > Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't > > Nan > ===================================== > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > www.nanrubin.net > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wonder what those folks in east Washington are doing differently. > On Jun 16, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Michael Harris wrote: > > Interesting map, thanks for sharing! > > I wonder if Akamai or Ookla or someone of the like have published any private broadband penetration studies... > > -Michael > >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: >> A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by county! >> >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/ >> >> >> Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't >> >> Nan >> ===================================== >> Nan Rubin >> Community Media Services >> 917-656-0886 [Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!] >> 4093 Calle de Estrellas >> Las Cruces, NM 88012 >> www.nanrubin.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com > _______________________________________________ > 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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In-Reply-To: <20150617075838.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.110574f18b.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> References: <20150617075838.e4c653d4171ef05b5042f410c9d8e5d1.110574f18b.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> Message-ID: Laying fiber to the home in Urbana-Champaign, 2012 (that's me in the wheelchair) Nan *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:58 AM, wrote: > A few thoughts: > > 1. I'm happy to see the issue made a respected national news magazine > > 2. The map and data don't tell the whole picture as the FCC data is based > on "advertised" speeds (what the service providers say they offer) not the > "actual" speeds consumers get. If actual speeds were used for such a map, > we might see that 50% of Americans do not have access to 25 Mbps down/3 > Mbps up > > 3. I have gathered tens of thousands of speed tests over the last few > years. The gulf between urban and rural takes a huge leap with the > introduction of fiber to the home in urban areas. Attached see photo of > fiber deployment crew at work in the alley behind my house in Denver > yesterday. CenturyLink will soon offer me 1,000 Mbps service for > $150/month. Comcast has deployed Wi-Fi access points on the poles in my > alley and I get 11 Mbps downloads on my phone. Contrast that with anemic > DSL and cable modem speeds in the rural Rocky Mountain West (I have yet to > see a figure above 10 Mbps download IN TOWN or .1% or the 1,000 Mbps I will > soon enjoy, out of town, the number is never more than about 4 Mbps or .04% > vs. Denver). The "digital divide" in Internet speeds is a lot wider than > the article portrays. > > 4. RE: Eastern Washington: Its the culture. In 1998-2000, I spent a lot of > time in Spokane as a vendor to their fiber WANs sponsored largely by the > power utility with a lot of cooperation with local governments. Wireless > ISPs compete for the consumers in rural markets. Lesson learned by eastern > WA officials: no one is going to fix the issue for you, you have to fix it > yourself. > > Frank > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Forbes has a great broadband map! > From: Norbert Nez > Date: Tue, June 16, 2015 4:51 pm > To: Michael Harris > Cc: 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> > > Wonder what those folks in east Washington are doing differently. > > > > On Jun 16, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Michael Harris wrote: > > Interesting map, thanks for sharing! > > I wonder if Akamai or Ookla or someone of the like have published any > private broadband penetration studies... > > -Michael > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: > >> A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by >> county! >> >> >> http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/ >> >> >> Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't >> >> Nan >> ===================================== >> *Nan Rubin* >> *Community Media Services* >> 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* >> 4093 Calle de Estrellas >> Las Cruces, NM 88012 >> www.nanrubin.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >> >> > > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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URL: From christopher at newrules.org Tue Jul 7 13:15:12 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:15:12 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Next Century Cities" Broadband In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: As the policy director for NCC, let me state that we would love to have some NM cities join. We need the mayor or city council to let us know they agree with our principles but there is no charge. If anyone wants to know more, I can connect you to our executive director. Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: > I didn't see any NM cities on this list... > > > http://nextcenturycities.org/2015/07/06/next-century-cities-grows-to-100-communities-nationwide-leading-on-next-generation-broadband-internet/ > > Next Century Cities Grows to 100 Communities Nationwide Leading on > Next-Generation Broadband Internet > > > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > www.nanrubin.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Fri Jul 10 12:27:00 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:27:00 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] KCEC Message-ID: <71ff1622122754140f9a12b54e9449be@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> The current (May/June) issue of Broadband Communities has an article on Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Deploys FTTH for Economic Development. See: www.broadbandcommunities.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From masha at bbcmag.com Fri Jul 10 12:29:56 2015 From: masha at bbcmag.com (Masha Zager) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:29:56 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] KCEC In-Reply-To: <71ff1622122754140f9a12b54e9449be@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> References: <71ff1622122754140f9a12b54e9449be@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: <010a01d0bb46$d05f8490$711e8db0$@bbcmag.com> Thanks, Richard! More specifically, http://www.bbcmag.com/2015mags/May_June/BBC_May15_KitCarson.pdf -----Original Message----- From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+masha=broadbandproperties.com at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 3:27 PM To: 1st-Mile-NM Subject: [1st-mile-nm] KCEC The current (May/June) issue of Broadband Communities has an article on Kit Carson Electric Cooperative Deploys FTTH for Economic Development. See: www.broadbandcommunities.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.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 roger.sno at gmail.com Tue Jul 28 16:34:12 2015 From: roger.sno at gmail.com (Roger Snodgrass) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 17:34:12 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" Message-ID: I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: *"Wired to fail: * How a little known agency mishandled several billion dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other neglected rural communities. ... *"[S]cores of rural residents *who should have benefited from better Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." http://politi.co/1SKKGjg -- Roger Snodgrass Twitter @pomotor https://twitter.com/Pomotor home 505-424-8366 cell 505-920-3677 l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Tue Jul 28 20:49:30 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:49:30 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Romm obviously went into this with zero knowledge and a chip on his shoulder, put there by big ISPs. He complains that RUS was so careful it might leave a tiny amount of stimulus money on the table, and so careless that there is danger of default. The rules of the game: grantees have to spend the matching funds before they draw down the RUS loan funds. The ISPs that got grants and turned them down? About normal for any grant program but low given recession environment. All the funds he worries won't get spent, probably will. I complained (in my Hawk column) several times over the years that RUS should have risked more to be stimulative. But to see a tyro come along at the end of a complicated process and complain is frankly annoying. On Jul 28, 2015 7:34 PM, "Roger Snodgrass" wrote: > I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: > > > *"Wired to fail: * How a little known agency mishandled several billion > dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural > communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that > roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] > approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full > amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash > by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other > words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in > still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other > neglected rural communities. ... > > *"[S]cores of rural residents *who should have benefited from better > Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, > high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's > not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once > touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." > http://politi.co/1SKKGjg > > > > -- > > Roger Snodgrass > Twitter @pomotor > https://twitter.com/Pomotor > home 505-424-8366 > cell 505-920-3677 > l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 roger.sno at gmail.com Thu Jul 30 12:16:30 2015 From: roger.sno at gmail.com (Roger Snodgrass) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:16:30 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for the feedback on this. Re-reading with the additional context, I can see why Richard and Steve think the author was too hard on RUS. My thinking was that providing the additional access was so important, something is wrong with a program that gives out such a small fraction of its money, and certainly the agency running the program must be accountable, even if some or many of the problems lie elsewhere. Maybe some part of the money needs to help the applicant develop a workable plan, for example. Also, I didn't like the sound of the agency's persistent refusal to provide information, which is in my book is a flashing neon admission of failure. What good will it do in the future to offer local subsidies if they are doomed to fail, regardless of whether it's the granting institution or the grantee and local governmen and regulatory pitfalls or the monopolizing corporate utilities, causing the problems? The result compared to money available is pathetic. Also, there is mention of additional work going on in New Mexico. Does anybody know what that refers to? Thanks, Roger On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Roger Snodgrass wrote: > I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: > > > *"Wired to fail: * How a little known agency mishandled several billion > dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural > communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that > roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] > approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full > amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash > by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other > words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in > still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other > neglected rural communities. ... > > *"[S]cores of rural residents *who should have benefited from better > Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, > high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's > not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once > touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." > http://politi.co/1SKKGjg > > > > -- > > Roger Snodgrass > Twitter @pomotor > https://twitter.com/Pomotor > home 505-424-8366 > cell 505-920-3677 > l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll > > -- Roger Snodgrass Twitter @pomotor https://twitter.com/Pomotor home 505-424-8366 cell 505-920-3677 l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Jul 31 09:48:05 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:48:05 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USDA Funding Message-ID: USDA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM [SOURCE: Department of Agriculture, AUTHOR: Public Notice] The Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, announces that it is accepting applications for fiscal year 2015 for the Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantee program. In addition to announcing the application window, RUS announces the minimum and maximum amounts for broadband loans for FY 2015. Moreover, the Agency is concurrently publishing a proposed interim final rule that will revise the current Broadband Program regulations. Applications under this Notice of solicitation of applications will be accepted immediately, July 30, 2015 through September 30, 2015, subject to the requirements of the interim regulation published concurrently with this NOSA. Department of Agriculture http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-30/pdf/2015-18623.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From editorsteve at gmail.com Fri Jul 31 12:48:40 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:48:40 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just to be clear, RUS up until a few years ago had never (technically) lost money on a loan. Reform of the USF and recession has changed the record, but not on loans under the stimulus program. Loss rate is far, far below that for regular banks. I happen to see that as a weakness at RUS, not a strength. The biggest issue is that there are a lot of areas and a lot of (mainly large) carriers that don't see adequate return in improving service in much of their service areas, have fully depreciated their facilities in those areas, but won't get out of the way for local carriers, public utilities, and so forth that are willing to accept a much lower rate of return in exchange for soft dollars -- economic growth, residents' needs and so forth. The incumbents claim they face unfair competition from these new carriers coming in with lower cost of money, even if they built their systems with cheap money long ago. They churn out press releases, buy a congressman or six or sixty, take journalists to lunch... Often, the models suggest they would earn more money by renting space on a modern new network they didn't have to build (see my Bandwidth Hawk column in the May-June issue). But competition is a dirty word for them. Sometimes, rarely, they do get screwed by RUS or someone else when the rules change (and I have trouble with the proprietary FCC model, BTW). Those rare screwings become their poster children. This is how the regulatory game is played, though. Everyone gets subsidies of one kind or another, either in free or low-cost money or in tax deductions and good rate deals. The deals change as public policy and technical imperatives change. There are always going to be some losers and some winners among the carriers. You want only winners among the populace, though. Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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, Jul 30, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Roger Snodgrass wrote: > Thanks for the feedback on this. Re-reading with the additional context, I > can see why Richard and Steve think the author was too hard on RUS. My > thinking was that providing the additional access was so important, > something is wrong with a program that gives out such a small fraction of > its money, and certainly the agency running the program must be > accountable, even if some or many of the problems lie elsewhere. Maybe some > part of the money needs to help the applicant develop a workable plan, for > example. Also, I didn't like the sound of the agency's persistent refusal > to provide information, which is in my book is a flashing neon admission of > failure. What good will it do in the future to offer local subsidies if > they are doomed to fail, regardless of whether it's the granting > institution or the grantee and local governmen and regulatory pitfalls or > the monopolizing corporate utilities, causing the problems? The result > compared to money available is pathetic. Also, there is mention of > additional work going on in New Mexico. Does anybody know what that refers > to? > > Thanks, > Roger > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Roger Snodgrass > wrote: > >> I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: >> >> >> *"Wired to fail: * How a little known agency mishandled several billion >> dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural >> communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that >> roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] >> approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full >> amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash >> by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other >> words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in >> still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other >> neglected rural communities. ... >> >> *"[S]cores of rural residents *who should have benefited from better >> Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, >> high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's >> not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once >> touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." >> http://politi.co/1SKKGjg >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Roger Snodgrass >> Twitter @pomotor >> https://twitter.com/Pomotor >> home 505-424-8366 >> cell 505-920-3677 >> l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll >> >> > > > -- > > Roger Snodgrass > Twitter @pomotor > https://twitter.com/Pomotor > home 505-424-8366 > cell 505-920-3677 > l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 masha at bbcmag.com Fri Jul 31 12:51:12 2015 From: masha at bbcmag.com (Masha Zager) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:51:12 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00db01d0cbca$41352a60$c39f7f20$@bbcmag.com> According to a GAO report, RUS awarded over $3 billion for the BIP stimulus program, which was considerably more money than it had budgeted (because some loans were repaid and recycled), and most of the projects were in fact built. If $277 million is in fact left over (which I would doubt), that?s less than 10% of the total. Estimated subscribers as of 2014 were about 730,000. Presumably, homes passed exceed the number of subscribers by quite a bit, and take rates should rise as time goes on. The goals were homes passed, not subscribers. http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-511 Certainly the program was not perfect (unsurprising, given that it was put together in a big hurry with a lot of stringent or even impossible conditions) but to paint it as a disaster doesn?t seem fair. Likewise with the regular RUS broadband program, which has faced a number of hurdles (including lack of funding for several years because the Farm Bill was years late) but has still funded many successful projects. Anyone who has ever applied for a RUS loan will tell you they put a lot of effort (way too much effort, in the view of most borrowers) into ?helping the applicant develop a workable plan.? From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Roger Snodgrass Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:17 PM To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" Thanks for the feedback on this. Re-reading with the additional context, I can see why Richard and Steve think the author was too hard on RUS. My thinking was that providing the additional access was so important, something is wrong with a program that gives out such a small fraction of its money, and certainly the agency running the program must be accountable, even if some or many of the problems lie elsewhere. Maybe some part of the money needs to help the applicant develop a workable plan, for example. Also, I didn't like the sound of the agency's persistent refusal to provide information, which is in my book is a flashing neon admission of failure. What good will it do in the future to offer local subsidies if they are doomed to fail, regardless of whether it's the granting institution or the grantee and local governmen and regulatory pitfalls or the monopolizing corporate utilities, causing the problems? The result compared to money available is pathetic. Also, there is mention of additional work going on in New Mexico. Does anybody know what that refers to? Thanks, Roger On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Roger Snodgrass wrote: I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: "Wired to fail: How a little known agency mishandled several billion dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other neglected rural communities. ... "[S]cores of rural residents who should have benefited from better Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." http://politi.co/1SKKGjg -- Roger Snodgrass Twitter @pomotor https://twitter.com/Pomotor home 505-424-8366 cell 505-920-3677 l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll -- Roger Snodgrass Twitter @pomotor https://twitter.com/Pomotor home 505-424-8366 cell 505-920-3677 l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From editorsteve at gmail.com Fri Jul 31 14:03:25 2015 From: editorsteve at gmail.com (Steve Ross) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:03:25 -0400 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" In-Reply-To: <00db01d0cbca$41352a60$c39f7f20$@bbcmag.com> References: <00db01d0cbca$41352a60$c39f7f20$@bbcmag.com> Message-ID: Homes passed were about 1.5 million since 2009 to the end of FY2014 (Sept 30, 2014), not all through BIP... so roughly a 50% take rate. BTW, notice how much attention Masha and I give to these things.... Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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 Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Masha Zager wrote: > According to a GAO report, RUS awarded over $3 billion for the BIP > stimulus program, which was considerably *more* money than it had > budgeted (because some loans were repaid and recycled), and most of the > projects were in fact built. If $277 million is in fact left over (which I > would doubt), that?s less than 10% of the total. Estimated subscribers as > of 2014 were about 730,000. Presumably, homes passed exceed the number of > subscribers by quite a bit, and take rates should rise as time goes on. The > goals were homes passed, not subscribers. > > > > http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-511 > > > > Certainly the program was not perfect (unsurprising, given that it was put > together in a big hurry with a lot of stringent or even impossible > conditions) but to paint it as a disaster doesn?t seem fair. > > > > Likewise with the regular RUS broadband program, which has faced a number > of hurdles (including lack of funding for several years because the Farm > Bill was years late) but has still funded many successful projects. Anyone > who has ever applied for a RUS loan will tell you they put a lot of effort > (way too much effort, in the view of most borrowers) into ?helping the > applicant develop a workable plan.? > > > > > > > > *From:* 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] *On > Behalf Of *Roger Snodgrass > *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:17 PM > *To:* 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > *Subject:* Re: [1st-mile-nm] "Wired to fail" > > > > Thanks for the feedback on this. Re-reading with the additional context, I > can see why Richard and Steve think the author was too hard on RUS. My > thinking was that providing the additional access was so important, > something is wrong with a program that gives out such a small fraction of > its money, and certainly the agency running the program must be > accountable, even if some or many of the problems lie elsewhere. Maybe some > part of the money needs to help the applicant develop a workable plan, for > example. Also, I didn't like the sound of the agency's persistent refusal > to provide information, which is in my book is a flashing neon admission of > failure. What good will it do in the future to offer local subsidies if > they are doomed to fail, regardless of whether it's the granting > institution or the grantee and local governmen and regulatory pitfalls or > the monopolizing corporate utilities, causing the problems? The result > compared to money available is pathetic. Also, there is mention of > additional work going on in New Mexico. Does anybody know what that refers > to? > > Thanks, > > Roger > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Roger Snodgrass > wrote: > > I assume this group knows all about this, but just in case: > > > > *"Wired to fail: *How a little known agency mishandled several billion > dollars of stimulus money trying to expand broadband coverage to rural > communities," by Tony Romm: "A POLITICO investigation has found that > roughly half of the nearly 300 projects that [the Rural Utilities Service] > approved as part of the 2009 Recovery Act have not yet drawn down the full > amounts they were awarded. ... If these networks do not draw all their cash > by the end of September, they will have to forfeit what remains. In other > words, they altogether may squander as much as $277 million in > still-untapped federal funds, which can't be spent elsewhere in other > neglected rural communities. ... > > *"[S]cores of rural residents *who should have benefited from better > Internet access ... might continue to lack access to the sort of reliable, > high-speed service that is common in America's cities. Even RUS admits it's > not going to provide better service to the 7 million residents it once > touted; instead, the number in the hundreds of thousands." > http://politi.co/1SKKGjg > > > > > -- > > > Roger Snodgrass > Twitter @pomotor > https://twitter.com/Pomotor > home 505-424-8366 > cell 505-920-3677 > l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll > > > > > -- > > > Roger Snodgrass > Twitter @pomotor > https://twitter.com/Pomotor > home 505-424-8366 > cell 505-920-3677 > l\lllllllll/llllll/\llllll\ll > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Thu Aug 6 09:04:38 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:04:38 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Windstream Accepts Nearly $175 Million in Annual Support from CAF to Expand Rural Broadband In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6f54a73867fb56a7d4a51a2324a603ed@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Windstream Accepts Nearly $175 Million in Annual Support from CAF to Expand Rural Broadband. From the FCC PR, it looks like Windstream is not including NM in it's CAF supported broadband upgrades, which at 10 MB down/1 Mb up, will continue to be lower than the FCC's 25/1 Mb updated definition of broadband. FCC press release: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0805/DOC-334733A1.pdf Any added news from Windstream NM would be welcome here. RL --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Aug 7 14:45:41 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015 15:45:41 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] =?utf-8?q?CROWD_SOURCING_=E2=80=93_CASA=3A_New_Mexi?= =?utf-8?q?co_Broadband_Program?= Message-ID: CROWD SOURCING ? CASA: New Mexico Broadband Program, Department of Information Technology The New Mexico Broadband Program (NMBBP) federal funding ended some months ago and federal closeout is near to completion. Continued funding is being sought as the importance of the compiled data, applications, and support services is recognized as important to expand broadband within New Mexico, especially rural areas. One data/application that will hopefully be continued is CASA (Community Anchor Site Assessment). A first ever database for New Mexico that incorporates public facilities into one standardized model. The state facilities include schools, libraries, law enforcement, emergency operation centers, government buildings, fire stations, and more. With continued funding the NMBBP is wanting to expand this data collection to include local and federal government facilities as well. One application that has been very helpful in updating this data base is our CASA Crowdsourcing Map Service. Please take a look and drill down into your community and conduct some live edits where appropriate. Move a fire department point onto the right building and/or change the tabular information where incorrect. Currently there are not funds to actively incorporate these data in the master. However, we are hopeful. Take a look at: - NM CASA TUTORIAL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9yG5rRInGBk&list=UUn3stgfuBxP1X5MGUWrf9Zw - NM CASA EDIT: http://nmbbmapping.org/bbcrowd/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From tom at jtjohnson.com Fri Aug 14 16:04:43 2015 From: tom at jtjohnson.com (Tom Johnson) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 17:04:43 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Charlotte Names First Digital Inclusion Project Manager | Digital Charlotte Message-ID: http://digitalcharlotte.org/charlotte-names-first-digital-inclusion-project-manager/ =================================== Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism Santa Fe, NM SPJ Region 9 Director tom at jtjohnson.com 505-473-9646 =================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of at least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might otherwise be prohibitive. ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from the Connect America Fund represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural customers,? said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to date ? and the opportunities that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities CenturyLink serves are priceless.? The allocation in NM: Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From christopher at newrules.org Thu Aug 27 12:59:50 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:59:50 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a bad decision. Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, is upsetting. Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the detriment of most of us. Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect > America Fund to Expand > and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. > > The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver > broadband at speeds of at > least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes > and businesses in > its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might > otherwise be prohibitive. > > ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from the > Connect America Fund > represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural customers,? said > FCC Chairman Tom > Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to date ? and > the opportunities > that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities CenturyLink > serves are priceless.? > > The allocation in NM: > Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 > Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 > > > http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 > Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, > rl at 1st-mile.org www.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 drew.einhorn at gmail.com Thu Aug 27 13:39:26 2015 From: drew.einhorn at gmail.com (drew einhorn) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:39:26 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: I agree. CenturyLink should have been disqualified due to their longstanding refusal to invest a dime of their own money to upgrade rural infrastructure. It should have gone to service providers that have established a track record investing their own money in building rural infrastructure On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:00 PM Christopher Mitchell < christopher at newrules.org> wrote: > I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 > million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that > CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social > benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more > investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has > little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a bad > decision. > > Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a poor > service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, is > upsetting. > > Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work > hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the > detriment of most of us. > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: > >> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect >> America Fund to Expand >> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >> >> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >> broadband at speeds of at >> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million >> homes and businesses in >> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >> otherwise be prohibitive. >> >> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from the >> Connect America Fund >> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural customers,? said >> FCC Chairman Tom >> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to date ? >> and the opportunities >> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities CenturyLink >> serves are priceless.? >> >> The allocation in NM: >> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >> >> >> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >> 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 >> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, >> rl at 1st-mile.org www.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 rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Aug 27 16:04:13 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:04:13 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: <439d20d41ca972648027b0f458f20d29@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Thanks for the comment, Chris. I easily agree. Additionally, concerning is that the FCC is subsidizing less than its stated minimum bandwidth recommendation, with The Connect America Fund support enabling CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of often no more than 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in its rural service areas (where the cost of broadband deployment might otherwise be prohibitive). This action will only perpetuate the widening of the rural digital divide for millions. RL On 2015-08-27 13:59, Christopher Mitchell wrote: > I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 > million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that > CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social > benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more > investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has > little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a > bad decision. > > Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a > poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, > is upsetting. > > Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work > hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the > detriment of most of us. > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org [5] > > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 [6] > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: > >> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from >> Connect America Fund to Expand >> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >> >> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >> broadband at speeds of at >> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million >> homes and businesses in >> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >> otherwise be prohibitive. >> >> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from >> the Connect America Fund >> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural >> customers,? said FCC Chairman Tom >> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to >> date ? and the opportunities >> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities >> CenturyLink serves are priceless.? >> >> The allocation in NM: >> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >> >> > http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf > > _______________________________________________ > 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 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From mharris at visgence.com Thu Aug 27 16:11:40 2015 From: mharris at visgence.com (Michael Harris) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:11:40 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: <439d20d41ca972648027b0f458f20d29@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> <439d20d41ca972648027b0f458f20d29@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: So I see notices of these awards somewhat regularly, and yes, it would be great if the money go go to a local ISP instead of a big telco. Where/how would a local ISP go about applying for this fund or others like it? There is precious little information on the FCC's website, and the USDA grants requests I've read about on here don't just say "go here, download this form, and mail to so-and-so." Anyone have ideas? Links? Contacts? -Michael On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > Thanks for the comment, Chris. I easily agree. > > Additionally, concerning is that the FCC is subsidizing less than > its stated minimum bandwidth recommendation, with The Connect America Fund > support enabling CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of often > no more than 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million > homes and businesses in its rural service areas (where the cost of > broadband > deployment might otherwise be prohibitive). This action will only > perpetuate the widening of the rural digital divide for millions. > > RL > > > > On 2015-08-27 13:59, Christopher Mitchell wrote: > >> I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 >> million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that >> CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social >> benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more >> investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has >> little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a >> bad decision. >> >> Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a >> poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, >> is upsetting. >> >> Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work >> hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the >> detriment of most of us. >> >> Christopher Mitchell >> Director, Community Broadband Networks >> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >> >> http://www.muninetworks.org [5] >> >> @communitynets >> 612-276-3456 x209 [6] >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg >> wrote: >> >> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from >>> Connect America Fund to Expand >>> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >>> >>> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >>> broadband at speeds of at >>> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million >>> homes and businesses in >>> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >>> otherwise be prohibitive. >>> >>> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from >>> the Connect America Fund >>> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural >>> customers,? said FCC Chairman Tom >>> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to >>> date ? and the opportunities >>> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities >>> CenturyLink serves are priceless.? >>> >>> The allocation in NM: >>> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >>> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >>> >>> >>> >> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 505-603-5200 > Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, > rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org > --------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john at citylinkfiber.com Thu Aug 27 17:52:00 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:52:00 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: I know of a local provider that could wire a City of 500,000++ with that sort of money. They would all get Gig. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Christopher Mitchell wrote: > I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 > million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that > CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social > benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more > investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has little > ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a bad decision. > > Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a poor > service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, is > upsetting. > > Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work hard. > But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the detriment of > most of us. > > Christopher Mitchell > Director, Community Broadband Networks > Institute for Local Self-Reliance > > http://www.muninetworks.org > @communitynets > 612-276-3456 x209 > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> >> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect >> America Fund to Expand >> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >> >> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >> broadband at speeds of at >> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes >> and businesses in >> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >> otherwise be prohibitive. >> >> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from the >> Connect America Fund >> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural customers,? said >> FCC Chairman Tom >> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to date ? and >> the opportunities >> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities CenturyLink >> serves are priceless.? >> >> The allocation in NM: >> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >> >> >> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director >> 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 >> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, >> rl at 1st-mile.org www.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 john at citylinkfiber.com Thu Aug 27 18:05:10 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 19:05:10 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> <439d20d41ca972648027b0f458f20d29@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: You have to be buddy buddy with someone political in NM. There is a City in NM that will or has spent $1,000,000 to build about 1.5 to 2 miles of fiber with a provider that has never built fiber before. Yet in another City in NM there is a provider that spends around $90K to build a mile of fiber, and has done so for years. The one with no experience and higher costs wins. When challenged the City takes a loophole saying they didn't need to put it out to bid anyway. CenturyLink recently responded to a governmental bid request for Gigabit service. They bid $260K per year. Other respondents bid was 10th that price. No award was made. State of NM put out a bid for internet access. They wrote the requirements such that only CenturyLink, TWTC (now Level3) or similar could respond. They had a requirement that bidders had to have demonstrated 10 or more years providing gigabit services. Hmm. lets see. Its 2015. So 10 years ago would be 2005. Seems only ten years before that and this thing called the Internet was just really getting started (at least commercially). So the state of NM required that a provider had to have been around for at least 50% of the entire time the market has been around ?? Completely blocks new, more nimble, competitive, providers from providing better services, lower costs, etc. There was a provider that went out of business, so the VC took the ashes and formed a new provider, said in Federal paperwork that they have been providing services for 10 years, blah blah. Wanted to go provide wireless services in rural markets. Made a ARA (BIP or BTOP, I forget which one) application, said the markets they wanted to serve had NO providers at the time. They got the Federal money, spent it, and then had to get bailed out by a vendor.... Oh and wait, there were already multiple existing service providers in those markets, some even made their own application for ARA money, but didn't get it. The list goes on...... On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Michael Harris wrote: > So I see notices of these awards somewhat regularly, and yes, it would be > great if the money go go to a local ISP instead of a big telco. Where/how > would a local ISP go about applying for this fund or others like it? There > is precious little information on the FCC's website, and the USDA grants > requests I've read about on here don't just say "go here, download this > form, and mail to so-and-so." > > Anyone have ideas? Links? Contacts? > > -Michael > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: >> >> Thanks for the comment, Chris. I easily agree. >> >> Additionally, concerning is that the FCC is subsidizing less than >> its stated minimum bandwidth recommendation, with The Connect America Fund >> support enabling CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of often >> no more than 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 >> million >> homes and businesses in its rural service areas (where the cost of >> broadband >> deployment might otherwise be prohibitive). This action will only >> perpetuate the widening of the rural digital divide for millions. >> >> RL >> >> >> >> On 2015-08-27 13:59, Christopher Mitchell wrote: >>> >>> I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 >>> million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that >>> CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social >>> benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more >>> investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has >>> little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a >>> bad decision. >>> >>> Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a >>> poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, >>> is upsetting. >>> >>> Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work >>> hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the >>> detriment of most of us. >>> >>> Christopher Mitchell >>> Director, Community Broadband Networks >>> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >>> >>> http://www.muninetworks.org [5] >>> >>> @communitynets >>> 612-276-3456 x209 [6] >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg >>> wrote: >>> >>>> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from >>>> Connect America Fund to Expand >>>> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >>>> >>>> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >>>> broadband at speeds of at >>>> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million >>>> homes and businesses in >>>> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >>>> otherwise be prohibitive. >>>> >>>> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from >>>> the Connect America Fund >>>> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural >>>> customers,? said FCC Chairman Tom >>>> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to >>>> date ? and the opportunities >>>> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities >>>> CenturyLink serves are priceless.? >>>> >>>> The allocation in NM: >>>> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >>>> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 505-603-5200 >> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, >> rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > > > > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm > From JBadal at sacred-wind.com Thu Aug 27 19:53:23 2015 From: JBadal at sacred-wind.com (John Badal) Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 02:53:23 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund In-Reply-To: References: <4c6b2388d594fb3097a49d2fa020e503@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> <439d20d41ca972648027b0f458f20d29@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us>, Message-ID: <4tbj1a715bccemvlmtujdrde.1440730396822@email.android.com> Mike FCC's CAF II money is only offered to price cap carriers (in NM, only CenturyLink, Frontier, and Windstream) and then made available to Eligible Telecomm Carriers ("ETC") in a state where the price cap carrier rejects the money for broadband deployment. The former 2 carriets accepted the CAF II support for NM and Windstream rejected it. If you're interested in vying for CAF II support for Windstream's eligible areas in NM you'll need to obtain ETC designation from our PRC and keep you're eye on future notices from the FCC regarding the reverse auction process for that rejected support. Participation in the reverse auction and the ETC application are not simple and are big tasks for a little company with little regulatory experience. Alternatively, the USDA-RUS has several rural broadband grant and loan programs for entities with sound financial and technical backgrounds. The application processes there are far more predictable and a lot more help is made available during the process, but still can be daunting for the novice. I suggest you speak with folks who've gone through either and do your studies on the USDA and FCC websites. John Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Michael Harris Date:08/27/2015 5:12 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Richard Lowenberg Cc: christopher at newrules.org,1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund So I see notices of these awards somewhat regularly, and yes, it would be great if the money go go to a local ISP instead of a big telco. Where/how would a local ISP go about applying for this fund or others like it? There is precious little information on the FCC's website, and the USDA grants requests I've read about on here don't just say "go here, download this form, and mail to so-and-so." Anyone have ideas? Links? Contacts? -Michael On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: Thanks for the comment, Chris. I easily agree. Additionally, concerning is that the FCC is subsidizing less than its stated minimum bandwidth recommendation, with The Connect America Fund support enabling CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of often no more than 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in its rural service areas (where the cost of broadband deployment might otherwise be prohibitive). This action will only perpetuate the widening of the rural digital divide for millions. RL On 2015-08-27 13:59, Christopher Mitchell wrote: I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a bad decision. Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, is upsetting. Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the detriment of most of us. Christopher Mitchell Director, Community Broadband Networks Institute for Local Self-Reliance http://www.muninetworks.org [5] @communitynets 612-276-3456 x209 [6] On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from Connect America Fund to Expand and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of at least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might otherwise be prohibitive. "CenturyLink's acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from the Connect America Fund represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural customers," said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. "This is the largest amount accepted by any company to date - and the opportunities that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities CenturyLink serves are priceless." The allocation in NM: Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf _______________________________________________ 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 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 1st-mile-nm mailing list 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm -- Michael Harris -- President, Visgence Inc. www.visgence.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Steve Ross Editor-at-Large, 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, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:53 PM, John Badal wrote: > Mike > > FCC's CAF II money is only offered to price cap carriers (in NM, only > CenturyLink, Frontier, and Windstream) and then made available to Eligible > Telecomm Carriers ("ETC") in a state where the price cap carrier rejects > the money for broadband deployment. The former 2 carriets accepted the > CAF II support for NM and Windstream rejected it. If you're interested in > vying for CAF II support for Windstream's eligible areas in NM you'll need > to obtain ETC designation from our PRC and keep you're eye on future > notices from the FCC regarding the reverse auction process for that > rejected support. Participation in the reverse auction and the ETC > application are not simple and are big tasks for a little company with > little regulatory experience. > > Alternatively, the USDA-RUS has several rural broadband grant and loan > programs for entities with sound financial and technical backgrounds. The > application processes there are far more predictable and a lot more help is > made available during the process, but still can be daunting for the novice. > > I suggest you speak with folks who've gone through either and do your > studies on the USDA and FCC websites. > > John > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Michael Harris > Date:08/27/2015 5:12 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Richard Lowenberg > Cc: christopher at newrules.org,1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> > Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in > Annual Support from Connect America Fund > > So I see notices of these awards somewhat regularly, and yes, it would be > great if the money go go to a local ISP instead of a big telco. Where/how > would a local ISP go about applying for this fund or others like it? There > is precious little information on the FCC's website, and the USDA grants > requests I've read about on here don't just say "go here, download this > form, and mail to so-and-so." > > Anyone have ideas? Links? Contacts? > > -Michael > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: > >> Thanks for the comment, Chris. I easily agree. >> >> Additionally, concerning is that the FCC is subsidizing less than >> its stated minimum bandwidth recommendation, with The Connect America Fund >> support enabling CenturyLink to deliver broadband at speeds of often >> no more than 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 >> million >> homes and businesses in its rural service areas (where the cost of >> broadband >> deployment might otherwise be prohibitive). This action will only >> perpetuate the widening of the rural digital divide for millions. >> >> RL >> >> >> >> On 2015-08-27 13:59, Christopher Mitchell wrote: >> >>> I would love to see what some of the local providers could do with $11 >>> million. Though it may not reach 25,000 in the same time span that >>> CenturyLink can owing to its historic monopoly, I suspect the social >>> benefits would be significantly larger and would actually lead to more >>> investment in the future. Dumping more money into a monopoly that has >>> little ambition to ever meet the needs of its captive audience is a >>> bad decision. >>> >>> Seeing government put $11 million into a company that offers such a >>> poor service, whether measured technically or by the customer service, >>> is upsetting. >>> >>> Not that this is the fault of the employees, who I have no doubt work >>> hard. But rather a system designed in the interests of a few to the >>> detriment of most of us. >>> >>> Christopher Mitchell >>> Director, Community Broadband Networks >>> Institute for Local Self-Reliance >>> >>> http://www.muninetworks.org [5] >>> >>> @communitynets >>> 612-276-3456 x209 [6] >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Richard Lowenberg >>> wrote: >>> >>> CenturyLink Accepts Nearly $506 Million in Annual Support from >>>> Connect America Fund to Expand >>>> and Support Broadband for Over 2.3 Million Consumers in 33 States. >>>> >>>> The Connect America Fund support will enable CenturyLink to deliver >>>> broadband at speeds of at >>>> least 10 Mbps for downloads and 1 Mbps uploads to nearly 1.2 million >>>> homes and businesses in >>>> its rural service areas where the cost of broadband deployment might >>>> otherwise be prohibitive. >>>> >>>> ?CenturyLink?s acceptance of over one-half billion dollars from >>>> the Connect America Fund >>>> represents a huge investment in broadband for its rural >>>> customers,? said FCC Chairman Tom >>>> Wheeler. ?This is the largest amount accepted by any company to >>>> date ? and the opportunities >>>> that modern broadband will provide for the rural communities >>>> CenturyLink serves are priceless.? >>>> >>>> The allocation in NM: >>>> Number of homes and businesses reached: 25,308 >>>> Amount to be spent: $10,942,747 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0827/DOC-335071A1.pdf >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 505-603-5200 >> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, >> rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >> > > > > -- > Michael Harris > -- > President, Visgence Inc. > www.visgence.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Wed Sep 2 10:53:26 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:53:26 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Upcoming CAF Reverse Auction Puts (Windstream NM) Up for Grabs for Broadband Funding Message-ID: <94c2ed601ffcddc21fe77613c43c428b@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Upcoming CAF Reverse Auction Puts Markets in 20 States Up for Grabs for Broadband Funding 9/1/15 by Joan Engebretson http://www.telecompetitor.com/upcoming-caf-reverse-auctions-puts-markets-in-20-states-up-for-grabs-for-broadband-funding/ Now that the nation?s largest price cap telecom carriers have announced their decisions on broadband Connect America Phase II funding, a portion of locations targeted in the program will be teed up for a reverse auction expected to occur in 2016. Carriers had until last Thursday to indicate, on a state-by-state basis, whether or not they planned to accept funding to cover some of the costs of bringing broadband connectivity to locations in their local service territories that cannot get broadband today. While most carriers accepted funding for most states, about 10% of funding remains unclaimed. The FCC plans to award that funding through a reverse auction that will be open to the incumbents and to competitors, with funding going to the company that offers to deliver broadband for the lowest level of support. According to information provided by the carriers and by the FCC, locations that will be the focus of the reverse auction are in the following carriers? local service territories (relevant to this list): Windstream, New Mexico Fairpoint, Colorado (See article for all other providers and states) CAF Reverse Auction Plans Companies winning funding in the reverse auction are expected to request a lower level of funding than what was offered to the incumbent carriers, noted Doug Jarrett, a partner in law firm Keller and Heckman LLP, in a recent article in Broadband Communities Magazine. That could be a realistic assumption based on what happened with the rural broadband experiment program that the FCC conducted in unserved areas of price cap territories. In that program, a wide range of companies offered to provide broadband at a lower level of funding than the FCC model calculated. In the reverse auction, carriers will not have to bid to provide service throughout an entire state. Instead they will be able to bid on smaller geographic areas. According to Jarrett?s article, the bidding unit will likely be on either a census block or census tract basis. That raises the possibility that some areas targeted in the Connect America Fund Phase II program but rejected by the incumbent might not find a bidder willing to offer service at the target level of support. According to an FCC order adopted in December, those areas will be covered through a remote area fund. Details of that fund have not yet been resolved, but likely would involve serving those areas with either satellite broadband or broadband wireless. As Jarrett explained on a follow-up phone call with me yesterday, any carrier winning CAF funding through the reverse auction will be required to offer voice as well as broadband service. That means that if the incumbent is not the winner in the reverse auction, it could essentially find itself out of business in auctioned territories. Of course not every current customer may want to switch to the auction winner for broadband and/or voice service. But if all the incumbent has left is a dwindling voice business, it may want to formally pull out of the area ? and as Jarrett pointed out on our phone call, the December 2014 FCC order gives incumbents that option. As Telecompetitor noted in a recent blog post, that means we could see some new carriers of last resort as a result of the reverse auction. As Jarrett noted in his Broadband Communities article, the FCC?s decision to reclassify broadband earlier this year means that auction winners will be subject to the ?federal and state regulations, filing requirements, FCC fees and contribution obligations? applicable to telecommunications carriers.? --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From john at citylinkfiber.com Wed Sep 2 16:46:09 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:46:09 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Possible new FCC rules would ban firmware mod to WiFi devices Message-ID: Right now, the FCC is considering a proposal to require manufacturers to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they have a "modular wireless radio"[1][2] or a device with an "electronic label"[3]. The rules would likely: Restrict installation of alternative operating systems on your PC, like GNU/Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc. Prevent research into advanced wireless technologies, like mesh networking and bufferbloat fixes Ban installation of custom firmware on your Android phone Discourage the development of alternative free and open source WiFi firmware, like OpenWrt Infringe upon the ability of amateur radio operators to create high powered mesh networks to assist emergency personnel in a disaster. Prevent resellers from installing firmware on routers, such as for retail WiFi hotspots or VPNs, without agreeing to any condition a manufacturer so chooses. Goto http://archive.is/tGCkU#selection-53.0-95.158 This is NOT GOOD for rural broadband deployment.. From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Sep 29 10:57:52 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:57:52 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] New Mexico Completes First Phase of Public-Safety LTE Network (FirstNet) Message-ID: New Mexico Completes First Phase of Public-Safety LTE Network http://www.rrmediagroup.com/News/NewsDetails/NewsID/13356 Friday, August 28, 2015 The New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT) completed the first phase of the state?s public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Santa Fe. Working with General Dynamics Mission Systems, the state connected its LTE network evolved packet core (EPC) with the EPC in Adams County, Colorado. The state awarded a $2 million public-safety LTE contract for hardware to General Dynamics Mission Systems and a $240,000 contract to Aviat Networks for backhaul equipment for the early builder network in June. The phase one capability marks the first Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) project to demonstrate core-to-core interoperability between states. The state also completed a data call from New Mexico to Adams County over the network. In February, New Mexico announced that Adams County would serve as its host core, a decision based on technical and financial comparisons, said Jacqueline Miller, deputy secretary for the New Mexico DoIT. The core-to-core interoperability demonstration is a significant milestone in establishing New Mexico?s implementation of the nationwide First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). New Mexico?s FirstNet broadband public-safety network will be the communications backbone for federal, state and local public-safety professionals to talk to one another, exchange data and collaborate using smartphones and radios. ?With the completion of this first phase, the state of New Mexico is on track to ensure our first responders have their communications needs met to best serve the people of our state,? said Cabinet Secretary Darryl Ackley. With phase one complete, the state is starting work on the second phase, which will deploy an LTE network in the Mexico/New Mexico border region. Working with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), DoIT and General Dynamics, the state will assess the public-safety network as it relates to managing public-safety operations in close proximity to the international border. The final phase will establish a live broadband public-safety network during the 2015 International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in October. New Mexico is one of seven BTOP grantees to receive funding for the development of a FirstNet public-safety network that includes authorization to access the public-safety broadband spectrum in the 700 MHz band. However, only four of the seven original grantees ? New Jersey, Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications Systems (LA-RICS), Adams County and New Mexico ? established spectrum leasing agreements with FirstNet to use the funding and spectrum for early builder networks. Harris County, Texas, also operates an public-safety LTE early builder network with funding from a federal Port Authority grant. ?We are excited to be working with the New Mexico DoIT to implement this life-saving network across the state,? said Bill Weiss, vice president and general manager of ground systems for General Dynamics Mission Systems. ?To see the Santa Fe system achieve this operational capability is a significant milestone for New Mexico?s public safety and first responder communities.? General Dynamics is also part of the team that implemented the Adams County public-safety LTE network. --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Sep 29 11:01:08 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:01:08 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NTIA: BroadbandUSA: Guide to Federal Funding of Broadband Projects Message-ID: <2d7bb2bf5ad22efa97d9784073c30d6a@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> The NTIA Has just published its BroadbandUSA: Guide to Federal Funding of Broadband Projects Attached .pdf --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks. http://muninetworks.org/content/more-colorado-communities-will-ask-voters-reclaim-local-authority RL --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From christopher at newrules.org Thu Oct 8 11:27:46 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:27:46 -0500 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Colorado Broadband Initiatives Update In-Reply-To: <00025b39a8dea9f62d073a8ba39bfa69@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> References: <00025b39a8dea9f62d073a8ba39bfa69@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: Thanks Richard, I think there may be still more communities in Colorado that are planning to vote. If you know of any that weren't noted in the 10 we wrote up, please let me know! 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Name: bottom.letterhead Type: image/png Size: 21801 bytes Desc: not available URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Oct 9 11:51:00 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:51:00 -0600 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Two tools to keep community broadband moving forward In-Reply-To: <676C8023-4D87-4EFD-BBA1-D4FC91D4BA17@cjspeaks.com> References: <676C8023-4D87-4EFD-BBA1-D4FC91D4BA17@cjspeaks.com> Message-ID: <68cb47af326ef5be930f30dc31c2dc6a@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> From broadband consultant/activist, Craig Settles: Date: 2015-10-09 11:58 From: Craig Settles Howdy, After a lot of hard work and much craziness, I've got my latest two broadband efforts done. Here's my report on new ways to fund broadband - http://tinyurl.com/prgktmu . There is more money for broadband then communities realize, but they think unconventionally to find it. My Gigabit Nation show this week was with Montrose, CO's Virgil Turner as we discussed some of the points made in my report - www.blogtalkradio.com/gigabitnation/2015/10/07/montrose-co-talks-broadband-financing-options I'm sending you the link to my book, which I finished a couple of weeks ago - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/579974 . This started out as a mere upgrade but eventually became a mostly new book. I hope these efforts end up helping community broadband in some significant way. There's a lot of attention in the communities for this technology and in some states we might be on the tipping point of some serious advancements getting these networks deployed. Have a great weekend. Craig *************************************************************************** "WE SHOOT FOR THE STARS, LEST WE WALLOW IN MEDIOCRITY" 510-387-4176 (m) www.cjspeaks.com [4] Twitter - CJSettles **************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Nov 2 17:16:50 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:16:50 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NTIA Releases Broadband Data Message-ID: <1d9f0e708f7d1c9db81cb66cc9dd0046@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Last week, NTIA launched ?Data Central,? an easy-to-use portal that allows users to locate statistics and chart trends on computer and Internet use going back 20 years. The analysis previously provided through ?Digital Nation? reports will now be delivered periodically through the new Digital Nation blog. Here is the blog announcing Data Central. On Friday, NTIA also released the ASR Data used for the Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) evaluation studies. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2015/introducing-ntia-data-central --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Tue Nov 3 09:30:15 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:30:15 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] 43 Colorado Communities to Vote on Better Broadband Today Message-ID: <1632c8448b81b9c4b0252deb9133fcb3@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> 43 Colorado Communities to Vote on Better Broadband Fri, October 30, 2015 | Posted by Tom Ernste http://muninetworks.org/content/let-it-be-local-43-colorado-communities-vote-better-broadband One year ago, a wave started in Colorado as voters in a handful of communities chose to reclaim the local telecommunications authority revoked by CenturyLink lobbyists in 2005. This year, the wave is even bigger. Colorado Communities Want the Choice As 2015 election day approaches, voters in 43 Colorado communities are on track to keep the momentum going across the state. A total of 17 counties, 26 towns, and at least 3 school districts are taking the issue to voters, reports the Colorado Municipal League. Referendums to opt out of restrictive SB 152 will take place across the state, much to the chagrin of big ISPs who spent millions in lobbying dollars to get the bill passed. In 2014, nine communities overwhelmingly chose to reclaim local authority. Some of those communities, including Boulder and Rio Blanco County, are taking steps forward. The intention of the referendums were primarily to take back a local right hijacked by the state legislature in 2005 and some communities may never take any action. (snip) --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Nov 4 13:22:50 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:22:50 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Colorado Votes for Local Authority over Broadband Message-ID: <5b8dd91fdf0e779f50ab7d2de8b4b579@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Exiting news from our neighbors in Colorado. Colorado votes in favor of removing state law barriers to community-led broadband. "Referenda in 43 communities - 26 cities and towns; 17 counties - all passed overwhelmingly to reclaim local telecommunications authority." An excellent current report: http://www.muninetworks.org/content/voters-quiet-drums-polls-colorado --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Nov 9 13:24:12 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:24:12 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FW: NDIA: National Digital Inclusion Alliance - Membership In-Reply-To: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7F96619@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> References: <3D84DEBDC51FFF449BF8E8BF3FEEF7B9B7F96619@CEXMB002.nmes.lcl> Message-ID: <34a840c2f8e8af1bf5eba8f864bc58c4@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> FROM: NDIA at groupspaces.com [mailto:NDIA at groupspaces.com] ON BEHALF OF Angela Siefer SENT: Thursday, November 05, 2015 7:31 AM TO: ndia at groupspaces.com SUBJECT: [NDIA] Recruiting New NDIA Affiliates Dear NDIA Affiliates, The more affiliates we have the stronger our voice is. Please help grow NDIA by passing around the below information to folks you think might be interested. Note the list of what we have accomplished in only 6 months! JOIN NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE! The National Digital Inclusion Alliance [1] (NDIA) is an affiliate organization of leaders of local government, community organizations, public libraries and other institutions committed to reducing digital disparities among our neighbors. To improve the daily lives of all community members, we call for widespread and actionable digital inclusion public policies that reflect what we've learned from experience. Broadband adoption is most effectively promoted by community-driven efforts that combine: * Affordable home broadband service. * Public broadband access. * Locally trusted technology training and support. We work collaboratively to craft, identify and disseminate financial and operation resources for digital inclusion programs while serving as a bridge to policy makers and the general public. Membership is free! [2] Now, more so than ever before, the federal government is actively working to increase broadband access and use and NDIA is representing local broadband adoption practitioners in that work. * The FCC is modernizing the Lifeline Program, focused on a low-cost broadband subsidy for low-income consumers. NDIA submitted comments to the FCC on August 31, 201 [3]5 and reply comments to the FCC on September 30, 2015 [4]. * The FCC is showing signs of wanting to address all three barriers of broadband adoption, including through the recent Digital Inclusion Roundtable in Detroit led by Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commission Mignon Clyburn. NDIA Director, Angela Siefer, was the only national representative invited to that roundtable. * The White House engaged 25 federal agencies in the Broadband Opportunity Council. NDIA responded to their request for comments [5], was cited five times in the resulting Broadband Opportunity Council Report and Recommendation [6] and was invited to a White House meeting to discuss the recommendations. * NDIA recruited the majority of the practitioners and policymakers presenting at the Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide Conference (October 2015), consisting of 30% of presentations, including two of the three keynote speakers. Angela Siefer Director National Digital Inclusion Alliance [7] 614-537-3057 Links: ------ [1] http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org [2] http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/members/ [3] http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/blog/2015/8/31/ndia-comments-to-fcc-lifeline-modernization [4] http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/blog/2015/10/1/lifeline-reply-comments [5] digitalinclusionalliance.org:blog:2015:6:10:ndia-comments-to-broadband-opportunity-council [6] http://www.digitalinclusionalliance.org/blog/boc-report-2015 [7] http://digitalinclusionalliance.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From john at citylinkfiber.com Mon Nov 9 13:35:10 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:35:10 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Who handles Cyber Security for State of NM ? Message-ID: Need to speak with them about compromised items From rl at 1st-mile.org Mon Nov 16 11:17:46 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:17:46 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] =?utf-8?q?CoSN=E2=80=99s_2015_Annual_E-rate_and_Inf?= =?utf-8?q?rastructure_Survey_+_NM_Schools_Story?= Message-ID: <9cac64b8e36ec818fdae1c2e738ce309@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> A good national report from the Consortium for School Networking. Also, a recent past article on the new partnership between State of NM and EducationSuperHighway. http://krwg.org/post/martinez-announces-plans-bring-high-speed-internet-every-classroom-2018 RL --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Pricing and speeds vary between and within cities and metropolitan areas, limiting growth opportunities for businesses and digital entrepreneurs. There are also significant gaps in broadband adoption rates between high- and low-income households, and many at-risk populations don?t have the kind of Internet access necessary to fully engage in the digital economy. > > Local leaders will need an array of policy interventions to create ubiquitous network coverage and promote service adoption in their communities. Yet these places cannot go it alone?they need strong supporting policies from their state and federal partners. > > On Thursday, December 10, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, in collaboration with the National League of Cities? Center for City Solutions and Applied Research, will host an event examining how a new federalist framework can promote a network build-out that supports local independence while meeting national objectives around economic opportunity. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) will provide a federal perspective and will be followed by a panel of metropolitan and industry leaders. > > This event will be live webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter at #MetroBroadband. > Welcome > Clarence E. Anthony, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, National League of Cities > > Opening Remarks > Adie Tomer, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution > > Moderated Conversation > Moderator: Robert Puentes, Senior Fellow and Director, Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, The Brookings Institution > The Honorable Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Senate > > Panel Discussion > Moderator: Alexander B. Howard, Senior Editor for Technology and Society, The Huffington Post > Andy Huckaba, Council Member, City of Lenexa, KS; Member, National League of Cities Information Technology & Communications Steering Committee > Michael Mattmiller, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle > Ted Smith, Chief of Civic Innovation, Louisville Metro Government > Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer, Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) > > > ? The Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20036 > Update your subscriptions | Unsubscribe from all Brookings Emails David Breecker president Santa Fe Innovation Park Real Solutions. Wicked Problems. http://santafeinnovate.org/ Abiquiu office: 505-685-4891 Santa Fe office: 505-690-2335 Skype: dbreecker Twitter: @SantaFeInnovate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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RL --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Thu Dec 3 09:07:23 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:07:23 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] BroadbandUSA Webinar: Rural Broadband and Digital Inclusion Planning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7073305d7431203aa1528937ef8f6bbf@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> BROADBANDUSA WEBINAR: RURAL BROADBAND AND DIGITAL INCLUSION PLANNING PART 1: GATHERING INFORMATION December 10, 2015, 1:30-3PM EST Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7867503046359460354 The National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) BroadbandUSA team invites you to a webinar on broadband and digital inclusion planning in rural areas. This is the first in a series of webinars about rural planning - future topics will include building partnerships, marketing and outreach, broadband adoption and digital literacy training programs. This webinar will cover how to gather information to best inform your broadband and digital inclusion plan, including asset inventory, survey data, community input and other planning resources. The speakers will share their rural planning experiences, including a range of local, regional, and state planning efforts. Speakers include: * Roberto Gallardo, Mississippi State University Extension * Chris St Germain, Nez Pierce Tribe * Sonja Wall, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education/OneNet * Don Williams, NTIA Emy Tseng and Jean Rice from NTIA will facilitate the webinar. This webinar is targeted to local governments but may be of interest to federal and state agencies, researchers and nonprofits. There will be ample time for Q & A. Thank you, The BroadbandUSA Team Joelle Tessler Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications National Telecommunications and Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce jtessler at ntia.doc.gov --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From john at citylinkfiber.com Tue Dec 8 11:25:23 2015 From: john at citylinkfiber.com (John Brown) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:25:23 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] URGENT: New MS DNS issues, permits RCE via crafted DNS packet Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Looking at the patch notes, you can craft a packet to a DNS server and run code as local system. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers when they fail to properly parse requests. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the Local System Account. https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/December+2015+Microsoft+Patch+Tuesday/20461/ https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-dec From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 9 09:23:31 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:23:31 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: ADVISORY: City Will "Flip the Switch" on Gigabit Internet Speeds at 12/14 Special Event In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <55baa0d75d4c2a3defd9042f08bb3e0d@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ADVISORY: City Will "Flip the Switch" on Gigabit Internet Speeds at 12/14 Special Event Date: 2015-12-09 10:16 From: "ROSS, MATT" To: "ROSS, MATT" Countdown to Gigabit Speed!!! Join us to Flip the Switch and Connect Santa Fe to the Future Mayor Gonzales and the City?s Economic Development Division invite you to celebrate activating the first gigabit district in Santa Fe through Santa Fe Fiber, the City?s innovative broadband infrastructure project. On Monday, DECEMBER 14th from 9 until 11 AM Mayor Gonzales will be joined by special industry guests to flip the switch and experience first-hand the power and potential of gigabit-speed Internet delivered over the City?s newly completed fiber optic backbone. The community is invited to bring devices and try out the new speed! Event Location ? City of Santa Fe Offices at 500 Market Street Event Schedule ? 9AM ? Coffee and Pastries 930AM ?Mayor Javier M. Gonzales will provide an overview of what the City has accomplished and what comes next. Special guests: David King, New Mexico Vice President of Level 3 Communications will speak briefly about the physical structure of the Internet and the role of tier one carriers globally and locally. Doug Glen, former senior executive with Metro/PCS, will discuss emerging broadband technologies and the common infrastructural core that every city must have to prepare for the future. 10AM - Mayor Gonzales will flip the switch to activate Santa Fe?s very first gigabit-speed Internet connection. 10AM-11AM - Press and members of the community are invited to bring their own devices and test gigabit speed! ### [1] [2] [3] Links: ------ [1] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Fe-NM-Government/68850009463 [2] https://twitter.com/santafegov [3] http://www.youtube.com/user/cityofsantafe --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The state-of-the-art 47,000 square-foot facility that will provide customer support for residential products and services, handling calls primarily from Spanish-speaking customers across the country, as well as calls in English. The new facility will seat 450 bilingual agents. Comcast has been hiring for the new positions and providing comprehensive training to team members for nearly a year. With the addition of the call center, Comcast has over 650 employees across the state and expects to have 850 by early next year. I?m pleased that Comcast made the business decision to invest in New Mexico and create 450 new jobs in the process, said Governor Susana Martinez. Comcast?s decision to locate this facility in Albuquerque underscores the fact that New Mexico has the talented workforce and resources to fuel business growth. Comcast is a valued member of New Mexico?s business community and their expanded presence in our state will have a positive impact on the local and state economies. Comcast made a smart choice by expanding in Albuquerque for this new facility, said Mayor Richard J. Berry. By leveraging our talented workforce and unparalleled cultural diversity, I am confident that Comcast will experience great success in our city?s business-friendly environment. The state-of-the-art facility, located at 4611 Montbel Place NE, has best-in-class industry technologies for servicing customers, including a cafeteria and a fitness center for employees. Positions will continue to be available with the center, visit www.jobs.comcast.com to learn more. http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3986079.shtml --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From nanrubin at gmail.com Fri Dec 11 15:35:29 2015 From: nanrubin at gmail.com (Nan Rubin) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:35:29 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Comcast Enters into Historic Urban Franchise Agreement Message-ID: Something we might want to keep in mind here in NM when franchising comes around! This is very exciting for Philadelphia. Nan ================= RELEASE: Communities Across Philadelphia Praise Historic Comcast Cable Franchise http://www.mediamobilizing.org/updates/release-communities-across-philadelphia-praise-historic-comcast-cable-franchise *Nan Rubin* *Community Media Services* 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* 4093 Calle de Estrellas Las Cruces, NM 88012 www.nanrubin.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Fri Dec 11 16:27:24 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:27:24 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Cable Franchising In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Comcast cable franchise agreement with Philadelphia (their corporate home), has been met with much controversy. However, cable franchising is a critical part of municipal networking involvement, services and revenue generation. Few NM communities have leveraged I-Nets, PEG channels or other appropriate franchise agreements, to date. Albuquerque is currently in the franchise renewal process with Comcast. https://www.cabq.gov/cable-franchise What other NM cities and towns are also on track to renew? It would be worthwhile to know of and track other statewide community cable franchising renewals, schedules and issues, so as to be of help. RL On 2015-12-11 16:35, Nan Rubin wrote: > Something we might want to keep in mind here in NM when franchising > comes around! This is very exciting for Philadelphia. > > Nan > ================= > RELEASE: Communities Across Philadelphia Praise Historic Comcast Cable > Franchise > http://www.mediamobilizing.org/updates/release-communities-across-philadelphia-praise-historic-comcast-cable-franchise > [1] > > NAN RUBIN > _COMMUNITY MEDIA SERVICES_ > 917-656-0886 [_Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]_ > > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > > www.nanrubin.net [2] > > Links: > ------ > [1] > http://www.mediamobilizing.org/updates/release-communities-across-philadelphia-praise-historic-comcast-cable-franchise > [2] http://www.nanrubin.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From tom at jtjohnson.com Fri Dec 11 18:04:21 2015 From: tom at jtjohnson.com (Tom Johnson) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:04:21 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Comcast Enters into Historic Urban Franchise Agreement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Perhaps I missed it, but it seems that Comcast still has a monopoly in Philly. Which means, I think, the people are going to get screwed somewhere down the line. TJ Sent with MailTrack ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 Director *Check out It's The People's Data * http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: > Something we might want to keep in mind here in NM when franchising comes > around! This is very exciting for Philadelphia. > > Nan > ================= > RELEASE: Communities Across Philadelphia Praise Historic Comcast Cable > Franchise > > http://www.mediamobilizing.org/updates/release-communities-across-philadelphia-praise-historic-comcast-cable-franchise > > > > > *Nan Rubin* > *Community Media Services* > 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* > 4093 Calle de Estrellas > Las Cruces, NM 88012 > www.nanrubin.net > > _______________________________________________ > 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 arielcamera at gmail.com Sun Dec 13 10:20:52 2015 From: arielcamera at gmail.com (Ariel Dougherty) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:20:52 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Comcast Enters into Historic Urban Franchise Agreement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On a more local note, there was an appeal just this past week from Steve Ranieri (whom I've added here.) He asked people to come to the Albuquerque City Council meeting to urge re-instating the city's Cable Board. Comcast is the operator there. I put his appeal out to a small list here in Truth or Consequences urging people contact any Albuquerque friends. It sparked a discussion about our short-lived, ill-fated and piss-poorly managed Public Access here in TorC. Lots of interest, and need, but not much capacity. Best, Ariel ____________________________________ *ARIEL dougherty* ArielCamera at gmail.com * 575-740-5868* @MediaEquity scribd.com/ariel_dougherty *#Giving*: *Feminist Filmmaking Within Communities * On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > Perhaps I missed it, but it seems that Comcast still has a monopoly in > Philly. Which means, I think, the people are going to get screwed > somewhere down the line. > > TJ > > > > Sent with MailTrack > > > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 > Director > *Check out It's The People's Data > * > http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com > ============================================ > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Nan Rubin wrote: > >> Something we might want to keep in mind here in NM when franchising comes >> around! This is very exciting for Philadelphia. >> >> Nan >> ================= >> RELEASE: Communities Across Philadelphia Praise Historic Comcast Cable >> Franchise >> >> http://www.mediamobilizing.org/updates/release-communities-across-philadelphia-praise-historic-comcast-cable-franchise >> >> >> >> >> *Nan Rubin* >> *Community Media Services* >> 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]* >> 4093 Calle de Estrellas >> Las Cruces, NM 88012 >> www.nanrubin.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Dec 15 08:43:19 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:43:19 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Santa Fe Fiber Initiative Message-ID: <3d81067a29eb327cf79d6ce112387b93@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> City launches high-speed Internet project Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 By Chris Quintana The New Mexican http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/city-launches-high-speed-internet-project/article_134d51d9-4fa3-54a6-82a3-091d9e1fedeb.html The city of Santa Fe on Monday launched a long-delayed project with the long-term goal of improving Internet speeds and lowering service costs. Mayor Javier Gonzales announced at the city?s Railyard offices that Santa Fe Fiber will bring Internet speeds of 1 gigabit per second, or 1 billion bits per second, to the city. Most businesses in Santa Fe max out at 100 megabits per second, or 1 million bits per second. The average Santa Fean?s Internet speed is somewhere in the area of 5 Mbps. Gonzales said broadband access to the Internet is as necessary today as the development of the nation?s interstate system was during President Dwight D. Eisenhower?s administration in the 1950s. ?The type of infrastructure changes, but the idea is the same,? Gonzales said. ?It?s about building the foundation for the private sector to succeed. And in this case, it?s the fastest, most robust connection for our community, and our economy, to the outside world.? Gonzales also said he will push for the city to create an 8,000-square-foot space in its Railyard offices that would serve as what he called ?an epicenter for collaboration among innovative companies, especially those who need high-speed Internet.? Sean Moody, the project administrator who developed the project, said the network could be expanded to other portions of the city in the future. Santa Fe Fiber is a 2-mile stretch of fiber-optic wire connecting two key access points for the Internet in Santa Fe. Century Link, one of the city?s major Internet providers, owns a similar pathway. Anyone who provides Internet access in the city has to pay Century Link for access to that pathway. The city?s project provides an alternative pathway for those who want to provide Internet access in the city. The alternative pathway, Moody said, breaks Century Link?s de facto monopoly. More providers means more competition, which can decrease prices and increase speeds in the long run, he added. Cyber Mesa, a local Internet provider, built and designed the $1 million Santa Fe Fiber project. The firm also will be in charge of leasing space along the Internet pathway for the next four years. At that time, the city can opt to renew its contract with Cyber Mesa or offer the contract to someone else. Jane Hill, the owner and operator of Cyber Mesa, said she is talking with potential providers to lease space on the city?s fiber network. The project also establishes a partnership with the state. The city gets access to some of the state?s lines running to a key Internet hub in Albuquerque, and the fiber network connects several state offices in Santa Fe in exchange. Construction on the fiber project started last spring, but it has been in development since 2011. Required archaeological studies delayed progress. And before that, a potential contractor for the project threatened to sue the city over its bidding process. Faster Internet is key to technology businesses like Mark Johnson?s Descartes Lab. His company uses satellite imagery and artificial intelligence programs to conduct agricultural surveys. The company uses massive amounts of data, and to be successful, it needs a reliable, speedy Internet connection to move that data around. ?Where these companies choose to locate their offices and data centers will depend on proximity to fiber,? he said. --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 16 13:37:22 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:37:22 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] REDI Net RFP (passed) Message-ID: <197cbb901ecc45d33f564edec59ed8f1@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> If you or your organization has useful broadband related information to share or announcements that are relevant to this list, please let us know. One such announcement that did not make it to this list was the recent RFP issued by the NCNMEDD, for REDI Net Management Services, due by last Tuesday. http://www.ncnmedd.com/REDI-Net/RFP%2011.12.15/REDINet%20RFP%202016.pdf We've got a long way to go to better inform and act in New Mexico and surrounding western states, with regard to a healthy and economically vibrant networked future. Please use this list to help move this process forward. All networked best for 2016 and beyond. 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Economic Development Office recently launched a free online tool designed to help local businesses grow by making smarter decisions through data analysis. SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence can be found on the City of Las Cruces? web site: http://www.las-cruces.org/sizeup It allows businesses to easily obtain highly specific data on revenues, salaries, health insurance costs, supplier locations, and more, said Cruz Ramos, the city's interim economic development director. It is the result of months of work to bring as much data as possible into one spot to present to potential new companies looking to locate in Las Cruces, or to help existing business thrive and better use the available data to grow their efforts or to expand and to better target specific demographics. ?With SizeUp, any business can instantly access competitive benchmark, advertising, demographic, industry, geographic, and cost-of-business data that huge corporations use every day,? Ramos said. ?While a lot of emphasis has been placed on industrial recruitment, we are also interested in helping existing Las Cruces businesses grow and thrive. This is one of the tools in our ?Economic Gardening? program designed to help businesses currently in Las Cruces. The City appreciates them and wants to help when we can.? SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence (SizeUp LBI) gathers data from public and private sources and provides four main tools: ? Performance benchmarking: See how a specific business "sizes up" by comparing its performance to all competitors in its industry. ? Competitive assessment: Map where competitors, customers, and suppliers are located to determine where to better serve customers. ? Best places to advertise: Identify areas with the highest revenue for an industry, the most underserved markets, and filter for the best location based on demographic and business characteristics. ? Demographic analysis: View an interactive map of demographic, labor, and customer expenditure data in the Las Cruces area. ?We want to help businesses in Las Cruces succeed by providing a free, intuitive business tool - making it easy to access relevant and dynamic data for local businesses across industries? Ramos said. ?Now, business owners can rapidly access valuable data along with maps and graphs ? quickly and easily without the need to hire consultants or train staff. "Companies in Las Cruces can now access valuable business intelligence in a matter of minutes, which they can use to help them grow their businesses and out-compete competitors, increase their market share and identify supply chain providers,? Ramos added SizeUp LBI is powered by SizeUp?s technology, available at SizeUp.com. SizeUp launched in late 2011 as a TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, and was awarded first prize in the Department of Commerce?s Business Apps Challenge in 2012. In September, the U.S. Small Business Administration began using SizeUp on its website to help small businesses. Area businesses that would like to access SizeUp for Local Business Intelligence should go to las-cruces.org/sizeup. For additional information about SizeUp or other business assistance programs offered by the City?s Economic Development Office contact, or Ramos. You can also click the green ?Additional Support? tab at the top of the webpage to provide city development officials with your contact information. Staff will get back to you and answer any questions you may have about SizeUp or respond to other business assistance needs you may have, Ramos said. ?2015 the Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, N.M.) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 23 11:12:43 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:12:43 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie Message-ID: NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie Dec 23, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2015/12/nm-jobs-council-wants-to-give-business-a-slice-of.html New Mexico needs to create 140,000 economic base jobs in the next 10 years to get back to pre-recession employment levels, and potentially half of those are at risk if the state doesn?t do something about its lack of adequate broadband. That's according to New Mexico Jobs Council estimates, and in response the organization is gearing up for a legislative push for better broadband for New Mexico business. New Mexico Jobs Council consultant Mark Laotian is part of an effort to seek upwards of $300,000 in legislative funding for a statewide broadband infrastructure study. ?There?s federal money pouring in to wire up schools, which the state?s done a really good job on,? said Mark Lautman, a consultant for the council. ?What they?re missing is the discussion about businesses.? The Jobs Council has drafted a broadband infrastructure bill asking the Legislature for upwards of $300,000 for a detailed study of what it will cost to get the state up to adequate download speeds. ?We know it?s going to cost tens of millions of dollars to get this done,? said Charles Lehman, another consultant with the council, who added that part of the study will focus on how to secure outside money in addition to state appropriations for the infrastructure work that needs to be done. Lautman said that, as a result of discussions with regional stakeholders over the past three years, lack of adequate broadband has surfaced as one of three primary issues affecting job creation in the state. The issue is largely a rural one, though metropolitan areas are also affected, and Lautman said there are pockets in Albuquerque that are ?not built out.? ?As soon as we saw the rankings, there was motivation to start trying to find out if there?s a legislative fix to this,? he said. ?Everybody knows that work is getting more dependent on the internet.? Lehman cited study estimates indicating that about one-third of businesses in the state don?t have adequate broadband, with that number nearing half in rural areas. Business leaders and economic developers also said they don?t expect the situation to improve unless something is done. About a quarter of them reported losing potential business as a result. ?Businesses just won?t come here because we don?t have sufficient broadband,? he said. Lautman said the study will hopefully help determine some key issues around broadband service in the region, such as minimum speed requirements, carrier diversity, pricing and redundancy. ?All of these are questions about the minimum level of service needed in 10 years for this economy to build out the way we?re saying,? he said. The bill, which the council hopes to get introduced in the upcoming legislative session, will also ask for about $600,000 to complete some critical high-priority rural infrastructure development the council says is ready to go. --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 23 14:11:29 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:11:29 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USDA Online Applications System: Webinars Message-ID: <06903cbe0ea9552c1bde036b4039c949@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> The USDA RUS Broadband Loan Program and Infrastructure Program will conduct a series of webinars on its new online application system. http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDARD/2015/12/15/file_attachments/462888/RDApply-Webinars_for_Stakeholders-Jan-Mar.pdf RL --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From tom at jtjohnson.com Wed Dec 23 15:03:57 2015 From: tom at jtjohnson.com (Tom Johnson) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:03:57 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: All: Governments at all levels have often -- regularly -- given subsidies in a variety of forms to drive economic growth. Think building of canals, transcontinental railroad, highways, and other tax forgiveness or rebates. Has NM government, again at all levels, considered giving long-term (at least 5 years) broadband access to startups? After all, it's not as though such access would be a major consumable. If the fiber lines are in, what is the real cost to deliver 50-100g service? Tom Sent with MailTrack ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 Director *Check out It's The People's Data * http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote: > NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie > > Dec 23, 2015 > > > http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2015/12/nm-jobs-council-wants-to-give-business-a-slice-of.html > > New Mexico needs to create 140,000 economic base jobs in the next 10 > years to get back to pre-recession employment levels, and potentially half > of those are at risk if the state doesn?t do something about its lack of > adequate broadband. > > That's according to New Mexico Jobs Council estimates, and in response the > organization is gearing up for a legislative push for better broadband for > New Mexico business. > > New Mexico Jobs Council consultant Mark Laotian is part of an effort to > seek upwards of $300,000 in legislative funding for a statewide broadband > infrastructure study. > > ?There?s federal money pouring in to wire up schools, which the state?s > done a really good job on,? said Mark Lautman, a consultant for the > council. ?What they?re missing is the discussion about businesses.? > > The Jobs Council has drafted a broadband infrastructure bill asking the > Legislature for upwards of $300,000 for a detailed study of what it will > cost to get the state up to adequate download speeds. > > ?We know it?s going to cost tens of millions of dollars to get this done,? > said Charles Lehman, another consultant with the council, who added that > part of the study will focus on how to secure outside money in addition to > state appropriations for the infrastructure work that needs to be done. > > Lautman said that, as a result of discussions with regional stakeholders > over the past three years, lack of adequate broadband has surfaced as one > of three primary issues affecting job creation in the state. The issue is > largely a rural one, though metropolitan areas are also affected, and > Lautman said there are pockets in Albuquerque that are ?not built out.? > > ?As soon as we saw the rankings, there was motivation to start trying to > find out if there?s a legislative fix to this,? he said. ?Everybody knows > that work is getting more dependent on the internet.? > > Lehman cited study estimates indicating that about one-third of businesses > in the state don?t have adequate broadband, with that number nearing half > in rural areas. Business leaders and economic developers also said they > don?t expect the situation to improve unless something is done. About a > quarter of them reported losing potential business as a result. > > ?Businesses just won?t come here because we don?t have sufficient > broadband,? he said. > > Lautman said the study will hopefully help determine some key issues > around broadband service in the region, such as minimum speed requirements, > carrier diversity, pricing and redundancy. > ?All of these are questions about the minimum level of service needed in > 10 years for this economy to build out the way we?re saying,? he said. > > The bill, which the council hopes to get introduced in the upcoming > legislative session, will also ask for about $600,000 to complete some > critical high-priority rural infrastructure development the council says is > ready to go. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director > 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 > Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, > rl at 1st-mile.org www.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 mark at marklautman.com Wed Dec 23 17:28:36 2015 From: mark at marklautman.com (Mark Lautman) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 01:28:36 +0000 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom, If you think it would really create economic base jobs (that would otherwise not be created), write the idea up and we?ll get it in front of the council. We need to know: 1. How would it work? 2. Would it be applied state wide? by region? or some other jurisdiction? 3. Would you run a pilot first? 4. How much would it cost? 5. Who would pay? 6. How would you measure its effectiveness? 7. How would the incentive be marketed, transacted and administrated? 8. What would have to happen for it to be offered? Rules, law change, appropriation?? 9. Would it require legislative action, PRC action, a partnership with the provider? 10. How many more jobs economic base jobs could be created over the next ten years? mlau Mark Lautman, CEcD Tel: 505.818.8218 MarkLautman.com CELab [Description: Macintosh HD:Users:lizilla:Desktop:Twitter_Icon_30x30.png][cid:F52245E9-79A8-4AC0-BBBE-D5D81FE3470B][cid:3E7417A3-9A8B-4117-81EE-BC132C8012DF][cid:96877226-48AE-440E-835F-10FDBACE09B6] Buy the book. Write a review. Invite me to speak at your conference. [cid:91BF39FF-3744-43BC-BF18-392A36D88A69] From: Tom Johnson > Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 4:03 PM To: Richard Lowenberg > Cc: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie All: Governments at all levels have often -- regularly -- given subsidies in a variety of forms to drive economic growth. Think building of canals, transcontinental railroad, highways, and other tax forgiveness or rebates. Has NM government, again at all levels, considered giving long-term (at least 5 years) broadband access to startups? After all, it's not as though such access would be a major consumable. If the fiber lines are in, what is the real cost to deliver 50-100g service? Tom Sent with MailTrack ============================================ Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Society of Professional Journalists - Region 9 Director Check out It's The People's Data http://www.jtjohnson.com tom at jtjohnson.com ============================================ On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Richard Lowenberg > wrote: NM Jobs Council wants to give business a slice of the broadband pie Dec 23, 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2015/12/nm-jobs-council-wants-to-give-business-a-slice-of.html New Mexico needs to create 140,000 economic base jobs in the next 10 years to get back to pre-recession employment levels, and potentially half of those are at risk if the state doesn?t do something about its lack of adequate broadband. That's according to New Mexico Jobs Council estimates, and in response the organization is gearing up for a legislative push for better broadband for New Mexico business. New Mexico Jobs Council consultant Mark Laotian is part of an effort to seek upwards of $300,000 in legislative funding for a statewide broadband infrastructure study. ?There?s federal money pouring in to wire up schools, which the state?s done a really good job on,? said Mark Lautman, a consultant for the council. ?What they?re missing is the discussion about businesses.? The Jobs Council has drafted a broadband infrastructure bill asking the Legislature for upwards of $300,000 for a detailed study of what it will cost to get the state up to adequate download speeds. ?We know it?s going to cost tens of millions of dollars to get this done,? said Charles Lehman, another consultant with the council, who added that part of the study will focus on how to secure outside money in addition to state appropriations for the infrastructure work that needs to be done. Lautman said that, as a result of discussions with regional stakeholders over the past three years, lack of adequate broadband has surfaced as one of three primary issues affecting job creation in the state. The issue is largely a rural one, though metropolitan areas are also affected, and Lautman said there are pockets in Albuquerque that are ?not built out.? ?As soon as we saw the rankings, there was motivation to start trying to find out if there?s a legislative fix to this,? he said. ?Everybody knows that work is getting more dependent on the internet.? Lehman cited study estimates indicating that about one-third of businesses in the state don?t have adequate broadband, with that number nearing half in rural areas. Business leaders and economic developers also said they don?t expect the situation to improve unless something is done. About a quarter of them reported losing potential business as a result. ?Businesses just won?t come here because we don?t have sufficient broadband,? he said. Lautman said the study will hopefully help determine some key issues around broadband service in the region, such as minimum speed requirements, carrier diversity, pricing and redundancy. ?All of these are questions about the minimum level of service needed in 10 years for this economy to build out the way we?re saying,? he said. 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With the loan, it can upgrade specific portions of its copper cable facilities with fiber. BY DIANNE STALLINGS, RUIDOSO NEWS, N.M. / AUGUST 14, 2015 http://www.govtech.com/network/53-Million-Broadband-Enhancement-Set-for-New-Mexicos-Mescalero-Apache-Reservation.html Persistence and a good plan moved Mescalero Apache Telephone Inc. (MATI) to the front of the line for financing by the U.S, Department of Agriculture of a multimillion dollar broadband communication system. Officials from the Rural Development Division of the USDA were in the area Thursday to present a certificate of obligation to officials of MATI and the Mescalero Tribal Council, representing the $5.397,000 obligation by the Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service's Telecommunications Loan Program and the Substantially Underserved Trust Land Program. The project on the reservation that abuts Ruidoso is the first in the nation to be obligated, which allows MATI officials to take advantage of low interest dollars. With the loan, MATI can upgrade specific portions of its copper cable facilities with fiber, primarily aimed at the homes of 1,178 telephone customers and 500 data customers currently served by the company, which is a wholly-owned corporation of the tribe that operates one exchange serving the reservation. The proposed improvements, which could take up to two years to construct and install, primarily will be located in the more densely populated areas of Mescalero, including the Geronimo, Pena, Goat Summit and Carrizo housing cores. "Broadband access is important to our rural communities," Brandon McBride, RUS administrator, said Wednesday during an interview in Ruidoso. "It's important in terms of having new educational opportunities. It can improve rural health care and it also is important for local businesses to being able to compete in the global market place. It will allow Mescalero to provide fiber to the homes of many of its customers and that will improve broadband services for them." For those receiving the fiber facilities at home, children with schoolwork will be able to go on-line and do homework, he said. "In some cases, distance learning opportunities are available once we improve broadband access," McBride said. "A lot of times, local schools can connect with colleges and universities outside of the area to provide those kinds of programs." Electronic health records can be accessed and physicians practicing in rural hospital can consult with doctors in larger hospitals in urban areas, he said. THE PROCESS Godfrey Enjady, who heads MATI, applied for the loan through the USDA's traditional telecommunication infrastructure loan program, McBride said. "We were able to use our authorities through SUTA, and their loan came through, and we were able to process that," he said. "It is a good project and a good proposal." Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development State Director, said, "From the New Mexico side, they were really persistent. They had the idea early and worked a lot with USDA over the last few years to put the project at the front of the line. It is a really nice commentary on the quality of work being done by the Mescalero that they are the first in the gate for this program." The program is subject to annual review and funding by Congress, McBride said. Statements of support for the Mescalero project were issued by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, Democrats from New Mexico and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, a Republican who represents the Second Congressional District, sent a representative to the ceremony Thursday. They noted that SUTA is a provision in the 2008 Farm Bill, which amended the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. The provision gave the Rural Utilities Service new tools to finance improvements in electric, telecommunications and water and sewer infrastructure in underserved tribal communities. (snip) --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rl at 1st-mile.org Wed Dec 30 10:15:29 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:15:29 -0700 Subject: [1st-mile-nm] USAC Job Openings Message-ID: <991734d71817ce2c5d6cc6b1b2b1764f@mail.dcn.davis.ca.us> Of possible interest to a few on this list. RL USAC (Universal Service Administrative Company), the organization that runs the universal service programs regulated by the FCC, including Lifeline, has staff job openings. ? Director of Data Strategy: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1576/director-of-data-strategy/job ? Business Analyst: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1490/business-analyst/job ? Creative Director, Stakeholder Engagement: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1561/creative-director%2c-stakeholder-engagement/job ? Manager of External Relations, Stakeholder Engagement: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1558/manager-of-external-relations%2c-stakeholder-engagement/job ? Director of Engagement: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1540/director-of-engagement%2c-schools-and-libraries/job ? Business Analyst of PIO: https://careers-usac.icims.com/jobs/1512/business-analyst-of-pio/job --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org ---------------------------------------------------------------