[1st-mile-nm] American Broadband Initiative Milestones Report

[Doug Orr]

I read this so you don't have to.

Near as I can tell this "program" consists of getting rid of a bunch of
environmental and good taste-related barriers to towers and stringing lines
in pristine wilderness, enabling access to government buildings, towers and
historically preserved things for antennas, streamlining federal
regulations, streamlining regulations at the state and local level (more
overreach, pros and cons) and inter-agency (probably good), and doing some
obvious things like gathering data and setting goals (this is new?)

It's the typical laissez-faire strip off the regulations program, plus some
hard-to-pin-down amount of federal money to be spent in ways that weren't
totally obvious just from reading this doc.

I'm really interested to know how allowing access to federal buildings and
towers for antennas and gear works when the antennas need maintenance.

5g rollouts seem to be picking up steam, including with some using contract
vendors who seem to have some issues
<https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAASUL_enUS782US782&ei=HQRmXNi7BZSgjwTVooHABQ&q=%22mobilitie%22+problems+or+lawsuit&oq=%22mobilitie%22+problems+or+lawsuit&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i302i39.18859.22797..23287...0.0..0.162.264.0j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.kNqI3EWnGSI>.
For balance some inspiring words
<https://medium.com/@BrendanCarrFCC/5g-jobs-in-the-year-of-5g-3c4ce0b14ace>
from Brendan Carr to the NATE.

  Doug


More detail:
. getting around the NEPA (which was put in place to protect the
environment after gross mismanagement of the federal resources. Money quote
from the law case: "noting "a remarkable consensus of opinion" that the
federal agencies contributed substantially to the country's degraded
environmental state"). So no more of that annoying regulation.
. permitting streamline, fee consistency, etc. Sure.
. "streamline" review for national and state/local historic stuff
(structures, buildings, objects, etc.) I assume "streamline" is a lot like
the verb "steamroller."
. one billing team: Sure
. more "streamlining" of pesky environmental reviews
. get rid of pesky restrictions on wilderness areas, national monuments,
areas of critical environmental concern (ACECs), and other surface-limiting
stipulations or buffer zones, because what we want is more broadband towers
running through wilderness. (Full list, just of ACES here
<https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/planningandnepa_aceclist.xlsx>)
. lease DOE dark fiber: sure; inventory assets: sure
. better data: sure
. better integration with state/local: sure
. some e- program (ReConnect <https://www.usda.gov/reconnect>) to use fed
money "catalyze" private investment
. better goals and accountability: sure
. veterans, tribal vague promises including summits
. new broadbandusa <https://broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/>site
. coal country grants (jesus, really? really??)
. some other junk


On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:06 AM Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

> The NTIA yesterday posted the federal government's
>
> American Broadband Initiative Milestones Report
>
> February 13, 2019
>
>
> https://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2019/american-broadband-initiative-milestones-report
>
> This report outlines a vision for how the Federal Government can
> increase broadband access and actions that Agencies are taking to
> increase private-sector investment in broadband. Previous attempts to
> expand broadband connectivity have made progress and provided valuable
> lessons that guide this Initiative. The report’s recommendations are
> grouped into three categories: streamlining Federal permitting processes
> to speed broadband deployment, leveraging Federal assets to lower the
> cost of broadband buildouts, and maximizing the impact of Federal
> funding.
>
> RL
>
>
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