[1st-mile-nm] NM DoT rule changes?

[John Badal]

Every broadband provider in the state should state their opinion on this.  Because of NM's quirky regulatory history - one of only two states in the country at the time with 2 regulatory commissions - electric and gas companies were regulated as utilities by the NM PSC and had rights of eminent domain, while telecom was regulated by the NM SCC and was classified differently and no rights of eminent domain.  The NM DoIT is perpetuating the anachronism by granting what looks like immunity to the "utilities" based on their eminent domain rights while ignoring the importance - the eminence -- of broadband to the NM public.  This is simply public policy run amok.  Your state legislators need to know this.

John

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From: 1st-mile-nm <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> On Behalf Of John Brown
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:53 PM
To: John Osmon <josmon at rigozsaurus.com>
Cc: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM DoT rule changes?

I see a number of issues here.

1. It has become clear that this Covid pandemic has highlighted the fact that there is NOT ENOUGH broadband in our state.
    Why is the State / Feds wanting to INCREASE and CHARGE MORE for the deployment of broadband services ???

2. Why are Electrical, Water, Gas also not being charged similarly increased rates ???

3. The term ADT doesn't appear to be defined in the Broadband manual.....

4. Assuming ADT is Average Daily Traffic, ergo the number of cars that go based some point on a road, this metric is BIASED AGAINST WISP providers.
    WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider), not to be confused with Celluar Service, provide service based on FIXED (otherwords not
mobile) microwave
signals. Customers are located at a physical fixed non moving location.  There are only so many physical customers you can connect to a single site. After that the site is "full".

In summary this seems like a money grab by NMDOT since Telecom is the hot thing right now.......  More State barriers to entry for providers, existing or new.
Not a good thing!!!!!!

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John Brown, CISSP
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