<div dir="ltr">No way DSL can deliver gigabit speeds (at least over more than a few hundred feet of clean copper).<br>No argument that the LEOs are a highly speculative bet at this point.<br>Fixed wireless *can* deliver gigabit speeds in urban/suburban areas, but the physics simply don't work at distance.<br><br>IMO we need to define tiers that better represent customer usage patterns and then hold bidders truly accountable for not meeting their obligations.  We also need a system that allows smaller providers to compete on the merits without burying them in legal and financial overhead.<br><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:59 AM Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org">rl@1st-mile.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Doug Dawson's nearly daily blog is excellent.<br>
Here is a link to today's, which is most critically important.<br>
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<a href="https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2020/06/24/the-fcc-muddles-the-rdof-grants/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2020/06/24/the-fcc-muddles-the-rdof-grants/</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><span style="background-color:rgb(153,153,153)"><span></span></span>Kurt Albershardt  |  Mimbres Communications, LLC  |  575-342-0042</pre>
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