[1st-mile-nm] Broadband op-ed in today's Albuquerque Journal

[Norbert Nez]

The new FCC broadband report raises the minimum speed threshold for  
broadband from 200 Kbps in both directions to 4 Mbps downstream and 1  
Mbps upstream
http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db0720/FCC-10-129A1.pdf

On Jul 23, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Andrew cohill wrote:

> We've begun to talk about "little" broadband and "big" broadband to  
> address this very issue.  We use the term "little broadband" to talk  
> about DSL, cable modem, WiFi, and satellite, and "big broadband" to  
> talk about fiber networks delivering 100 megabit or Gigabit  
> connections.
>
> We have found this to be very effective, as ordinary people  
> immediately understand that they don't want to be stuck with  
> "little" broadband.
>
> One of the other language issues we run into is that "broadband" and  
> "Internet" are used synonymously, and this causes great confusion.
>
> Broadband, properly used, refers to the basic transport network,  
> which can carry many services.  Internet access is just one of  
> dozens or even hundreds of services that can be delivered over a  
> high performance broadband network.  People and businesses want more  
> than "high speed Internet."  They want phone and TV services, they  
> want business class services like videoconferencing, data backup  
> services, medical and telehealth services, security services, movies  
> on demand, and much more.
>
> Broadband is the highway.  Internet access is just one of the trucks  
> using the highway.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
>
>> The problem with essays/editorials like this is that they rarely  
>> define "broadband."  For too long now, the FCC said it was  
>> 250kbytes (NB make sure one specifies BITES or BYTES) up and down.   
>> In fact, we need to join much of the so-called developing world  
>> like Japan and South Korea and set our initial target a 1gigabytes  
>> up and down .
>
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