[1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM Households to Gain Broadband Access

[drew einhorn]

What's the FCC definition of "unserved" and "broadband" with respect to
this program?

Is the SE corner of Bernalillo County, where I live unserved by
CenturyLink?  The max speed they provide is 1.5 Mbit/s.  I've heard that
the FCC's current definition is 4 Mbit/s.  At least 1.5M is an but
improvement of the 256K ISDN Qwest used to claim was broadband.

Hoping for 4M or better.


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) <
Kevin_Cummins at tomudall.senate.gov> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Thanks for that update to this list and the clarification about validation
> that the locations are "unserved."
>
> Folks may also be interested in the nationwide map that the FCC made
> available on eligible areas for such support.  You can zoom in to see New
> Mexico areas more clearly:
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-phase-i-round-two
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Cummins
> Office of Sen. Tom Udall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=
> tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:
> 1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=tomudall.senate.gov at mailman.dcn.org] On
> Behalf Of Garcia, Bill
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:10 PM
> To: 'rl at 1st-mile.com'; 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM Households to Gain
> Broadband Access
>
> Richard,
> Thank you for your interest.  I can answer your question, but would like
> to emphasize that Windstream has only *proposed* this work.  It must be
> validated by the FCC, as funding will not be provided to any Census Block
> where broadband already exists.  Final approvals by the FCC are expected in
> early 2014.  With that in mind, here are Windstream's proposed work plans,
> organized according to the boundaries of telephone exchanges (i.e., when we
> say "Hobbs," we're not talking about the city limits of Hobbs proper):
>
> + Hobbs & Carlsbad
> + Capitan, Alto, Ruidoso Downs, Ruidoso
> + Truth or Consequences & Caballo
> + Northern Tier exchanges -- Dulce, Canjilon, Gallina, Abiquiu,
> + Espanola, Velarde, Chimayo, Jemez Springs, San Ysidro
>
> Also, you may be interested in knowing that Windstream earlier this year
> completed a major rural deployment initiative to other rural areas.
> + 787 households, or approx.  2,046 people -- to areas around Abiquiu,
> + El Rito, Ojo Caliente, & Dixon
> + 384 households, or approx. 1,000 people -- to areas around Ruidoso
> + 192 households, or approx. 500 people -- to areas around Truth or
> + Consequences
>
> These projects are all on line.  They were funded through the US Dept. of
> Agriculture, as an outgrowth of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act &
> Senator Udall played an active role in promoting the NM projects here too.
>
> Bill Garcia
> Regional Vice President of Governmental Affairs
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:
> 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 11:49 AM
> To: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM Households to Gain
> Broadband Access
>
> Thanks for the postings, Kevin.
> I wonder if representatives of CenturyLink, Windstream or Frontier might
> chime in here, to give us their update on allocation of Round One CAF in
> NM, and how this second round of funds will be
> geographically distributed.    That would be very helpful, as we
> all want to effectively mitigate the digital disparities in NM.
> Richard
>
>
>
> On 09.09.2013 11:15, Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) wrote:
> > Just FYI. --Kevin
> >
> > FROM: Tom Udall Press Office
> >  SENT: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:10 PM
> >  TO: Tom Udall Press Office
> >  SUBJECT: Udall: Almost 9,000 NM Households to Gain Broadband Access
> >
> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
> > CONTACT: Jennifer Talhelm
> > 202.228.6870 | news at tomudall.senate.gov [1] | @TomUdallPress [2]
> >
> > UDALL: ALMOST 9,000 NM HOUSEHOLDS TO GAIN BROADBAND ACCESS
> >
> > (Snip)
>
> > Here is the estimated breakdown of how many N.M. households will
> > benefit from the new CAF funding:
> >
> > Windstream: 3,378 households
> >
> > CenturyLink: 2,781 households
> >
> > Frontier: 2,623 households
> >
> > Total: 8,782 households (approx. 22,833 people)
> >
> > ######
>
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