[1st-mile-nm] Forbes has a great broadband map!

[Nan Rubin]

Laying fiber to the home in Urbana-Champaign, 2012  (that's me in the
wheelchair)

Nan

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:58 AM, <frank at wmxsystems.com> wrote:

> A few thoughts:
>
> 1. I'm happy to see the issue made a respected national news magazine
>
> 2. The map and data don't tell the whole picture as the FCC data is based
> on "advertised" speeds (what the service providers say they offer) not the
> "actual" speeds consumers get. If actual speeds were used for such a map,
> we might see that 50% of Americans do not have access to 25 Mbps down/3
> Mbps up
>
> 3. I have gathered tens of thousands of speed tests over the last few
> years. The gulf between urban and rural takes a huge leap with the
> introduction of fiber to the home in urban areas. Attached see photo of
> fiber deployment crew at work in the alley behind my house in Denver
> yesterday. CenturyLink will soon offer me 1,000 Mbps service for
> $150/month. Comcast has deployed Wi-Fi access points on the poles in my
> alley and I get 11 Mbps downloads on my phone.  Contrast that with anemic
> DSL and cable modem speeds in the rural Rocky Mountain West (I have yet to
> see a figure above 10 Mbps download IN TOWN or .1% or the 1,000 Mbps I will
> soon enjoy, out of town, the number is never more than about 4 Mbps or .04%
> vs. Denver). The "digital divide" in Internet speeds is a lot wider than
> the article portrays.
>
> 4. RE: Eastern Washington: Its the culture. In 1998-2000, I spent a lot of
> time in Spokane as a vendor to their fiber WANs sponsored largely by the
> power utility with a lot of cooperation with local governments. Wireless
> ISPs compete for the consumers in rural markets. Lesson learned by eastern
> WA officials: no one is going to fix the issue for you, you have to fix it
> yourself.
>
> Frank
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Forbes has a great broadband map!
> From: Norbert Nez <norbert.nez at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, June 16, 2015 4:51 pm
> To: Michael Harris <mharris at visgence.com>
> Cc: 1st-Mile-NM <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
>
> Wonder what those folks in east Washington are doing differently.
>
>
>
> On Jun 16, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Michael Harris <mharris at visgence.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting map, thanks for sharing!
>
> I wonder if Akamai or Ookla or someone of the like have published any
> private broadband penetration studies...
>
> -Michael
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nan Rubin <nanrubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by
>> county!
>>
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/
>>
>>
>> Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't
>>
>> Nan
>> =====================================
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>> *Community Media Services*
>> 917-656-0886 [*Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]*
>> 4093 Calle de Estrellas
>> Las Cruces, NM  88012
>> www.nanrubin.net
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