[1st-mile-nm] Akamai Report

[John Brown]

I would agree with Richard on the point that there are a few things
that our state's leadership could do to make Broadband more accessible
and increase competitive choices / options.

One such change would be to reduce the significant burden that exists
for legitimate broadband providers to access aerial distribution
methods.
ergo Electric Utility Poles.  Both at the incumbent and at the rural level.

While there are federal rules in place, pole owners have not operated
in a fair or timely manner and the cost to "litigate to get your
right" is extremely expensive and takes money away that could be used
to actually provide services.

It's reported that some pole owners gag a broadband provider's right
to openly speak about the issues......   Leading to further barriers
of entry.



On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:
> The latest quarterly Report on the Global State of the Internet was recently
> published.
>
> https://www.stateoftheinternet.com/downloads/pdfs/2015-q4-state-of-the-internet-report.pdf
>
> This sentence is from that report:
>
> Despite seeing 22% quarterly growth in its (U.S.) 10 Mbps broadband
> adoption rate, Idaho remained in last place across the country with
> a 34% adoption rate.   Iowa, New Mexico, and Arkansas shared the
> next-lowest 10 Mbps broadband adoption rate in the country at 36%.
>
> Of interest, Utah easily ranks among the ten top states in bandwidth and
> adoption.
>
>
> (As I've stated repeatedly since 2008, though not an easy task, NM's low
> national ranking does not have to be the case, as there are low-cost
> strategic actions that could move us up to within top 20 ranking within a
> very few years, while also 'raising our many other boats': education,
> healthcare, jobs, energy, etc.   The digital divide is firmly rooted among
> leadership as much as among the rural, poor, elderly and undereducated.)
>
> RL
>
>
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