[1st-mile-nm] Akamai Report

[John Brown]

In ABQ, CenturyLink isn't the dominate pole owner......

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Michael Harris <mharris at visgence.com> wrote:
> Hm, yes. Century Link seems particularly difficult to deal with re: pole access. Surprisingly enough, EPE has been reasonably cooperative.
>
> -Michael
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 25, 2016, at 2:40 PM, John Brown <john at citylinkfiber.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>>> 1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
>>> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
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