<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>1st-Milers,</div><div>The FCC and NTIA just debuted the first iteration of the National Broadband Map.</div><div>This is a work-in-progress, which will be added to and improved over time,</div><div>as more detailed and accurate data is gathered and included.</div><div>RL</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>From the NTIA:</div><div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The National Broadband Map is now live. <a href="http://www.Broadbandmap.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.Broadbandmap.gov</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">“The <a href="http://www.broadbandmap.gov/about" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; ">National Broadband Map</span></strong></a> is a tool to search, analyze and map broadband availability across the United States.<br>Created and maintained by the <a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; ">NTIA</span></strong></a>, in collaboration with the <a href="http://fcc.gov/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue; ">FCC</span></strong></a>, and in partnership with 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia.”<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Here is the first blog post. <a href="http://www.broadbandmap.gov/blog/1/hello-world/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.broadbandmap.gov/blog/1/hello-world/</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div><div>
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