Shucks even the Kiwis are talking 100 Gig <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/17/alcatel_bids_110g_kiwi_fibre/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/17/alcatel_bids_110g_kiwi_fibre/</a> by the french no less and look whats happening in the fourth world<br>
<br> " Valsecchi says. Elsewhere, Kazakhstan telco Kazakhtelecom recently put a
100Gbps link in the backbone network between Alma-Aty and Taldy-Kurgan." <br><br>Yikes where does that leave the USA ?<br><br>Nice one for Jason " Kazakhtelecom is XXXXXXXX faster than our system "<br><br>
( : ( : pete<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:14 PM, peter baston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete@ideapete.com">pete@ideapete.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Its here from the " National "sic plan although its a future goal so dvide by year and political willpower<br><br><a href="http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective" target="_blank">http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective</a><br>
<br><a href="http://www.broadband.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.broadband.gov/</a><br><br><i>The U.S. National Broadband Plan sets a goal of <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4 Mbps downloads (1Mbps
upload) by 2020</span></b>, which, by comparison is a minimum of a half-decade
later and often substantially slower than other countries. The
concomitant goal of 100 Mbps access for 100 million households by 2020
would cover an estimated 74-76% of the population.<a name="12ee4c8309547b34__ftnref" title="" href="http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective#_ftn25" target="_blank"><span>[25]</span></a> 10 years ago, the United States was a leader in broadband penetration; however, the latest OECD ranks the U.S. 15<sup>th</sup>, behind France, Sweden, Canada, and a dozen other countries.<a name="12ee4c8309547b34__ftnref" title="" href="http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/broadband_speeds_in_perspective#_ftn26" target="_blank"><span>[26]</span></a>
As our research clearly documents, even if the U.S. achieves its
current broadband speed targets by 2020, unless it substantially raises
its broadband goals, the country will remain substantially behind many
other countries. </i><br><br>Why is this a too low Junk speed, simple speeds are measured in megabits and storage in Megabytes ( 8 bits in a byte ) so the true target for 9 years out is .5 megabyte per second down and .125 megabyte up which I am sure is what the target in the FCC and agreement plan defines although today who knows, cocombinet goal is per price fluctuaion so they wil not be giving you 100 mps / 12.5 megabytes per second at $10 a month in the future or today.<br>
<br>The Jetsons must be laughing their heads of and thank goodness for smart wireless and Steve Jobs<br><br>For those of you who are interested this is what we missed 10 years ago <a href="http://www.ideapete.com/leapfrog.html" target="_blank">http://www.ideapete.com/leapfrog.html</a> and why the smoke and mirrors with speeds <a href="http://www.ideapete.com/megaBS.html" target="_blank">http://www.ideapete.com/megaBS.html</a><div class="im">
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Mailto:<a href="mailto:pete@ideapete.com" target="_blank">pete@ideapete.com</a><br><br><br><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:24 PM, David Breecker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david@breeckerassociates.com" target="_blank">david@breeckerassociates.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Does this rely on a standard FCC definition of what constitutes "broadband"? And would someone please remind me of what that too-low figure is?<div>
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<br><div><div>On Mar 23, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Richard Lowenberg wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">FCC approves CenturyLink, Qwest merger with conditions</span></div>
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<div>The <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/" target="_blank">FCC</a> approved the merger March 18 of <a href="http://www.centurylink.com/" target="_blank">CenturyLink</a> and <a href="http://www.qwest.com/" target="_blank">Qwest Communications International</a>.</div>
<p>As a condition of the approval, the FCC
imposed protections against the risk of harm to competition and ensured
the merged entity will live up to its commitments to expand its network
and launch a major broadband adoption program for low-income consumers,
an FCC statement said.</p>
<p>Based on the companies’ agreement to certain
conditions, the FCC found that the potential public interest benefits of
the merger are likely to outweigh the potential harms. </p>
<p>Among the conditions for approval were steps
to improve broadband adoption for low-income households. Specifically,
the conditions include requiring the launch of a major broadband
adoption program focused on connecting the millions of low-income
consumers in the combined company’s 37-state territory.</p>
<p>The company also must offer qualifying
households broadband starting at less than $10 per month and a computer
for less than $150 and keep the window open for five years for
qualifying consumers to sign up. And, the company must make a
significant annual commitment to marketing, outreach and digital
literacy training and include detailed reporting on outcomes and an
independent analysis of the program’s effectiveness.</p>
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