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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>It seems to me that the survey is entirely
skewed not by rurality but by income. In the report on this survey it is
stated that “ By tracking the downloads of 4 million users across the
United States … “ some conclusion is made as to the
Internet speed available????? I’ll wager that the lower
ranking states in this survey are also the lower average family income states
too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>In our company’s territory for example,
we currently make available 5 Mbps per residential customer, but 50% of our customers
subscribe to our lowest priced service @ 256Kbps. If they were surveyed,
their download speeds would detract from the NM total. If our network
capacity and number of customers covered (as well as for other RLECs in NM) were
the target of a survey, NM’s standing would be far different. (Our
network actually has the capacity to provide far higher speeds to our customers
– up to 100 Mbps in areas -- but we apportion no more than 5 Mbps to our
residents so as to manage our bandwidth costs.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>John</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org
[mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cummins, Kevin
(Tom Udall)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 1st-Mile-NM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [1st-mile-nm] 10 U.S. States With The Slowest Internet Speeds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Just an
FYI. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Here’s
some coverage of an Internet speed ranking by state which was published by the
company Pando Networks yesterday. NM ranked #5 lowest…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>HuffPo
story:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/10-states-with-slowest-internet-speeds_n_914925.html#s318576&title=5__New">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/10-states-with-slowest-internet-speeds_n_914925.html#s318576&title=5__New</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Pando press
release:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.pandonetworks.com/Pando-Networks-Releases-Nationwide-ISP-And-Network-Study">http://www.pandonetworks.com/Pando-Networks-Releases-Nationwide-ISP-And-Network-Study</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Kevin
Cummins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Office of
Sen. Tom Udall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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