Kevin, thank you for the link but I think you may be mistaken.<div><br></div><div>I may be reading it wrong (and this is getting into the hair-splitting realm) but I believe this is the relevant explanation - page 2 of the Executive Summary of the order (<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-310692A1.pdf">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-310692A1.pdf</a> ):</div>
<div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><div>Phase I. To spur immediate broadband buildout, we will provide additional funding </div><div>for price cap carriers to extend robust, scalable broadband to hundreds of thousands of unserved </div>
<div>Americans beginning in early 2012. To enable this deployment, all existing legacy high-cost </div><div>support to price cap carriers will be frozen, and an additional $300 million in CAF funding will </div><div>be made available. Frozen support will be immediately subject to the goal of achieving universal </div>
<div>availability of voice and broadband, and subject to obligations to build and operate broadbandcapable networks in areas unserved by an unsubsidized competitor over time. Any carrier </div><div>electing to receive the additional support will be required to deploy broadband and offer service </div>
<div>that satisfies our new public interest obligations to an unserved location for every $775 in </div><div>incremental support. <b>Specifically, carriers that elect to receive this additional support must </b></div><div>
<b>provide broadband with actual speeds of at least 4 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream,</b></div><div><b>with latency suitable for real-time applications and services such as VoIP, and with monthly usage </b></div><div>
<b>capacity reasonably comparable to that of residential terrestrial fixed broadband offerings in </b></div><div><b>urban areas.</b> In addition, to ensure fairness for consumers across the country who pay into USF, </div>
<div>we reduce existing support levels in any areas where a price cap company charges artificially low </div><div>end-user voice rates. </div></div><div>-------------------</div><div><br></div><div>I am heartened to see that it requires _actual_ speeds but I am in strong agreement with John Brown that this entire program reflects the lobbying power of a few corporations rather than what is best for the nation or unserved communities.</div>
<div><br clear="all">Christopher Mitchell<br>Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative<br>Institute for Local Self-Reliance<div><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">http://www.muninetworks.org</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kevin_Cummins@tomudall.senate.gov" target="_blank">Kevin_Cummins@tomudall.senate.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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map, <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-caf-phase-i" target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-caf-phase-i</a> .<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2012 8:57 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Richard Lowenberg; 1st-Mile-NM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [1st-mile-nm] Almost 8, 000 in Rural NM to Get High-Speed Internet Access<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe they have to do 4 down, 1 up. But who knows if that means they just have to advertise that it is available. The frustration from me is simply that we are pouring federal money into obsolete technology delivered by corporations
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">And the definition of "high-speed internet" is ........<br>
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