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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My understanding is that the FCC requirement is download/upload speeds of 3Mbps/768kbps. There’s more information available through the FCC website and this
map, <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-caf-phase-i">http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-caf-phase-i</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Kevin Cummins<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>Christopher Mitchell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2012 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Johnson<br>
<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<o:p></o:p></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
that have proven they cannot be trusted and have a poor track record of serving these communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Christopher Mitchell<br>
Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative<br>
Institute for Local Self-Reliance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">http://www.muninetworks.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">And the definition of "high-speed internet" is ........<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:lowenberg@designnine.com" target="_blank">lowenberg@designnine.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></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""> Tom Udall Press Office <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2012 6:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Udall Press Office<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Udall: Almost 8,000 in Rural NM to Get High-Speed Internet Access</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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New Mexico residents will gain high-speed internet access within the next three years as a part of the first phase of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “Connect America Fund.” Udall is a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees telecommunications
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