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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The FCC maps here and the NM DoIT maps
both over-report service coverage. I know for a fact that there
are many locations through the Pojoaque Valley (and probably
Nambe, Tesuque, etc) that don't have broadband access for a
combination of topographic, geographic, and right-of-way
reasons. Both maps show that there is broadband coverage
throughout. NM DoIT was readily willing to acknowledge that the
commercial service providers over-report coverage for various
reasons.<br>
<br>
While I think the grants referenced here probably give the best
return on investment in terms of number of unserved citizens
becoming served citizens, they don't necessarily address the
problem of how to help those who are hardest to help with the most
obvious solutions: 1) telephone network upgraded to provide DSL
class capabilities; 2) Cable Network, ditto; 3) Line of Site
Wireless from Pajarito and Santa Fe Ski summits; 4) Cellular
data.<br>
<br>
I *was* able to replace my Tewacom service (who shut down on Aug
30) with CNSP, but the install techs acknowledged that I was
*right at* the limit of their reach (32.2 km) from their tower on
Santa Fe Baldy (I don't have LOS to Pajarito) and if I had not
been fairly aggressive with pruning some of my trees, they would
not have been able to get LOS at all. I have been told by others
with more understanding of the technology and regulatory milieu
that it is unlikely that CNSP (or anyone else) could pick up 300
more households in the valley without running out of licensed
bandwidth and/or physical bandwidth in the bands they use. <br>
<br>
I am interested (as are a handful of others) in continuing to
pursue the problem of how to get higher bandwidth (or *any*
bandwidth) to these un(der)served areas. An honest accounting of
those who will NOT be served by this latest round of funding would
be very helpful but I can imagine that it would be hard for the
recipients of those grants to help identify where their
easiest/best strategies don't work.<br>
<br>
Anyone with ideas for how to collect better data on the truly
un(der)served would be very welcome. Also anyone else with
interest in a CoOp or non-profit model to pursue grants and a
self-organizing, self-helping model would also be welcome. I'm
primarily interested in local wireless tree or mesh networks to
reach these un(der)served areas *from* the RediNet backbone, but
I'm open to other thoughts as well.<br>
<br>
- Steve<br>
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<div dir="ltr">What's the FCC definition of "unserved" and
"broadband" with respect to this program?
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<div>Is the SE corner of Bernalillo County, where I live
unserved by CenturyLink? The max speed they provide is 1.5
Mbit/s. I've heard that the FCC's current definition is 4
Mbit/s. At least 1.5M is an but improvement of the 256K ISDN
Qwest used to claim was broadband. </div>
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<div>Hoping for 4M or better.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:27 PM,
Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bill,<br>
<br>
Thanks for that update to this list and the clarification
about validation that the locations are "unserved."<br>
<br>
Folks may also be interested in the nationwide map that the
FCC made available on eligible areas for such support. You
can zoom in to see New Mexico areas more clearly:<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-phase-i-round-two"
target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/maps/connect-america-fund-phase-i-round-two</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
<br>
Kevin Cummins<br>
Office of Sen. Tom Udall<br>
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM
Households to Gain Broadband Access<br>
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<div class="h5">Richard,<br>
Thank you for your interest. I can answer your
question, but would like to emphasize that Windstream
has only *proposed* this work. It must be validated by
the FCC, as funding will not be provided to any Census
Block where broadband already exists. Final approvals
by the FCC are expected in early 2014. With that in
mind, here are Windstream's proposed work plans,
organized according to the boundaries of telephone
exchanges (i.e., when we say "Hobbs," we're not talking
about the city limits of Hobbs proper):<br>
<br>
+ Hobbs & Carlsbad<br>
+ Capitan, Alto, Ruidoso Downs, Ruidoso<br>
+ Truth or Consequences & Caballo<br>
+ Northern Tier exchanges -- Dulce, Canjilon, Gallina,
Abiquiu,<br>
+ Espanola, Velarde, Chimayo, Jemez Springs, San Ysidro<br>
<br>
Also, you may be interested in knowing that Windstream
earlier this year completed a major rural deployment
initiative to other rural areas.<br>
+ 787 households, or approx. 2,046 people -- to areas
around Abiquiu,<br>
+ El Rito, Ojo Caliente, & Dixon<br>
+ 384 households, or approx. 1,000 people -- to areas
around Ruidoso<br>
+ 192 households, or approx. 500 people -- to areas
around Truth or<br>
+ Consequences<br>
<br>
These projects are all on line. They were funded
through the US Dept. of Agriculture, as an outgrowth of
the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act &
Senator Udall played an active role in promoting the NM
projects here too.<br>
<br>
Bill Garcia<br>
Regional Vice President of Governmental Affairs<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM
Households to Gain Broadband Access<br>
<br>
Thanks for the postings, Kevin.<br>
I wonder if representatives of CenturyLink, Windstream
or Frontier might chime in here, to give us their update
on allocation of Round One CAF in NM, and how this
second round of funds will be<br>
geographically distributed. That would be very
helpful, as we<br>
all want to effectively mitigate the digital disparities
in NM.<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
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On 09.09.2013 11:15, Cummins, Kevin (Tom Udall) wrote:<br>
> Just FYI. --Kevin<br>
><br>
> FROM: Tom Udall Press Office<br>
> SENT: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:10 PM<br>
> TO: Tom Udall Press Office<br>
> SUBJECT: Udall: Almost 9,000 NM Households to Gain
Broadband Access<br>
><br>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
><br>
> SEPTEMBER 9, 2013<br>
> CONTACT: Jennifer Talhelm<br>
> 202.228.6870 | <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:news@tomudall.senate.gov">news@tomudall.senate.gov</a>
[1] | @TomUdallPress [2]<br>
><br>
> UDALL: ALMOST 9,000 NM HOUSEHOLDS TO GAIN BROADBAND
ACCESS<br>
><br>
> (Snip)<br>
<br>
> Here is the estimated breakdown of how many N.M.
households will<br>
> benefit from the new CAF funding:<br>
><br>
> Windstream: 3,378 households<br>
><br>
> CenturyLink: 2,781 households<br>
><br>
> Frontier: 2,623 households<br>
><br>
> Total: 8,782 households (approx. 22,833 people)<br>
><br>
> ######<br>
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