<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>Your notion of local self-empowerment via a co-op or non-profit is the only way you can ensure you get what you need. You can't leave it to Washington or Wall Street. Success stories here in Colorado include:</div><div><br></div><div>1. San Luis Valley Broadband Cooperative: encouraged the construction of 5 new middle miles into the 6-county region in its 3 year existence. Facilitated founding of Crestone Telecom, LLC to provide WISP last mile services in Saguache County. Raised $200,000. 0 to 400 subs in 18 months.</div><div>2. NW Colorado Broadband Inc.: collaborative of Steamboat Springs School District, Chamber of Commerce, City, Routt county, Yampa Valley Medical Center and CO Mountain College: raised $150,000, building a carrier neutral location (21st century alternative to CenturyLink's 19th century central office). Will go live OCT 31. School district to get 1 Gbps of bandwidth at $10/Mbps/month, contrast to previous contract with CenturyLink at $111/Mbps for 45 mbps</div><div>3. Central Colorado Telecommunications: Chaffee County-based WISP locally funded and operated based on San Luis Valley model. 0 to 300 subs in 1 year.</div><div>4. Gilpin and Clear Creek county governments have contracted with Internet3 to assess their broadband environment and facilitate improvements in their broadband infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>Read more at <a href="http://www.i3coop.org">www.i3coop.org</a> download the free ebook with case studies</div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><div class="moz-cite-prefix"> 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> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAJ1u4k0UwUh_oPUzTO+v41Q8LaH_fW73wZjMwDVWo+aaTZXsTw@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">What's the FCC definition of "unserved" and "broadband" with respect to this program? <div><br> </div> <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> <div><br> </div> <div>Hoping for 4M or better.</div> </div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <br> <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" href="mailto:Kevin_Cummins@tomudall.senate.gov" target="_blank">Kevin_Cummins@tomudall.senate.gov</a>></span> 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> <div class="im HOEnZb"><br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins=<a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tomudall.senate.gov@mailman.dcn.org">tomudall.senate.gov@mailman.dcn.org</a> [mailto:<a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces%2Bkevin_cummins">1st-mile-nm-bounces+kevin_cummins</a>=<a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tomudall.senate.gov@mailman.dcn.org">tomudall.senate.gov@mailman.dcn.org</a>] On Behalf Of Garcia, Bill<br> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:10 PM<br> To: '<a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.com">rl@1st-mile.com</a>'; <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a><br> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] FW: Udall: Almost 9, 000 NM Households to Gain Broadband Access<br> <br> </div> <div class="HOEnZb"> <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> -----Original Message-----<br> From: <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a> [mailto:<a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a>] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg<br> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 11:49 AM<br> To: <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a><br> 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> <br> <br> 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 target="_blank" 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> <br> --<br> -----------------------------------------<br> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir.<br> 1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200<br> P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.1st-mile.org" target="_blank">www.1st-mile.org</a> <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org">rl@1st-mile.org</a><br> -----------------------------------------<br> _______________________________________________<br> 1st-mile-nm mailing list<br> <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a><br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm" target="_blank">http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm</a><br> <br> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br> This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). 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