<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">This is interesting stuff, thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Now I wonder: would the overall goal ever be something like regaining our position as a leader in broadband coverage, services, and speed?  Last I looked we were in the 20's (from the top) compared to the rest of the world.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">   -- Owen</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Richard Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.com" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Two big national telecommunications issues and agendas are kicking off<br>
the new year.<br>
Congress is going to take on the Telecommunications Act, last revised<br>
in 1996, and the FCC is now being led by Chairman Tom Wheeler, who has<br>
just laid out their agenda for 2014.<br>
<br>
Following are links to a Benton Foundation posting on the context,<br>
process and critical issues to be addressed in a new Telecommunications<br>
Act.   There will be calls for public and other sector input.   This<br>
will likely be a compromised process and outcomes once again, but will<br>
have major bearing on our national, state and local broadband networking<br>
future.<br>
<br>
"The Five Questions"   <a href="http://benton.org/node/171984" target="_blank">http://benton.org/node/171984</a><br>
<br>
A few days ago, Chairman Wheeler presented:<br>
"Adapting Regulatory Frameworks to 21st Century Networks and Markets"<br>
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/blog/adapting-regulatory-frameworks-21st-century-networks-and-markets" target="_blank">www.fcc.gov/blog/adapting-regulatory-frameworks-21st-century-networks-and-markets</a><br>
<br>
We'll follow these issues and initiatives as they develop and as<br>
relevant to the State, localities and people of NM.<br>
<br>
RL<br>
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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir.<br>
1st-Mile Institute, <a href="tel:505-603-5200" value="+15056035200">505-603-5200</a><br>
P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504<br>
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