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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force<br>
From: John Badal <<a href="mailto:JBadal@sacred-wind.com">JBadal@sacred-wind.com</a>><br>
Date: Wed, April 08, 2015 1:50 pm<br>
To: John Brown <<a href="mailto:john@citylinkfiber.com">john@citylinkfiber.com</a>>, Wayne Hancock<br>
<<a href="mailto:whancock@donaanacounty.org">whancock@donaanacounty.org</a>><br>
Cc: "Quijada, Andrea" <<a href="mailto:andrea@medialiteracyproject.org">andrea@medialiteracyproject.org</a>>, Lynn Chadwick<br>
<<a href="mailto:lchadwick@ntia.doc.gov">lchadwick@ntia.doc.gov</a>>, Cheryl Leanza <<a href="mailto:cleanza@alhmail.com">cleanza@alhmail.com</a>>,<br>
1st-Mile-NM <<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:gillsorg@gmail.com">gillsorg@gmail.com</a>"<br>
<<a href="mailto:gillsorg@gmail.com">gillsorg@gmail.com</a>>, Ned <<a href="mailto:erubin47@comcast.net">erubin47@comcast.net</a>><br>
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</style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Actually, that’s a good idea. Obtaining rights of way is a time consuming and costly chore for telcos and much money and multiple easemtn excavations could be avoided if the local, state or federal government would install conduit as they upgrade their rights of way. Congresswoman Eshoo of California has introduced a bill for several years running that would require the US DOT to install fiber ducts in all federal Hwy rights of way for use by any fiber provider.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">John<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 1st-mile-nm [<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org">mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Brown<br> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 8, 2015 1:17 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Wayne Hancock<br> <b>Cc:</b> Quijada, Andrea; Lynn Chadwick; Cheryl Leanza; 1st-Mile-NM; <a href="mailto:gillsorg@gmail.com">gillsorg@gmail.com</a>; Ned<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [1st-mile-nm] NM Broadband Task Force<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">what exactly will that achieve ?<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Wayne Hancock <<a href="mailto:whancock@donaanacounty.org" target="_blank">whancock@donaanacounty.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div> <blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">That’s Great!</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As a recommendation, it would be helpful if Counties were encouraged to include a provision within their permitting processes for trenching, that “Fiber Duct will be placed and marked in all trenches on Public Rights of Way” .</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Good Luck</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Wayne D. Hancock</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dona Ana County</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Commissioner District 4</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">845 N. Motel Blvd.</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Las Cruces, NM 88007</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">575 525-5810 Office</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">575 520-4560 Cell</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">575 525-5948 Fax</span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><img border="0" width="113" height="86" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D07203.520E1F70" alt="DAC_logo_small" wbeuser="frank@wmxsystems.com"></span><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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"> Nan Rubin [mailto:<a href="mailto:nanrubin@gmail.com" target="_blank">nanrubin@gmail.com</a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 07, 2015 1:12 PM<br> <b>To:</b> 1st-Mile-NM<br> <b>Cc:</b> Wayne Hancock; Cheryl Leanza; Lynn Chadwick; Quijada, Andrea; Ned; <a href="mailto:gillsorg@gmail.com" target="_blank"> gillsorg@gmail.com</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> NM Broadband Task Force</span><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As you know, the NM Public Regulation Commission just set up a Broadband Task Force to look into how to improve BB service around the state, especially increasing speeds where there is BB, and bringing it to parts of the state where there is none.<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Since broadband access has come up repeatedly down here, I nominated myself to serve on this TF based on my long experience working on this issue as it has evolved.<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yesterday I got an email from Charlie Ferrell, Co-Chair of the TF, letting me know the first meeting will be on Thursday at 9:00a in Santa Fe. <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I called him to confirm, and yes, I am indeed now a TF member!<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">-- There are 18 TF members in addition to the people on the Steering Committee <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> -- The only other TF member from Dona Ana County is someone from Comcast (figures)<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> -- I am being assigned to the Policy working group (yay!)<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> -- The work is supposed to be completed by May 27, so it's a fast turnaround.<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The first meeting is Thursday, and I will be able to call it in along with many others. Meanwhile, Charlie said they were preparing materials that will be sent out tomorrow, including a roster of members.<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I thought you'd be interested. I'll report back as this takes shape. (and see how long before the process succumbs to NM power politics...)<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If this isn't fun, at the very least it will be interesting!<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">best,<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Nan<o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Nan Rubin</b><br> <b><i><span style="color:black">Community Media Services</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><br> <a href="tel:917-656-0886" target="_blank">917-656-0886</a> [<i>Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]</i></span><o:p></o:p></div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">4093 Calle de Estrellas</span><o:p></o:p></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Las Cruces, NM 88012</span><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.nanrubin.net" target="_blank">www.nanrubin.net</a></span><o:p></o:p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br> _______________________________________________<br> 1st-mile-nm mailing list<br> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a><br> <a href="http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm" target="_blank">http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm</a><o:p></o:p></div> </blockquote> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div> </div> </div> <hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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