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<table align="center" style="empty-cells: show;" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 5px; overflow-x: auto;"><!-- wmLetter_head_end --><html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000; font-size:10pt;"><div>A few thoughts:</div><div><br></div><div>1. I'm happy to see the issue made a respected national news magazine</div><div><br></div><div>2. The map and data don't tell the whole picture as the FCC data is based on "advertised" speeds (what the service providers say they offer) not the "actual" speeds consumers get. If actual speeds were used for such a map, we might see that 50% of Americans do not have access to 25 Mbps down/3 Mbps up</div><div><br></div><div>3. I have gathered tens of thousands of speed tests over the last few years. The gulf between urban and rural takes a huge leap with the introduction of fiber to the home in urban areas. Attached see photo of fiber deployment crew at work in the alley behind my house in Denver yesterday. CenturyLink will soon offer me 1,000 Mbps service for $150/month. Comcast has deployed Wi-Fi access points on the poles in my alley and I get 11 Mbps downloads on my phone. Contrast that with anemic DSL and cable modem speeds in the rural Rocky Mountain West (I have yet to see a figure above 10 Mbps download IN TOWN or .1% or the 1,000 Mbps I will soon enjoy, out of town, the number is never more than about 4 Mbps or .04% vs. Denver). The "digital divide" in Internet speeds is a lot wider than the article portrays.</div><div><br></div><div>4. RE: Eastern Washington: Its the culture. In 1998-2000, I spent a lot of time in Spokane as a vendor to their fiber WANs sponsored largely by the power utility with a lot of cooperation with local governments. Wireless ISPs compete for the consumers in rural markets. Lesson learned by eastern WA officials: no one is going to fix the issue for you, you have to fix it yourself.</div><div><br></div><div>Frank</div>
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Forbes has a great broadband map!<br>
From: Norbert Nez <<a href="mailto:norbert.nez@gmail.com">norbert.nez@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, June 16, 2015 4:51 pm<br>
To: Michael Harris <<a href="mailto:mharris@visgence.com">mharris@visgence.com</a>><br>
Cc: 1st-Mile-NM <<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a>><br>
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<div>Wonder what those folks in east Washington are doing differently. <br><br><br></div><div><br>On Jun 16, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Michael Harris <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:mharris@visgence.com">mharris@visgence.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><div dir="ltr">Interesting map, thanks for sharing! <div><br></div><div>I wonder if Akamai or Ookla or someone of the like have published any private broadband penetration studies...</div><div><br></div><div>-Michael</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Nan Rubin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nanrubin@gmail.com" target="_blank">nanrubin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A great snapshot from Forbes, with an interactive national map feature by county! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/sites/corinnejurney/2015/06/09/maps-show-which-americans-have-broadband-access-and-which-dont/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><h1 style="margin:15px 120px 18px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:42px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.1em;font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;word-wrap:break-word;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Maps Show Which Americans Have Broadband Access and Which Don't</h1></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Nan</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">=====================================</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Nan Rubin</b><br><font color="#000000"><b><i>Community Media Services</i></b><br><a href="tel:917-656-0886" value="+19176560886" target="_blank">917-656-0886</a> [<i>Rocky Mountain Time Zone!!!]</i></font><div><div><font color="#000000">4093 Calle de Estrellas<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Las Cruces, NM 88012</font><br></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.nanrubin.net" target="_blank">www.nanrubin.net</a></font></div></div></div></div> </font></span></div> <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" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Michael Harris</div><div>--</div><div>President, Visgence Inc.</div><div><a href="http://www.visgence.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">www.visgence.com</font></a></div></div> </div> </div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left: blue 2px solid; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px;"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>1st-mile-nm mailing list</span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a></span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm">http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm</a></span><br></div></blockquote><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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