<div dir="auto">Not the right question in most cases. The issue is how much extra a carrier needs to break even on service. So if she breaks even at cost per customer of <span class="money">$3000</span> and the cost for customer X is <span class="money">$5,000</span> then the extra $2k does the trick.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Steve Ross</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 16, 2019, 12:34 PM Doug Dawson <<a href="mailto:blackbean2@ccgcomm.com">blackbean2@ccgcomm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The locations included in these awards are the most remote places in the US. I’m not even sure that $2,000 buy an upgrade to DSL. The issue for remote places is building fiber within a reasonable distance from a customer in order to shorten
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 12:12 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rl@1st-mile.org</a>><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Rural BB Funding in 23 states: not NM<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FCC Authorizes $524 Million for Rural Broadband Expansion in 23 States<br>
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<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-authorizes-524-million-rural-broadband-expansion-23-states" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-authorizes-524-million-rural-broadband-expansion-23-states</a><br>
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Full Title: FCC Authorizes $524 Million for Rural Broadband Expansion in 23 States<br>
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The FCC authorized over $524 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to 205,520 unserved rural homes & businesses in 23 states, representing the 3rd wave of support from last year's successful Connect America Fund Phase II auction.<br>
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No funding for NM on this round.<br>
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