Many of the telcos have elected the ACAM program. They get a big pile of money for 10 years. They have to build out fiber. The presumption is that the welfare checks stop at the end of the 10 year period. Then they have to operate on a straight up business model like everyone else.
We will see... From: Adam Moffett Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Public broadband failures The USA did it with telephones and USF and Rural Utilities. It worked. There's almost nowhere with no phone service. We could do it again with fiber, but this would become a very different business. Officially sanctioned monopolies with pricing and service level set by bureaucrats. I would probably not enjoy that new world order, but I'm saying if we (as a society) decided that was an important goal there is already a blazed trail we could follow. On 7/13/2021 11:00 AM, Tyson Burris wrote: When I asked Claude if there has been or is ANY other country in the world who is running fiber or tossing money to get every home ‘broadband’ I was told Australia attempted it but ended up backing away from the idea. We simply are wasting money left and right with failed political decisions and not one voting politician seems to really care. They don’t even know what broadband mapping is yet. Tyson Burris, President Internet Communications Inc. 739 Commerce Dr. Franklin, IN 46131 Office # 317-738-0320 Cell/Direct # 317-412-1540 Online: www.surfici.net What can ICI do for you? Broadband Wireless - PtP/PtMP Solutions - Mesh Wifi/Hotzones - IP Cameras - Fiber - Towers - Infrastructure. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It contains information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by unauthorized organizations or individuals is strictly prohibited. From: AF mailto:[email protected] On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List Account) Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 10:45 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group mailto:[email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Public broadband failures I'm still waiting for my DSL service.... so at least at my CAS covered address it was a flop. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 8:00 AM Tyson Burris <[email protected]> wrote: Isn't CenturyLink's CAF Phase 1 a total flop in most states? It was a half ass quick build and they had their hands slap by the FCC? Tyson Burris, President Internet Communications Inc. 739 Commerce Dr. Franklin, IN 46131 Office # 317-738-0320 Cell/Direct # 317-412-1540 Online: www.surfici.net What can ICI do for you? Broadband Wireless - PtP/PtMP Solutions - Mesh Wifi/Hotzones - IP Cameras - Fiber - Towers - Infrastructure. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It contains information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by unauthorized organizations or individuals is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Monday, July 12, 2021 7:15 PM To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Public broadband failures Does anyone know a compiled list of community broadband projects that have received federal funds then failed or got sold off? One of the counties in our service area is in the process of 'thinking about building a fiber network that we(they) will run ourselves' We're looking for examples we can give them where the government built then network, but was then unable to continue to run it, or it didn't play out the way they expected. Here in Illinois, another county just recently transferred their BTOP funded Fiber network to a private entity because they were convinced they didn't want to run it anymore (there's more to the story, but that's the long and short from what I gather) There's gotta be stories like this all over, has there been a list compiled somewhere? -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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