This inept administration is constantly raising the bar on ineptitude. It's like watching a wife who has the husbands credit card after a few too many martinis
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 12:13 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > 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* > > > > [image: ICI] > > *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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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