The saddest part of all of this is, we seem to be spending a great deal of money recreating, in some abstracted - and, in some ways, estimated and imprecisely aggregated - datasets for broadband access when in fact actual, very granular and accurate data already exists at the telcos, ISPs, et cetera. Billing records, for example. They play games of insisting the data is proprietary, and cry about protections and competition when in fact many exclusive franchises exist (e.g. cable companies) and consider also that population densities and prospective customers bases are really no great mystery to anyone with even an inkling of census and demographics data. And we additionally then get the great divide of marketing, where providers advertise ubiquitous access (when in fact it isn't actually so ubiquitous), versus application to the government for subsidy, where they express the exact opposite, underestimating their assets in the hopes of getting funding - yet another disparity that doesn't actually want to be revealed.
It's one huge boondoggle, in my humble opinion. I could not resist throwing in my $0.02, but enough of my commentary, carry on. David G. Smith PE PLS Synergist Technology Group, Inc. 570.280.6763 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perry Tancredi Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:02 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Mapping Broadband in Florida I know the OECD has broadband metrics by country ( <http://oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband> http://oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband). You might find some breakdown by state on their site as well. Perry _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Catherine Burton Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Geowanking] Mapping Broadband in Florida Hey Wankers, Any of you have any idea about where to find sources for mapping of broadband technology deployed in the US, specifically Florida? Thanks! Catherine _____________________________________________________________________ Catherine Huybrechts Burton Member, <http://www.endpointenvironmental.com/> Endpoint Environmental LLC Lead Organizer, <http://www.meetup.com/webmapsocial> WebMapSocial Meetup Group Office: (415) 668-4222 Cell: (415) 902-0403 Endpoint Environmental LLC - Changing Imagery Into Information Care about HIV/AIDS? <http://aidswalksanfran2009.kintera.org/ccburton> Sponsor me today for AIDS WALK SF 2009. It's my 9th year walking!! AWSF2009Header_sm
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