On the up side, we already deliver advanced broadband out here. And NONE of the cell phone companies do.
Heck, I only know of one town that has DSL of 2 megs up. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "St. Louis Broadband" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: [WISPA] New Stimulus bill Broadband Definitions >I don't know if this will be revised before it is voted on, but it appears > that it needs to be corrected: > In Title VI - BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS (pg 661-662) > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/08/senate-stimulus-bill-full_n_163144.html > (j) > DEFINITIONS - for the purpose of this section - (1) the term "advanced > broadband service" means a service delivering data to the end user > transmitted at a speed of at least 45 megabits per second downstream and > at > least 15 megabits per second upstream; (2) the term "advanced wireless > broadband service" means a wireless service delivering to the end user > data > transmitted at a speed of at least 3 megabits per second downstream and at > least 1 megabit per second upstream over and end-to-end internet protocol > wireless network; > (3) the term "basic broadband service" means a service delivering data to > the end user transmitted to a speed of at least 5 megabits per second > downstream and at least 1 megabit per second upstream;" > > So the "advanced broadband service" is your backhaul @ 45/15 mbps, > "advanced > broadband service" SHOULD BE 5/1 mbps and "basic broadband service" SHOULD > BE 3/1 mbps > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
