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-----Original Message----- From: Josh Luthman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 4:05 PM To: [email protected]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Says FTTH Out > DSL/Fixed Wireless In! We're making news! Thanks for sharing!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. --- Winston Churchill On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:06 PM, St. Louis Broadband <[email protected]> wrote: > FCC Study: FTTH Out, DSL and Fixed Wireless In to Bring Broadband to > Unserved > <http://www.telecompetitor.com/fcc-study-ftth-out-dsl-and-fixed-wireless-in- > to-bring-broadband-to-unserved/> > > > The FCC released a report yesterday that identifies a total cost of $23.5 > billion to bring broadband > <http://download.broadband.gov/plan/the-broadband-availability-gap-obi-techn > ical-paper-no-1.pdf> of at least 4 Mb/s to unserved territories. That is if > you use DSL and fixed wireless to accomplish the task. If you were to go > with FTTH, the cost jumps to $62 billion. > The Broadband Availability Gap > <http://download.broadband.gov/plan/the-broadband-availability-gap-obi-techn > ical-paper-no-1.pdf> report is part of a larger effort by the FCC, as > mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (or broadband > stimulus program), to perform "an analysis of the most effective and > efficient mechanisms for ensuring broadband access by all people of the > United States." > This analysis uses net present value economics to derive a total cost of > $23.5 billion to bring broadband to the 7 million homes (14 million people) > identified as unserved in the U.S. DSL and fixed wireless technologies were > identified as the methods to deliver broadband for this price tag. The use > of other technologies would increase these costs, significantly so, in some > cases. > The 4 Mb/s benchmark is used because that's the number the FCC has > identified as a target for broadband funding under the new Connect America > Fund (CAF). > Considering the current high cost fund of the USF is about $4 billion and > the FCC says that universal service funding will not increase as a result of > the transition to broadband and the CAF, it's not entirely clear how this > will be paid for. We're talking about a $19 billion shortfall - and that's > just to bring 4 Mb/s via DSL and fixed wireless. > For now, $23.5 billion is the FCC's base case for bringing broadband to the > unserved. The FCC will open this process up to public comment, as they > determine the best approach to deliver on universal broadband. > > http://www.telecompetitor.com/fcc-study-ftth-out-dsl-and-fixed-wireless-in-t > o-bring-broadband-to-unserved/ > > Victoria Proffer - President/CEO > StLouisBroadband.com <http://stlbroadband.com/> > ShowMeBroadband.com <http://showmebroadband.com/> > 314.974.5600 * Fax 573.747.4756 > Follow us on Twitter.com @stlbroadband > St. Louis WISP since 2003 > SBA Certified WOSB > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and > may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, > be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail > or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting or > destroying the e-mail and any attachments without retaining any copies. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2916 - Release Date: 06/07/10 01:35:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
