From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wr1-x42b.google.com (mail-wr1-x42b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50AAA3B2A4; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:28:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x42b.google.com with SMTP id v27so1892408wra.13; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:28:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1681309728; x=1683901728; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=zLkT/JOcztKhhtTFO0OdXyRSKGUHeFak8LK+DSm4G3I=; b=HK576uM4ESzYmTnpj9llib4EdKsrLODhh3EuVc9riv8EiWymVj+CRYtBDcRzO0jYJH o8ssvl/NChBLKIDWmIv50K1B7sDSlT/0xbLlaAcdr1LKswqtsmMuMMbYgX/QdoEgpAyH YTGi7UOo5Gmf3nhdRBkUyG5azxd077O1uf6SFy1mUaRQO06zfFtsNjZEE0MpIuwV8KDo Zh3JKMCN1oWDN06Cz8cGzJa5oXTlRoeHx61UFY3U9Et25TpP6xsn1H4p9bnBWr5Q9AhT KLf5lFIRY8dMs3Pvlln/qVGxG2MpIv3NJ2PgI2680cNXKNkG/Rna99AKuTLl3j8YIYY4 psBA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1681309728; x=1683901728; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=zLkT/JOcztKhhtTFO0OdXyRSKGUHeFak8LK+DSm4G3I=; b=RjzHrbWtru50ZHucVE7kcuTsl3JjTTZ/n1Yj5N/i7prI8URxd2mJIdM/JWzSOaTeej wgza72qLecngqH1pzvBMUtpTF4utCuSS+sW+Nl3j3cg+BLRYV3S1Xt3bVuMDLsxTsUtQ Jex55BUpthex7+wI8mc1jjt1sI+iQVLRITrviAbiwvh1u1e9PNr20YHfp4egBgqyT2Xk QaeqDwX1dI2Y2Lz8o7t9VmjeyMcT3qjvw/RA9Oi74w1/WLbTed2urX9majftd2TVpraD tYOptn9gvVYtLgsHCC1drAV1Y4iPpjUSpiu/il+Uqjdkr5gM18hrKotyogP9+N7nVfpo gPgQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9cc5qUVol/etr+JCBm6hLPYQrQNgfvKHqjInGF5f5OTqpj8dI6+ KF5cZUxerYhp4YoOx1KrxL5CztrjuNS+mjHM+ThuJE6FObQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350aZcE8jLiNO9I3r/BsS1UIYDJ0Jwk98JD/eTZiItEUrV6xsC/NV9SzPX8t8jyavSQhpr9W1YyG766of2ky82To= X-Received: by 2002:adf:f7c4:0:b0:2f2:5408:f160 with SMTP id a4-20020adff7c4000000b002f25408f160mr1444533wrq.13.1681309727598; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:28:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <49312101.15660.0@wordpress.com> <5629B6A3-4959-40A2-B12D-ABF35CC015DF@pagcasa.org> In-Reply-To: From: Dave Taht Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:28:35 -0700 Message-ID: To: libreqos , bloat Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000122a9f05f9246d32" Subject: [Bloat] Fwd: [New post] More Mapping Drama X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:28:49 -0000 --000000000000122a9f05f9246d32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would like to bring back the IXP concepts in the USA. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jane Coffin Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:23=E2=80=AFAM Subject: Re: [New post] More Mapping Drama To: Garland McCoy Cc: Dave Taht , National Broadband Mapping Coalition < bbcoalition@marconisociety.org>, Bill Woodcock Actually. Bill is one of the IXP masters, but.... ISOC has done a helluva lot of IXP build around the world, and I would tip my hat to Michuki Mwangi (ISOC) and Nishal Goburdhan (PCH) along with some folks at Netnod (Swedish exchange), and INEX (Irish exchange - used those cats for training and they came up with the brilliant app - IXP Manager). I also would tag Philip Smith (NSRC and father of BGP and LINX), Christian O'Flaherty - one of my partners in crime on IXP build, Hisham Ibrahim (formerly with AfriNIC and now with RIPE NCC), Jan Zorz (was with ISOC now a v6 evangelist), Karen Rose (formerly with ISOC), Naveed Haq and Aftab Siddiqui (of ISOC), Brent McIntosh (Grenada), and Bevil Wooding (formerly with PCH and now with ARIN). I also would note the amazing work that the IXP Associations have done around the planet, and note the Peering Forums - PIFs that ISOC with partners like PCH created around the world - except for the US. AfPIF - the African Peering and Interconnection Forum and CarPIF - the Caribbean Peering and Interconnection Forum, BKNIX, the Bangkok Peering forum. One can't talk about IXPs without a nod to NOGs (Network Operator Groups). The US had the first NOG - NANOG, and they have taken off from there. ISOC uses NOGs, and PIFs, and IXPs, and the RIRs to promote Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)...great initiative and I would urge anyone looking at secure routing to chat with them and the RIRs (RPKI etc). Note that ISOC is the only org that has put out multiple studies that show over time and via snapshots the importance of IXPs to build your local Internet, increase resilience, allow for redundancy of nets at the local level, and has tracked how much latency diminishes, performance increases, and how quickly prices drop. Big Telcos in the US nearly killed bottom-up carrier neutral IXPs. Thank goodness for ISOC, the RIRs (LACNIC, AfriNIC, ARIN, APNIC, and RIPE NCC), ICANN, IETF to a degree, NSRC, PCH, the NOGs, and the Peering Fora for keeping network training, the importance of diverse peering ecosystems, and the IXPs that are making a resurgence in the US. It takes a village. A well-trained diverse village. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:51=E2=80=AFAM Garland McCoy wrote: > Dave, I am sure Jane would agree that THE global master IXP builder is > Bill Woodcock and his colleagues at Packet Clearing House ( > https://www.pch.net/) Bill has been doing this for decades (and decades > and decades). I have cced him in so you can circle the wagons. If by any > chance you want SECURE Edges as part of your IXP deployment you should lo= ok > up Onclave Networks (see link below) > > https://onclavenetworks.com/ > > > > On Apr 10, 2023, at 9:40 AM, Jane Coffin > wrote: > > Dave - > > On IXPs - I can give you a lot of global examples. On the US - less so. > One of the founders of SF-MIX is at Connect Humanity and is talking to so= me > folks about neutral/bottom-up IXPs - ISOC style, IFX, Euro-IX, Af-IX, > LAC-IX, and AP-IX style. > > ISOC also has some excellent reports that show the impact of IXPs in > countries - cheaper, better, faster local connectivity - and local > resiliency and redundancy vs tromboning traffic that benefits > transit/transport vs local fabric. > > Jane > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:08=E2=80=AFAM Dave Taht w= rote: > >> While I frequently do not agree with doug=C2=B4s blog, he does make for >> interesting reading, and oy! a bill to slow things down further... :( >> >> I am also curious as to the state of the cybergeography these days. >> (anyone remember this old project? >> >> https://web.archive.org/web/20060218123215/http://www.cybergeography.org= /atlas/topology.html >> ) >> >> I have been researching the state of the IXPs nowadays, and kind of >> wondering if there was a noticeable difference in service quality betwee= n >> cities with IXPs and those without. Anyone? >> >> >> https://www.pch.net/ixp/summary_growth_by_country#!mt-sort=3Dixp_current= %2Cdesc!mt-pivot=3Dixp_current >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: POTs and PANs >> Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 4:35=E2=80=AFAM >> Subject: [New post] More Mapping Drama >> To: >> >> >> [image: Site logo image] Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting posted: "As if the >> federal mapping process needed more drama, Senator Jacky Rosen (Dem-Neva= da) >> and John Thune (Rep-South Dakota) have introduced bill S.1162 that would >> =E2=80=9Censure that broadband maps are accurate before funds are alloca= ted under >> the Broadband Equity, " POTs and PANs Mo= re >> Mapping Drama >> >> >> Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting >> Apr 10 >> >> >> As >> if the federal mapping process needed more drama, Senator Jacky Rosen >> (Dem-Nevada) and John Thune (Rep-South Dakota) have introduced bill S.11= 62 >> that would =E2=80=9Censure that broadband maps are accurate before funds= are >> allocated under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program bas= ed >> on those maps=E2=80=9D. >> >> If this law is enacted, the distribution of most of the BEAD grant funds >> to States would be delayed by at least six months, probably longer. The >> NTIA has already said that it intends to announce the allocation of the >> $42.5 billion in grants to the states on June 30. The funds are supposed= to >> be allocated using the best count of unserved and underserved locations = in >> each state on that date. Unserved locations are those that can=E2=80=99t= buy >> broadband of at least 25/3 Mbps. Underserved locations are those unable = to >> buy broadband with speeds of at least 100/20 Mbps. >> >> To add to the story, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel recently >> announced that the FCC has largely completed the broadband map updates. >> That announcement surprised the folks in the industry who have been work= ing >> with the map data, since everybody I talk to is still seeing a lot of >> inaccuracies in the maps. >> >> To the FCC=E2=80=99s credit, its vendor CostQuest has been processing th= ousands >> of individual challenges to the maps daily and has addressed 600 bulk >> challenges that have been filed by States, counties, and other local >> government entities. In making the announcement, Rosenworcel said that t= he >> new map has added over one million new locations to the broadband map = =E2=80=93 >> homes and businesses that were missed in the creation of the first versi= on >> of the map last fall. >> >> But the FCC map has two important components that must be correct for th= e >> overall maps to be correct. The first is the mapping fabric that is >> supposed to identify every location in the country that is a potential >> broadband customer. I view this as a nearly impossible task. The US Cens= us >> spends many billions every ten years to identify the addresses of reside= nts >> and businesses in the country. CostQuest tried to duplicate the same thi= ng >> on a much smaller budget and with the time pressure of the maps being us= ed >> to allocate these grants. It=E2=80=99s challenging to count potential br= oadband >> customers. I wrote a blog last year >> that >> outlined a few of the dozens of issues that must be addressed to get an >> accurate map. It=E2=80=99s hard to think that CostQuest somehow figured = out all of >> these complicated questions in the last six months. >> >> Even if the fabric is much improved, the more important issue is that th= e >> accuracy of the broadband map is reliant on two issues that are reported= by >> ISPs =E2=80=93 the coverage area where an ISP should be able to connect = a new >> customer within ten days of a request, and the broadband speeds that are >> available to a home or business at each location. >> >> ISPs are pretty much free to claim whatever they want. While there has >> been a lot of work done to challenge the fabric and the location of >> possible customers =E2=80=93 it=E2=80=99s a lot harder to challenge the = coverage claims of >> specific ISPs. A true challenge would require many millions of individua= l >> challenges about the broadband that is available at each home. >> >> Just consider my own home. The national broadband map says there are ten >> ISPs available at my address. Several I=E2=80=99ve never heard of, and I= =E2=80=99m willing >> to bet that at least a few of them can=E2=80=99t serve me =E2=80=93 but = since I=E2=80=99m already >> buying broadband from an ISP, I can=E2=80=99t think of any reason that w= ould lead >> me to challenge the claims of the ISPs I=E2=80=99m not using. The FCC th= inks that >> the challenge process will somehow fix the coverage issue =E2=80=93 I ca= n=E2=80=99t imagine >> that more than a tiny fraction of folks are ever going to care enough to= go >> through the FCC map challenge process =E2=80=93 or even know that the br= oadband map >> exists. >> >> The FCC mapping has also not yet figured out how to come to grips with >> broadband coverage claimed by wireless ISPs. It=E2=80=99s not hard looki= ng through >> the FCC data to find numerous WISPs that claim large coverage areas. In >> real life, the availability of a wireless connection is complicated. The >> FCC reporting is in the process of requiring wireless carriers to report >> using a =E2=80=98heat map=E2=80=99 that shows the strength of the wirele= ss signal at >> various distances from each individual radio. But even these heat maps >> won=E2=80=99t tell the full story. WISPs are sometimes able to find ways= to serve >> customers that are not within easy reach of a tower. But just like with >> cellphone coverage, there are usually plenty of dead zones around a radi= o >> that can=E2=80=99t be reached but that will still be claimed on a heat m= ap - heat >> maps are nothing more than a rough approximation of actual coverage. It= =E2=80=99s >> hard to imagine that wireless coverage areas will ever be fully accurate= . >> >> DSL coverage over telephone copper is equally impossible to map >> correctly, and there are still places where DSL is claimed but which can= 't >> be served. >> >> Broadband speeds are even harder to challenge. Under the FCC mapping >> rules, ISPs are allowed to claim marketing speeds. If an ISP markets >> broadband as capable of 100/20 Mbps, they can claim that speed on the >> broadband map. It doesn=E2=80=99t matter if the actual broadband deliver= ed is only >> a fraction of that speed. There are so many factors that affect broadban= d >> speeds that the maps will never accurately depict the speeds folks can >> really buy. It=E2=80=99s amazingly disingenuous for the FCC to say the m= aps are >> accurate. The best we could ever hope for is that the maps will be bette= r >> if, and only if ISPs scrupulously follow the reporting rules =E2=80=93 b= ut nobody >> thinks that is going to happen. >> >> I understand the frustration of the Senators who are suggesting this >> legislation. But I also think that we=E2=80=99ll never get an accurate s= et of maps. >> Don=E2=80=99t forget that Congress created the requirement to use the ma= ps to >> allocate the BEAD grant dollars. Grant funding could have been done in >> other ways that didn't relay on the maps. I don=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80= =99s going to make >> much difference if we delay six months, a year, or four years =E2=80=93 = the maps >> are going to remain consistently inconsistent. >> Comment >> >> ------------------------------ >> Unsubscribe >> >> to no longer receive posts from POTs and PANs. >> Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. >> >> Trouble clicking? 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I would like to bring back the IXP concepts in the USA.
-----= ----- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jane Coffin <jane@connecthum= anity.fund>
Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:23=E2=80=AFAM
Sub= ject: Re: [New post] More Mapping Drama
To: Garland McCoy <garland.mccoy@pagcasa.org>
Cc:= Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>, National Broadband Mapping Coalition <bbcoalition@marconisociety.org>, Bill Woodco= ck <woody@pch.net>

=
Actually.=C2=A0 Bill is one of the IX= P masters, but....

=C2=A0ISOC has done a helluva l= ot of IXP build around the world, and I would tip my hat to Michuki Mwangi = (ISOC) and Nishal Goburdhan (PCH) along with some folks at Netnod (Swedish = exchange), and INEX (Irish exchange - used those cats for training and they= came up with the brilliant app - IXP Manager).=C2=A0 I also would tag Phil= ip Smith (NSRC and father of BGP and LINX), Christian O'Flaherty - one = of my partners in crime on IXP build, Hisham Ibrahim (formerly with AfriNIC= and now with RIPE NCC), Jan Zorz (was with ISOC now a v6 evangelist), Kare= n Rose (formerly with ISOC), Naveed Haq and Aftab Siddiqui (of ISOC), Brent= McIntosh (Grenada), and Bevil Wooding (formerly with PCH and now with ARIN= ).=C2=A0 I also would note the amazing work that the IXP Associations have = done around the planet, and note the Peering Forums - PIFs that ISOC with p= artners like PCH created around the world - except for the US.=C2=A0 AfPIF = - the African Peering and Interconnection Forum and CarPIF - the Caribbean = Peering and Interconnection Forum, BKNIX, the Bangkok Peering forum.=C2=A0 = One can't talk about IXPs without a nod to NOGs (Network Operator Group= s).=C2=A0 The US had the first NOG - NANOG, and they have taken off from th= ere.=C2=A0 ISOC uses NOGs, and PIFs, and IXPs, and the RIRs to promote Mutu= ally Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)...great initiative and I wou= ld urge anyone looking at secure routing to chat with them and the RIRs (RP= KI etc).

Note that ISOC is the only org that has p= ut out multiple studies that show over time and via snapshots the importanc= e of IXPs to build your local Internet, increase resilience, allow for redu= ndancy of nets at the local level, and has tracked how much latency diminis= hes, performance increases, and how quickly prices drop.

Big Telcos in the US nearly killed bottom-up carrier neutral IXPs.= =C2=A0 Thank goodness for ISOC, the RIRs (LACNIC, AfriNIC, ARIN, APNIC, and= RIPE NCC), ICANN, IETF to a degree, NSRC, PCH, the NOGs, and the Peering F= ora for keeping network training, the importance of diverse peering ecosyst= ems, and the IXPs that are making a resurgence in the US.

It takes a village.=C2=A0 A well-trained diverse village.=C2=A0=C2= =A0

On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:51=E2=80=AFAM Garland McCoy <garland.mccoy@pagcasa.org<= /a>> wrote:
<= div>
=C2=A0Dave, I am sure Jane would agree that THE global master IXP = builder is Bill Woodcock and his colleagues at Packet Clearing House (https://www.pch.net/) Bil= l has been doing this for decades (and decades and decades). I have cced hi= m in so you can circle the wagons. If by any chance you want SECURE Edges a= s part of your IXP deployment you should look up Onclave Networks (see link= below)


=

On Apr 10, 2023, at = 9:40 AM, Jane Coffin <jane@connecthumanity.fund> wrote:

Dave -

On IXPs - I can give you a lot = of global examples.=C2=A0 On the US - less so.=C2=A0 One of the founders of= SF-MIX is at Connect Humanity and is talking to some folks about neutral/b= ottom-up IXPs - ISOC style, IFX, Euro-IX, Af-IX, LAC-IX, and AP-IX style.

ISOC also has some excellent reports that show the = impact of IXPs in countries=C2=A0- cheaper, better, faster local connectivi= ty - and local resiliency and redundancy vs tromboning traffic that benefit= s transit/transport vs local fabric.

Jane

On = Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 9:08=E2=80=AFAM Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
While = I frequently do not agree with doug=C2=B4s blog, he does make for interesti= ng reading, and oy! a bill to slow things down further... :(

=
I am also curious as to the state of the cybergeography these days. (a= nyone remember this old project?

= I have been researching the state of the IXPs nowadays, and kind of wonderi= ng if there was a noticeable=C2=A0difference in service quality between=C2= =A0
cities with IXPs and those without. Anyone?






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From: POTs and PANs <donotreply@wordp= ress.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 4:35=E2=80=AFAM
Su= bject: [New post] More Mapping Drama
To: <dave.taht@gmail.com>

3D"Site Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting posted: "As if the federal= mapping process needed more drama, Senator Jacky Rosen (Dem-Nevada) and Jo= hn Thune (Rep-South Dakota) have introduced bill S.1162 that would =E2=80= =9Censure that broadband maps are accurate before funds are allocated under= the Broadband Equity, " =09 =09 POTs and = PANs

More Mapping Drama

Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting
Apr 10

3D""As if the federal mapping process needed more drama, Senator Jacky Ros= en (Dem-Nevada) and John Thune (Rep-South Dakota) have introduced bill S.11= 62 that would =E2=80=9Censure that broadband maps are accurate before funds= are allocated under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program b= ased on those maps=E2=80=9D.

If thi= s law is enacted, the distribution of most of the BEAD grant funds to State= s would be delayed by at least six months, probably longer. The NTIA has al= ready said that it intends to announce the allocation of the $42.5 billion = in grants to the states on June 30. The funds are supposed to be allocated = using the best count of unserved and underserved locations in each state on= that date. Unserved locations are those that can=E2=80=99t buy broadband o= f at least 25/3 Mbps. Underserved locations are those unable to buy broadba= nd with speeds of at least 100/20 Mbps.

To add to the story, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel recently ann= ounced that the FCC has largely completed the broadband map updates. That a= nnouncement surprised the folks in the industry who have been working with = the map data, since everybody I talk to is still seeing a lot of inaccuraci= es in the maps.

To the FCC=E2=80=99= s credit, its vendor CostQuest has been processing thousands of individual = challenges to the maps daily and has addressed 600 bulk challenges that hav= e been filed by States, counties, and other local government entities. In m= aking the announcement, Rosenworcel said that the new map has added over on= e million new locations to the broadband map =E2=80=93 homes and businesses= that were missed in the creation of the first version of the map last fall= .

But the FCC map has two important= components that must be correct for the overall maps to be correct. The fi= rst is the mapping fabric that is supposed to identify every location in th= e country that is a potential broadband customer. I view this as a nearly i= mpossible task. The US Census spends many billions every ten years to ident= ify the addresses of residents and businesses in the country. CostQuest tri= ed to duplicate the same thing on a much smaller budget and with the time p= ressure of the maps being used to allocate these grants. It=E2=80=99s chall= enging to count potential broadband customers. I wrote a blog last year that outlined a few of the dozens of issues that must be addressed to get= an accurate map. It=E2=80=99s hard to think that CostQuest somehow figured= out all of these complicated questions in the last six months.

Even if the fabric is much improved, the more = important issue is that the accuracy of the broadband map is reliant on two= issues that are reported by ISPs =E2=80=93 the coverage area where an ISP = should be able to connect a new customer within ten days of a request, and = the broadband speeds that are available to a home or business at each locat= ion.

ISPs are pretty much free to c= laim whatever they want. While there has been a lot of work done to challen= ge the fabric and the location of possible customers =E2=80=93 it=E2=80=99s= a lot harder to challenge the coverage claims of specific ISPs. A true cha= llenge would require many millions of individual challenges about the broad= band that is available at each home.

The FCC mapping has a= lso not yet figured out how to come to grips with broadband coverage claime= d by wireless ISPs. It=E2=80=99s not hard looking through the FCC data to f= ind numerous WISPs that claim large coverage areas. In real life, the avail= ability of a wireless connection is complicated. The FCC reporting is in th= e process of requiring wireless carriers to report using a =E2=80=98heat ma= p=E2=80=99 that shows the strength of the wireless signal at various distan= ces from each individual radio. But even these heat maps won=E2=80=99t tell= the full story. WISPs are sometimes able to find ways to serve customers t= hat are not within easy reach of a tower. But just like with cellphone cove= rage, there are usually plenty of dead zones around a radio that can=E2=80= =99t be reached but that will still be claimed on a heat map - heat maps ar= e nothing more than a rough approximation of actual coverage. It=E2=80=99s = hard to imagine that wireless coverage areas will ever be fully accurate.

DSL coverage over telephone copper i= s equally impossible to map correctly, and there are still places where DSL= is claimed but which can't be served.

Broadband speeds are even harder to challenge. Under the FCC mappin= g rules, ISPs are allowed to claim marketing speeds. If an ISP markets broa= dband as capable of 100/20 Mbps, they can claim that speed on the broadband= map. It doesn=E2=80=99t matter if the actual broadband delivered is only a= fraction of that speed. There are so many factors that affect broadband sp= eeds that the maps will never accurately depict the speeds folks can really= buy. It=E2=80=99s amazingly disingenuous for the FCC to say the maps are a= ccurate. The best we could ever hope for is that the maps will be better if= , and only if ISPs scrupulously follow the reporting rules =E2=80=93 but no= body thinks that is going to happen.
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