[Make-wifi-fast] Make-wifi-fast Digest, Vol 85, Issue 5

[Jon Pike]

Wow.   So, from announcement in May, to the request to comment by June...
we have a 1 month period for the Gov bodies to gather data to make
tremendously influential and important decisions on how the future internet
should develop?  Oops,  today was the deadline?

Hope it went well.   Wish we spent half a year vs a month to figure out
(i.e. clue in the deciders) what's important on the future of the rest of
the internet.

Sorry,  in a pessimistic mood lately...

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 9:00 AM <make-wifi-fast-request at lists.bufferbloat.net>
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>    1. Fwd: URGENT: Survey on NTIA's (Dave Taht)
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> From: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>
> To: Make-Wifi-fast <make-wifi-fast at lists.bufferbloat.net>, bloat <
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:44:42 -0700
> Subject: [Make-wifi-fast] Fwd: URGENT: Survey on NTIA's
> being that I am fan of well done wifi, perhaps there are more that would
> like to participate in this bit of research. It's the NTIA definition of
> "reliable"
> that really pains me right now....
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: WISPA <mwendy at wispa.org>
> Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 10:42 AM
> Subject: URGENT: Survey on NTIA's
> To: Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> The Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Congress passed
> last November, directs the National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA) to implement, among other things, the Broadband
> Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
>
> The BEAD program would provide up to $41.6 billion in federal grants for
> deployment of broadband services that offer a minimum of 100/20 Mbps to
> areas that the IIJA considers to be unserved or underserved by broadband
> service today.  Areas are considered unserved if they currently lack
> broadband speeds of 25/3 Mbps.  Areas are considered underserved if they
> currently lack broadband speeds of 100/20 Mbps.  The IIJA requires NTIA to
> provide BEAD funds to state governments that will, in turn, disburse the
> funds to broadband internet service providers.  The IIJA also requires NTIA
> to define “Reliable Broadband Service.”
>
> On May 13, 2022, NTIA released its Notice of Funding Opportunity for the
> BEAD program (BEAD NOFO).  Unfortunately, the BEAD NOFO determined that
> broadband service “using entirely unlicensed spectrum” is not “Reliable
> Broadband Service.”
>
> This means that locations receiving 25/3 Mbps or faster speeds from
> broadband service using only unlicensed spectrum will be considered
> unserved and thus eligible for BEAD funding.  This will lead to
> overbuilding many of the locations where WISPA operator members currently
> serve using only unlicensed spectrum to provide 25/3 Mbps or faster
> speeds.  WISPA believes this is flawed and unjust.  Before reaching this
> decision, NTIA provided no notice to the public that it was considering
> excluding broadband using entirely unlicensed spectrum from the definition
> of “Reliable Broadband Service.”
>
> Over the past couple of weeks, WISPA has surveyed more than 30 WISPA
> vendor members who are either equipment manufacturers or distributors that
> sell radios and other equipment that enable thousands of WISPs to provide
> reliable broadband service to millions of locations in the United States
> using entirely unlicensed spectrum, with speeds ranging from 25/3 Mbps to
> far exceeding 100/20 Mbps.  But we need state specific information as well
> to help WISPA’s advocacy before Congressional offices and state
> governments.
>
> *Below is a survey that we hope all WISPA operator members will take a few
> minutes to review and complete.  Please try to complete the survey by June
> 17th. * The reason we are asking for Affordable Connectivity Program
> information is to show Congressional offices and states how many low-income
> consumers are being served by reliable broadband using entirely unlicensed
> spectrum.  Our plan is to provide this information on a state-by-state
> basis in an aggregated and anonymized manner.  The name of your company
> will not be shared when we provide this information.
>
> *Click on the link below to start...*
> https://members.wispa.org/survey_start.php?mid=1959771181&rid=408999413
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> FQ World Domination pending:
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