Dave Burstein

Tracking broadband in the US infrastructure. From the editor of &

[Martha DeGrasse @mardegrasse]

.@POTUS inviting #broadband industry reps to a Monday 4:30 ET announcement. @WIAorg and @fiberbroadband both invited. #BEAD #digitaldivide

[Light Reading @Light_Reading]

Funding the Affordable Connectivity Program was a focal point for Democrats at an FCC House hearing Wednesday. Meanwhile, eight Senate Republicans expressed ACP support in a letter to President Biden. https://t.co/Kj9yD1P0fM

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

National Advertising Division (NAD) threw out AT&T's claim Charter speeds were not more consistent. 100% of advertised speed to >80% of panelists for more than 80% of the time.
Almoist \\l things you use work the same on cable & fiber
https://t.co/vLtuwYjJt0

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Jon Healey
California spent <5% of post pandemic lob training.
Now the state is offering stipends to students
Free money for post-COVID job training programs — for yourself or someone you help.
https://t.co/bXjCd3hXqC I bet broadband job
& literacy will do no better

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Gutsy and accurate from a leader in broadband advocacy

[Christopher Mitchell @communitynets]

@haroldfeld @SeanFlaim The last thing I'll say on this - is that I keep focusing on housing b/c I think education is essential to resolving racial equity.

And I believe we cannot do much more on education (or broadband, frankly) absent improvement in secure housing.

[Brian Worthen @superjedigeek]

Is StarLink a 200Mbps product? For 2 hours of the week, apparently. Note the upload in Green, and that it gets over 25Mbps just three times in a week.

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Jobs, jobs, jobs in broadband writes Kevin Tagalog, detailing a massive training effort. Today's shortage will likely turn in a labor over-supply situation in a few years as the unserved population rapidly declines @ktaglang

https://t.co/ZcyHjZ13cq

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

The usually reliable Doug Dawson expects most broadband spending will delay until 2024-2025.
https://t.co/6VU5eSmT5q One consequence: vendors can gear up to make in the USA. Actually, nearly everything can be sourced here already. The squealers saying otherwise are wrong

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Best analysis I've seen of broadband speeds and feeds is by David Clark and Sara Wedeman of MIT @MITCSAIL https://t.co/yWEvLS8IFr Concludes very few people benefit from highest speed. Don't believe the hype

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Incompetence or corruption are the probable explanations for La Broadband Commissioner Veneeth Iyengar claim that Sparklight Cable did not provide 25/3 service in the Delta. Cable essentially never downgrades that far. Facts missing for $4M overbuild

https://t.co/KhWyWERWF2

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

$700M of private money is supporting Dobson's 250K fiber homes, most in towns and small cities in the South. Let's keep the subsidies for the unserved

https://t.co/zhwUhMxgzD

[1Finity @1FinityInc]

We have again earned a spot as one of the top #fiber-to-the-home (#FTTH) leaders and innovators by @bbcmag. We’re proud to deliver reliable rural and municipal broadband throughout North America
https://t.co/IKLvNfDX6c

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

Latest NTIA grant $51,299 per home
https://t.co/bCjzOUJdge

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

US $10B 5G fund likely total graft. T-Mobile is on track for 99% 5G & 90% 100 Mbps, Verizon and AT&T have to match, Highly unlikely that much of the money will go to remaining holes. @JRosenworcel surely knows this.

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

80-95% of the gear for broadband can be sourced from the US, I discovered. See Corning, DZS, Adtran, Mavenir, JMA, and more. Meredith, Gary, Mike: Can you prove otherwise?
https://t.co/GGZcdvogvP @DavidsonNTIA

[Sarah Oh Lam @sarahecon]

Ian Scott: quick report card for broadband in Canada: B+ grade working toward an A-, classic good news bad news, adopted target of 50/10 of availability, avail to 90% of Canadians good news, but that's less than 50% in rural areas, and less than 30% in indigenous areas #TPIAspen

[Technology Policy Institute (TPI) @techpolicyinst]

.@drj_policy warns that requirements in the NTIA's Notice of Funding Opportunity for broadband funds could repeat past mistakes. By his estimates, we could end up only getting $1 worth of broadband for every $3 spent. #TPIAspen

[Sarah Oh Lam @sarahecon]

Christopher Yoo: issues with the term "future proofing" because it's based on current views of what will work in the future, and can be different tomorrow; if we had "future proofed" classrooms with wires before Wi-Fi, that would not have made sense #TPIAspen

[Sarah Oh Lam @sarahecon]

Michelle Connolly: from the NTIA NOFO, what I see is a lot of opportunity for backdoor attempts to get around the rules, in some of the language of ARPA, the providers/states can define unserved and underserved on their own, not based on maps #TPIAspen

[Dave Burstein @broadbandbuzz]

@scottwallsten Sounds sensible, but T-Mobile reaching 99% 5G, probably already covered.
Verizon & AT&T likely matching

[Sarah Oh Lam @sarahecon]

Scott Wallsten: loss of resiliency to rely on one tech, rather than wireline and wireless. Thoughts? #TPIAspen @scottwallsten