U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis

Analysis & commentary on America's troubled transition from analog phone service to digital advanced telecommunications and associated infrastructure deficits.

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Not surprising. If the public policy goal is to make "broadband" more accessible and not explicitly to build #FTTP telecom infra, LEO tech is incentivized since it provides "broadband."

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Pennsylvania "has relied heavily on lower-cost, less reliable technologies such as satellite broadband, rather than prioritizing long term infrastructure investments like fiber." https://t.co/FhK6cjePEM

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Pennsylvania "has relied heavily on lower-cost, less reliable technologies such as satellite broadband, rather than prioritizing long term infrastructure investments like fiber." https://t.co/FhK6cjePEM

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"[T]hrough its network of nine Communications Union Districts (CUDs) – put it in plain terms: plans are now in place to bring broadband to more than 99 percent of Vermonters." https://t.co/gaU0DZsj17

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

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[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Silence when the call does not go through middleman handoffs. https://t.co/jeNNDEcJKZ

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

FCC Chairman Carr’s Broadband Mapping is Rewarding Fraudulent Claims of Coverage: Where are the… by @Brucekushnick https://t.co/tksVFgPpvm

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

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[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"It obviously plays a "critical role" in rural and low-density areas where it's difficult to run fiber or even fixed wireless access (FWA)." https://t.co/UhFmD7pHsK

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Got FTTP? Nvidia’s New Partnership Wants to Put Mini AI Data Centers on Your House https://t.co/xQWkJFNuNe

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"the program once billed as “Internet for All” is expected to reach fewer households and businesses under the revamped plan, and experts say closing the remaining gaps will require sustained investment."

[Route Fifty @routefifty]

Early signs of a massive federal broadband expansion effort are beginning to reach local communities.
via @dailyyonder
https://t.co/YBNlENgZOz

[Breakfast Media @BroadbandCensus]

.@SiFiNetworks Open Access Operator SiFi Sold
A Dutch pension fund manager and German investment firm acquired the company for an undisclosed sum.
https://t.co/bfnA0Ps8IE

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Anecdote driven program policy. Clearly off the grid prems.

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

“…you had some people where a $150,000 fiber run to a house that was worth $100,000. It was crazy town. So, we rebid it, without any technological limitations… And we executed the plan for $21 billion exactly according to the statute. Half the money.”https://t.co/GBhtdeOU0c

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

The magical economic thinking at the center of the 1996 Telecom Act: Why Al Gore’s Information Superhighway wasn’t built. https://t.co/F83fxzPKXL

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"The American and German approach of letting incumbents build monopolies, allowing wasteful overbuild, and refusing to regulate natural monopolies is often called a ‘free market.’ But it’s not free. And it’s not a market."

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"[W]hen you let natural monopolies operate without oversight. They don’t compete on price or quality. They extract rent." https://t.co/AnBRo2Ltkh

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"[W]hen you let natural monopolies operate without oversight. They don’t compete on price or quality. They extract rent." https://t.co/AnBRo2Ltkh

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

High-Speed Hope: Congress Passes Bill Promising Stronger Broadband for Rural Residents https://t.co/pKRB4x1C1r

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

"This could have fostered a mindset of bandwidth abundance rather than scarcity, thus avoiding decades of “broadband” battles at all levels of government over a constantly changing definition of broadband, where is available and at what price." https://t.co/F83fxzPKXL

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Telecom Act critical flaw: Innovation and competition are not primary drivers for infrastructure. As former Google advisor and co-founder Larry Page noted, there's no flying-saucer shit in laying fiber." https://t.co/F83fxzPKXL

[U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis @EldoTelecom]

Cherry picking and lemon dropping: Copper orphans. https://t.co/SZngTlOTjN