1. Service Provider Mobility: The National
Broadband Plan: Affordable-Speedy-
Accessible-Competitive-Socially Sound
Posted by Leonard Grace Mar 19, 2010
The FCC’s recent release of its long awaited Broadband Plan has hit
the streets with a resounding affirmation of what America needs
w ith connectivity, competitiveness,
affordability, speed, and social readiness. If the plan is adopted as proposed,
America will truly benefit from the economics of a public-private partnership
in creating a superior broadband pipeline for global success, see (National
Broadband Plan: Connecting America).
The Plan Outline:
• Accessible and Affordable to 100 million homes with speeds of 100 megabits upload and
50 download
• Be (Number One) in Mobility access and speeds compared to any other nation
• Create Universal Access for all Americans including the means, skills, and affordability; if
they choose
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2. Service Provider Mobility: The National Broadband Plan: Affordable-Speedy-Accessible-Competitive-Socially
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• Upgrade Community Schools, Hospitals and Government buildings for access to 1 Gbps
broadband service
• Create a Public Safety Wireless Network and access for all first responders
• Promote a Clean Energy Economy, and ensure Americans are able to track energy
consumptions through broadband
The Road Map:
• Foster robust competition within the broadband sector to drive demand for increased
network performance while lowering deployment cost of infrastructure; monitor and
benchmark competitive behavior, provide consumers with performance of broadband
services, reform access to right-of-ways, review wholesale access policies, and increase
spectrum availability
• Reallocate the existing Universal Service Fund to provide all Americans with access to
broadband just as the plan was used to fund telephone service to all Americans in the 20th
Century
• Reclaim Broadcast Spectrum in auctions of, (300 MHZ by 2015-500 MHZ by 2020), for the
Wireless Industry and other ancillary uses thereby fulfilling a need to expand a burgeoning
Mobile demand in connecting consumers, businesses, and the public sector
• Promote E-rate and Rural Health Care Programs, support non-profit and government
institutions with affordable and alternative means of connectivity to broadband
infrastructures which allows lower investment costs by reforming incentive structures,
licensing and data interoperability for all public organizations
Shifting Priorities
• The FCC moved to gather existing spectrum from the Broadcast Industry to help free up
space for the Wireless Industry, in much need of new spectrum on its continued growth
forecasts. The benefactors will be companies like Cisco, providing network support, and
Verizon and AT&T Wireless operators. Broadcasters will benefit from sharing in spectrum
auction fees of their unused bandwidth.
• The Universal Service Fund will be used to promote and incent companies to build-out their
networks to underserved portions of the markets for wire-line and wireless access. This fund
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3. Service Provider Mobility: The National Broadband Plan: Affordable-Speedy-Accessible-Competitive-Socially
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is severely outdated from its original intent of providing access to telephone service for the
nation.
The FCC seems to have done its homework. Congratulations to the FCC commissioners,
staff, and partners, for their hard work and dedication in creating a viable and workable
solution for a National Broadband Plan roll-out for the next decade. While it is not heavy
on regulation; the plan sets out a road-map to foster collaboration, innovation, investment
opportunities, and transparency within its recommendations. Legislators should look to affirm
the plan quickly and move forward with an innovative and economically sound superior
broadband gateway for our public and private sectors.
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