AVonGaussPremium
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | For 350 million... For 350 million, you could mail a letter to every single residence in the United States asking them to list what broadband options they have available to them and still have enough money to process the results and give yourself a nice bonus. Not that I am suggesting this would be the best method, but its a lot of money for a simple data warehousing and reporting solution.
I still contend I could do this for a whole lot less money...
1) Create non for profit organization
2) Obtain US Postal address database
3) Establish protocol(s) with providers to collect data from providers quarterly.
4) Collect initial data from providers
5) Clean original postal database and algorithms for matching service provider addresses.
6) Establish contact points with counties.
7) Create initial report and send report to the county for their thoughts and any possible corrections
8) Create a boat-load of silly reports for government agencies that will probably never be used.
9) Establish public web site that allows reports and statistics to be viewed and for people to enter their address.
10) Next quarter, get the updated data from the providers, send report to counties, update database.
11) Every quarter, go back to 10
Yes, that is an over-simplification by far but its not rocket science. Why do we need to create a new government department ($350 million) for mapping broadband? |
