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FFH5
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FFH5

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Berkman Center report due before BB location data ready

»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_ ··· 86A1.pdf
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University will
conduct an independent expert review of existing literature and studies about broadband
deployment and usage
throughout the world. This project will help inform the FCC’s efforts in
developing the National Broadband Plan.
The Berkman Center isn't going to gather broadband penetration data. All they are going to do is process what data is given to them and create a report for the FCC to help with their broadband plan. It is very likely the report will be complete long before all the broadband location data is even available.

P.S.>> Also, the FCC named an ex-MS bigshot to run their shop as managing director.
»hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_ ··· 73A1.pdf
Managing Director, Steven VanRoekel: Mr. VanRoekel has over 18 years of Information
Technology and management experience and was most recently a top executive in the Windows
Server and Tools division at Microsoft Corporation. Mr. VanRoekel held various positions in his
15 years at Microsoft, including managing Microsoft’s cross-industry Web Services team and
serving as Speech and Strategy Assistant to Bill Gates. Mr. VanRoekel also assisted Mr. Gates
in his transition from CEO of Microsoft to Chief Software Architect and advised the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation on its shift in giving philosophy from a focus on technology to a
focus on world health.
This is the guy who will be running the FCC and also who is supposed to fix up the mess of the FCC web pages.