 jhboricuaExMod 2000-01
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Minneapolis, MN | reply to dynodb
Re: Neutral task force? said by dynodb:Sorry, but the idea of a state task force being completely neutral isn't terribly plausible either. They're going to be subject to political pressure and ambitions just like any other government entity. There's always going to be some form of bias in studies like this. A poor excuse if any. The point is that this was done with absolutely no input from the public, which is why the task force was created in the first place. King Pawlenty is a bonehead.
said by dynodb:Like it or not, accurate broadband mapping is almost impossible without information from the providers themselves, and they're often reluctant to hand out information that could be used to benefit their competors. Providers have fought tooth and nail against any accurate broadband mapping. This is no different, except now they get to manipulate the data that gets presented to their benefit. If they are to receive OUR money for broadband deployments, it should be a requisite that accurate and verifiable data has to be presented, you'll have to be crazy to believe CN is up to the task.
said by dynodb:It sounds to me like the "connected nation" group is being backed by providers to get around those concerns. Until we see the results of what they come up with, it's too early to write them off merely because of industry ties. Any remotely accurate broadband mapping project- be it done by a government task force or "neutral" group (if such a thing exists) is going to rely on provider input. It seems to me your either willfully ignoring CNs history or are too naive to believe that a group funded by the telcos is going to provide any useful mapping data. And while it is true that a government task force or a 'neutral group', in this case the University of Minnesota, would have to rely on the provider's input, I find it more likely that the U of MN or the MN task force (having seen its membership) would challenge the accuracy of the data provided by the telcos. I have zero confidence that a group funded by the telcos with a checkered history that pretends to be pro-consumer would challenge any garbage data fed to it.
This is fantastic, we have a Telco with no next gen broadband plan (Qwest) who now gets to manipulate broadband mapping for their own greed.
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