marigolds
Gainfully employed, finally
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Saint Louis, MO
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Re: Can anyone find the order?
Wow, against that type of schedule, a new entrant starting at 20% coverage (which is a high coverage for a new entrant) could take 23 years to build out half a system even if they hit 50%+ penetration every year, 32 years to build out 90% of the system. |
Old_Grouch
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| reply to marigolds
I have not read the order, I suspect you will remain interested but not satisfied.
If comments by the individual Commissioners are any indication, the ones made by the Chairman should be most telling for you.
If you read slowly, you'll note that he believes it would have been appropriate to include examples of reasonable requirements. And, he gave an example that would allow a petitioner at least 10 years and likely more ... again, if you read slowly.
The end of Chairman Martin's statement said:
"Addressing build-out requirements was particularly difficult. This item seeks to strike
a balance between encouraging as widespread deployment of broadband as possible while
not deterring entry altogether. I believed it would have been appropriate to provide examples
of build-out requirements that would be reasonable in addition to illustrating those that could
not be.1
1 For example, I would have been willing to find that it would seem reasonable for an LFA to require that,
beginning five years after the effective date of a new entrant’s franchise and every 3 years thereafter, if in the
portion of the franchise area where the new entrant has chosen to offer cable service at least 15 percent of the
households subscribe to such service, the new entrant increase by 20 percent the households in the franchise area to which the new entrant offers cable service by the beginning of the next 3-year interval, until the new
entrant is capable of providing cable service to all households in the franchise area."
If you are curious, the statements are found HERE under Headlines .
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