Broadband mapping organization Connected Nation has come under fire for being little more than a baby bell policy vehicle. Primarily those complaints come from consumer advocates, who say the group overstates their success rates in certain states (like Kentucky, where they claim there's close to 100% broadband penetration) in order to help the baby bells fend off regulation that would increase competition and lower revenues. But apparently cable operators are now speaking out against the group as well:
quote:Current KCTA Chairman Dale Haney polled the board and found the opposition from the major providers in the state, including Comcast. Sources said that there were serious concerns about Connect Kentucky’s close relationships with telephone companies, which are competitors to cable, as well as with Connect Kentucky’s mapping methodologies.
Despite the setback, the group continues to woo lawmakers in a number of states (most recently Texas), and could still grab the lion's share of the $300 million portion of the broadband stimulus money assigned for broadband mapping.
Municipal cable operators here in Kentucky have known for a while that Connect Kentucky doesn't make accurate broadband deployment maps. The group has close ties to AT&T, and Connect Kentucky's maps show AT&T DSL broadband at much higher deployment levels that is reality. In converse, municipal internet providers are shown on Connect Kentucky maps as having a much smaller deployment than reality.
If the federal government ever decided to audit the Connect Kentucky maps, they would find that they are a total sham.
There are no groups mentioned about the auditing in Connected Nation's own document when the FCC asked them are the maps accurate and verifiable, relevant information found on bottom half of page 2 and top half of page 3.
Ya god forbid them pesky capped users speak to each other...
Ya god forbid them pesky capped users speak to each other about the crap net they get and other issues like lack of rights and frauds. Seems that if they get away too far it wont be democracy no more and on a day when ted Kennedy died i have to say it....
ask not what your country can do but what your cable/telco can do for you. They are after all with other corporations running the USA , your vote don't count , so start bugging them constantly. The corporations are the govt then treat them like one.
connectedtn is actually pretty accuarate. In fact if anything they UNDERSTATE the areas that have broadband. Of coruse that totally contridcits the rant of the OP but it's the facts.
connectedtn is actually pretty accuarate. In fact if anything they UNDERSTATE the areas that have broadband. Of coruse that totally contridcits the rant of the OP but it's the facts.
is as accurate or even more so than the one from this group (which by the way was not eligible for any federal mapping money): »stopthecap.com/wp-conten ··· ge-2.png