Today's the day the NTIA explains the Stimulus package for unserved and underserved networks to be augmented, developed, etc.
It was the ability to understand the funding that has helped RUS in the Dept. of Agriculture put the dollars out there which has given Alvarion a boost with companies like Connected Nation, Digital Bridge and Open Range.
Now the question is where will the NTIA dollars be spent. There are some tricky considerations that have yet to be explained. The dollars are in effect CapEx. Even with a quick adoption the OpEx is probably going to add to the costs. Then of course comes the analysis of the criteria and whether you can be disqualified. Some strategies get the backbone services dispersed into the parts of the states that are underserved via strategies that utilize existing networks and make the equivalent of aggregation points, others are for dealing with loop problems. I am hoping that all of these strategies are based on first hand knowledge of the problems. Mark Hewitt and John Reynolds have been offering some interesting strategies to specific states that are worth considering. For one state that I am very familiar with their strategy fixes alot of known problems. Tom Evslin is involved on behalf of Vermont. The issues within the states are very different.
Other friends, like Rob Mazer who is coming to 4GWE to speak about the Stimulus, are more carrier centric and will have plans that will span beyond a state jurisdiction.
Larry Strickling who has been key to getting these dollars in place, is now in the position of overseeing the plan. I know he has the vision, now its time for the execution. Since the dollars are suppose to be earmarked just on September 10th, it's going to be a busy summer.
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