New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Thu Jun 3 06:49:32 UTC 2021

On 6/3/21 00:26, Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE wrote:

> Then honestly we should organize and do a better job.
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> Imagine if all the carriers represented here worked together, combined builds, etc.
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> We’ve finally got a few of the tier-1s playing ball with us, but it took 27 years.
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> Anyone interested, reach out.  We’re going under the SF bay in a $50m project for instance.  First crossing in 20 years.  Clears the SFPUC cable too.
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> I want everyone onboard, I don’t care about the money (though I’m not irresponsible with it) I care about connecting the world.

The number of folk that genuinely want to do good for its own sake, is 
often outnumbered by those who make it a point to find "avenues to eat" 
with every opportunity that comes their way. That is not an easy one to 
fix, despite all of our best intentions.

Mark.