http://www.bbpmag.com/2014mags/Mar_Apr/BBC_Mar14_DanHolt.pdf
This link takes you to an interview between Broadband Communities and Dan Holt, the founder of Wake Forest Fiber (WFF). The article outlines the opportunity for WFF and the available broadband speeds. Interestingly, the article doesn’t address the recent efforts by RST to expand into Wake Forest with its wireless gigabit last mile.
FCC moves came amid a broad range of actions taken to continue transitioning today’s voice-focused USF program to a Connect America Fund focused on broadband, including providing additional detail about plans for the CAF program for larger price cap carriers.
The USDA today announced the creation of a new investment fund that will help propel the growth of small businesses across rural America.
http://wraltechwire.com/the-broadband-report-it-was-one-gigafied-week/13566533/
Joe Freddoso writes in WRAL Techwire how last week was ‘gigafied’ and how NC is a leader in fiber to our schools.
Early next week Comcast file an application with the FCC for a formal review of the proposed Time Warner Cable transaction. And once that happens, the Federal Communications Commission will have an excellent opportunity to get some of the data it will need to decide if it should regulate interconnection agreements between last-mile ISPs such as Comcast and other companies selling bandwidth or content over IP.
This isn’t about content, it’s about access.