[CAnet - news] The $15 billion broadband bonus
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:29:17 -0500
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While digging sewers and building bridges is important, the leveraging of such investments in terms of creating new economic opportunities is nowhere close to that of broadband deployment. But its also important that we make the right investment in broadband. It cannot and should not reinforce existing duopolies. It must enable a competitive environment and a level playing field. That is how we will maximize innovation and economic leverage. Brough Turner gives several good example of this type of investment through customer owned networks in a recent talk he gave at Emerging Communications Conference Slides at: http://www.slideshare.net/eComm2008/brough-turners-presentation-at-ecomm-200 8 Audio at: : http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3719.html Also FreePress, a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media, argues for the same solution for the US through a $5 billion investment to ". An innovative idea that has been successful abroad, this proposal is designed to deploy world class fiber-optic networks which are shared by multiple competitors. This program would award higher levels of investment tax credits and accelerated depreciation to entities that deploy more than a single strand of fiber to an end user for the purpose of selling the fiber to a competitive provider. In addition, the program would allow all taxes on sales of the additional fiber to qualifying third parties to be completely deferred for five years. This approach would spur competition in the broadband market, encouraging demand and innovation http://www.freepress.net/node/46686 The $15 billion broadband bonus http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/greenstein/images/htm/Columns/br oadband%20bonus.pdf --BSA] ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ------ [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_00E8_01C9644A.0DD54D10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:x=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" = xmlns:p=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" = xmlns:a=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:s=3D"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:rs=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z=3D"#RowsetSchema" = xmlns:b=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" = xmlns:ss=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" = xmlns:c=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" = xmlns:odc=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" = xmlns:oa=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" = xmlns:html=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" = xmlns:q=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:D=3D"DAV:" = xmlns:x2=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" = xmlns:ois=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" = xmlns:dir=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" = xmlns:ds=3D"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" = xmlns:dsp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" = xmlns:udc=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" = xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" = xmlns:sub=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/"= xmlns:ec=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" = xmlns:sp=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" = xmlns:sps=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" = xmlns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" = xmlns:udcxf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" = xmlns:wf=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" = xmlns:mver=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006= " xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns:mrels=3D"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationshi= ps" = xmlns:ex12t=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"= = xmlns:ex12m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messag= es" xmlns:Z=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st=3D"" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; 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mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>For more information on this item please visit = my blog at <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><a = href=3D"http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/">http://green-broadband.blog= spot.com/</a> or <a = href=3D"http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com">http://billstarnaud.blogspot.co= m</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:= p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal> [Here is a good paper referenced in the Cook = Report that demonstrates the impact of broadband on GDP. While most other studies have done a lot of waving about the impact of broadband, = this paper is the most analytical I have seen in some time.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>As governments talk about economic stimulus, what = this paper demonstrates is that the biggest bang for the buck will probably be in broadband deployment. While digging sewers and building bridges is = important, the leveraging of such investments in terms of creating new economic opportunities is nowhere close to that of broadband = deployment.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>But its also important that we make the right = investment in broadband. It cannot and should not reinforce existing duopolies. It = must enable a competitive environment and a level playing field. That is how we will maximize innovation and economic leverage.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Brough Turner gives several good example of this = type of investment through customer owned networks in a recent talk he gave at = Emerging Communications Conference<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Slides at: <a href=3D"http://www.slideshare.net/eComm2008/brough-turners-presentation-a= t-ecomm-2008">http://www.slideshare.net/eComm2008/brough-turners-presenta= tion-at-ecomm-2008</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Audio at: : <a href=3D"http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3719.html">http:/= /itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3719.html</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'>Also FreePress, a = national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media, argues for the = same solution for the US through a $5 billion investment to “. <span style=3D'font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"GiovanniStd-Book","serif";color:bl= ack'>An innovative idea that has been successful abroad, this proposal is = designed to deploy world class fiber-optic networks which are shared by multiple competitors. This program would award higher levels of investment tax = credits and accelerated depreciation to entities that deploy more than a single = strand of fiber to an end user for the purpose of selling the fiber to a = competitive provider. In addition, the program would allow all taxes on sales of the = additional fiber to qualifying third parties to be completely deferred for five years. = This approach would spur competition in the broadband market, encouraging demand and innovation</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><a = href=3D"http://www.freepress.net/node/46686">http://www.freepress.net/nod= e/46686</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>The $15 billion broadband bonus<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><a href=3D"http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/greenstein/images/htm= /Columns/broadband%20bonus.pdf">http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/facul= ty/greenstein/images/htm/Columns/broadband%20bonus.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>--BSA]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_00E8_01C9644A.0DD54D10-- --===============0018145837== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============0018145837==--