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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009>Some
of you may be interested in the attached... It indicates that the intention of
the Democrats in Congress as well as Pres. Obama is to place ICTs more or less
at the centre of their New Deal attempts to revive the US economy beyond making
the world safe for banker's five course lunches and zillion dollar bonuses, that
is by putting spending power into the hands of those who will spend it and
putting a lot of very socially desirable/productive things in place in the
process.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009>The
ideologically to the right of George W. current Canadian government, is in the
process of pinching its nose tight shut and doing more or less the same thing
and my guess is that the folks in Europe are moving more or less along the same
path.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009>What
fair-minded argument and rational analysis couldn't achieve an economic
firestorm is making not only possible but inevitable at an accelerating
rate.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009>What
all this means is that in the developed countries at least "access" as an
(infrastructue) issue is very very much on the table and there is in the broader
program from Congress even an apparent recognition that access is not simply a
good in itself but as linked to education, health care, training etc. is a
central aspect of creating an inclusive (and aspirationally equitable) modern
society.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009>How
this impacts on the Internet Governance discussion and the IGF remains, to be
seen, but it does mean I think, an increased emphasis in IG and other ICT
related issues on how to effectively use ICTs for economic and social
development (and relatedly how IG either enhances or retards that process... and
of course how to develop the kinds of skills required at all levels to integrate
and effectively use ICTs in the full range of these activities
(eSkills).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009>Best, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=496550309-19012009>MBG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=496550309-19012009><FONT
size=2><BR>Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.<BR>Director<BR>The Information Society
Institute (TISI)<BR>Cape Town, South Africa<BR>tel. admin
+27(0)217-129-782<BR>SA Cell +27-769-825-175<BR>email:
gurstein@gmail.com<BR><BR></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2>Centre for Community
Informatics Research, Training and Development<BR>Ste. 2101-989 Nelson
St.<BR>Vancouver BC CANADA v6z 2s1<BR><A
href="http://www.communityinformatics.net/">http://www.communityinformatics.net</A><BR>tel./fax
+1-604-602-0624</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> members-bounces@afcn.org
[mailto:members-bounces@afcn.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rich
Greenfield<BR><B>Sent:</B> January-16-09 3:00 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
members@afcn.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AFCN Members] House Draft of Economic
Stimulus Bill: BroadbandProvisions<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">I've
excerpted the explicit broadband provisions, which are in four different parts
of the 240 page draft House bill, and added the related broadband
paragraphs from the draft House report, and attached these as a Word document of
10 pages. This may be easier to read, analyze or distribute. </SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">The
full bill and report are available on the House Appropriations page at <A
href="mhtml:{AEDED820-BE5B-4C64-AA9F-5EEFC5071765}mid://00000212/!x-usc:http://appropriations.house.gov/"><FONT
color=#0066cc>http://appropriations.house.gov/</FONT></A> and I've attached
a summaryof the bill since there are so many sections that will impact local
economies. You may want to search the bill or the summary with your favorite
keywords to find out other provisions about shcools, libraries, etc.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">At
first glance, the big government broadband players in this bill will be RUS
(</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">$2,825,000,000
for grants and loans), </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">NTIA
(Sec. 3102, $2,825,000,000, of which $1 billion is for wireless voice and
aedvanced broadband and $1,825 for broadband deployment grants and,
finally, Commerce (PL110-385, $350,000,000 for broadband data and mapping).
Total of <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$6 billion.</SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin"><FONT
size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3>There don't seem to be any new definitions of
broadband for the RUS money, but the NTIA money is suject to the definitions in
Sect. 3102 where:</FONT></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3>(1) the term ‘‘advanced broadband service’’
means a service delivering </FONT><FONT size=3>data to the end user transmitted
at a speed of at least 45 megabits per second downstream and at least 15
megabits per second upstream; </FONT></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3>(2) the term ‘‘advanced wireless broadband
service’’ means a wireless service delivering to the end user data transmitted
at a speed of at least 3 megabits per second downstream and at least 1
megabit per second upstream over an end-to-end internet protocol wireless
network; </FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>(3) the term ‘‘basic broadband service’’ means a service delivering data
to the end user transmitted at a speed of at least 5 megabits per second
downstream and at least 1 megabit per second upstream; </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>(4) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means—<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>(A) a provider of wireless voice service, advanced wireless broadband
service, basic broadband service, or advanced broadband
service;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>(B) a State or unit of local government, or agency or instrumentality
thereof, that is or intends to be a provider of any such service;
and<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(C) any other entity,
including construction companies, tower-building companies, or other service
providers, that the NTIA authorizes by rule to participate in the programs under
this section, if such other entity is required to provide access to the
supported infrastructure on a neutral, reasonable basis to maximize
use;</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
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size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3>Rich</FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>