<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div>On Apr 7, 2012, at 9:23 AM, michael gurstein wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; ">As I noted in my blogpost, the BBC didn't even seem to have a knowledge of this history let alone learning something from it. I personally see no reason to believe that it will be anything more useful/effectful than any of the vehicles that have gone before and considerable evidence that it will in fact be even less useful/open to the kind of input and advice that I would consider to be of signficance and long term value.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div> </div><div><span class="835490413-07042012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">So good luck with it,</font></span></div></div></blockquote><br></div>Mike - </div><div><br></div><div>I myself have little knowledge of what input on broadband development would be </div><div>most appropriate for the BBC to consider, but note that it takes about 5 minutes </div><div>to submit a document into their process. There may not be any opportunity for </div><div>meaningful interaction, but I also will not fault them for failing to consider relevant </div><div>documents that no one brings to their attention.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimer: My views alone. This is email is industrial packaged, and not for </div><div> consumer use.</div></div></body></html>