The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments Filed April 13
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 – The Obama Administration’s broadband grants program attracted extraordinary attention on Monday, as at least 427 companies, individuals and organizations filed comments with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Editor’s Note (4/19) – The complete BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments is now available at http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/04/the-broadbandcensuscom-list-of-ntia-comments
The BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments aims to include all substantive comments filed between March 10 and April 15 on the NTIA web site. For a growing number of comments, BroadbandCensus.com has provided a brief summary of the contents of the comment.
Editor’s Note (4/16) – This BroadbandCensus.com List of NTIA Comments Filed April 13 has been updated to include substantive comments on the broadband stimulus filed at the NTIA on April 13, the final day for submission – included those filed on the NTIA web site after 8:11 p.m.
BroadbandCensus.com aims to create a new page with substantive comments filed at any time during the course of the rule-making, including those filed before April 13.
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 – The Obama Administration’s broadband grants program attracted extraordinary attention on Monday, as at least 427 companies, individuals and organizations filed comments with the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The mad rush to finish line was driven the agency’s April 13 deadline for comments about the way that NTIA, and the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service, should administer $7.2 billion in broadband-related grants and loans.
With the latest comment posted on the web site as of 8:11 p.m. on Monday, the 427 comments represents almost one-third of the approximately 1,400 questions and comments that have been received by the agency and posted online, beginning March 10, 2009. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/comments.cfm
As part of BroadbandCensus.com’s ongoing coverage of the broadband stimulus, reporters and correspondents for BroadbandCensus.com have systematically reviewed comments filed with the NTIA.
This collection represents a first cut of the organizations and individuals offering substantive comments about the implementation of the program. Individual form letters have been excluded, as have letters or comments that bear resemblance to many, previous comments.
Many of the filings by organizations and companies are listed under the name of the individual filing them, and are therefore hard to pick out of the NTIA’s web site.
Both the uniqueness of the concerns, and the significance of the entity filing, are the primary factors in BroadbandCensus.com’s selection of these comments from among the list of those that have filed. The filings are listed in alphabetical order.
Ed. Note (4/16) – Individuals with questions about this list should e-mail Cody Williams, williams@broadbandcensus.com.
The BroadbandCensus.com List of Comments
71 Concerned Economists, Using Procurement Auctions to Allocate Broadband Stimulus Grants, organized by Paul Milgrom, Stanford University; Gregory Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Andrzej Skrzypacz, Stanford; and Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute Comment
Access Delray Comment
Access Delray, providing an update to their original filing. Comment
Advanced Emergency Communications Coalition | Comment
Alabama | Comment
Alaska Comment
Alcatel Lucent Comment
Allied Fiber | Comment
American Farm Bureau Comment
American Fiber Systems Comment
American Legislative Exchange Council Comment
American Library Association Comment
American Public Power Association Comment
American Tower | Comment
ApexCoVantage, which focuses on broadband mapping Comment
Apple, Inc. | Comment
Arizona, second comment Comment
Arizona Comment
Association of Public Safety Officials Comment
Association of Public TV Stations Comment
AT&T Comment
AT&T, second comment Comment
Atkins Telephone, a rural local exchange carrier in Iowa Comment
ATSI, a provider of voice-over-internet-protocol service Comment
Barling Bay, LLC and Caption Colorado | Comment
Benton Foundation/ University of Illinois | Comment
Big Think Strategies/Open Networks, with a correspondence address in Australia. Comment
Boston, Massachusetts Comment
Bresnan Communications, Cequel Comm, Suddenlink, MediaCom, MidContinent, a group of mid-sized cable operators | Comment
Broadband Development Corporation | Comment
Broadband Diversity Supporters | Comment
Broadpoint, a supplier to offshore oil and gas rigs Comment
California | Comment
Center for Technology and Democracy Comment
Cheetah Wireless, a small wireless service provider Comment
Chicago, Illinois Comment
Cisco Comment
Community Connect network | Comment
Connected Nation Comment
Conxx | Comment
Corpus Christi, Texas Comment
CostQuest, a providing of broadband mapping Comment
Coverage Co., a wireless roaming carrier Comment
Cox Communications Comment
Cricket Communications Comment
CTIA- The wireless Association | Comment
Delta Regional Authority | Comment
Discovery Communications | Comment
District of Columbia Government Comment
DSSA Associates, by Don Samuelson Comment
EarthLink Comment
East Central Vermont Community Fiber | Comment
EchoStar | Comment
Educause Comment
Embarq Comment
Enhanced Telecommunications Corp. Comment
Fairpoint, which provides telecommunications service in the Verizon network in Maine and New Hampshire Comment
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. Comment
Fiber To The Home Council Comment
Fiber Tower, middle mile focus | Comment
Florida Comment
Free Press | Comment
Frontier Communications Comment
Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association Comment
Garrett County, Maryland Comment
General Communication, an Alaskan local exchange carrier Comment
Georgia Comment
Great Plains | Comment
Harris Corporation Comment
Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network | Comment
Home Town Cable, a small fiber-to-the-premises provider Comment
IEEE, a technical standards body Comment
ILSR Comment
Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance | Comment
Infinera |Comment
Intel Comment
Iowa Health System | Comment
Iowa Health Systems Comment
Iowa Utility Board Comment
Jaguar Communications | Comment
Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association Comment
Kodiak Kenai Cable Company, LLC | Comment
Lariat, a wireless internet service provider focusing on the “middle mile” issue | Comment
LEMKO Corp., next gen wireless | Comment
Loudon, Virginia | Comment
Maine Public Utility Commission Comment
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, Vermont Department of Public Service, and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute | Comment
Media and Democracy Coalition, the point person for a coalition of non-profit organizations Comment
Michael Swack, of the University of New Hampshire Comment
Michigan Public Service Commission Comment
Michigan Comment
Minneapolis, Minnesota Comment
Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems | Comment
Montana Telecommunications Association Comment
Motorola Comment
MSS and ATC Coalition | Comment
NASUCA, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocats Comment
National Cable and Telecommunications Association Comment
National Emergency Number Association Comment
National Exchange Carrier Association, second filing Comment
National Exchange Carrier Association Comment
National Rural Electric Cooperative Comment
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative | Comment
National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, DigitalBridge Communications Corp. | Comment
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association Comment
National Tribal Telecommunications Association Comment
Native Federation, an organization of Native Americans Comment
Nebraska Rural Independent Companies Comment
New York, New York Comment
Next G Networks, a wireless company Comment
North Dakota Comment
Northern Valley Communications Comment
NWT Enterprises, which urges wireless backed by fiber | Comment
Oakland County, Michigan Comment
Ohio Comment
One Economy Corp. (Updated) | Comment
One Economy Corp., a non-profit group Comment
OPASTCO, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Cooperative (second filing) Comment
OPASTCO, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Cooperatives Comment
Open Range Communications Comment
Palo Alto, California Comment
Pend Oreille County Public Utility District Number 1, Washington | Comment
Pennsylvania Comment
Pennsylvania Governor’s Office | Comment
Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation. This comment focuses on the 700 MegaHertz swatch of wireless frequencies, and its use by public officials. Comment
Puerto Rico Telephone Co. Comment
Qualcomm Comment
Ridgeview Tel | Comment
Rural Carriers Comment
Rural Cellular Association | Comment
Rural Cellular Association | Comment
Rural Fiber Alliance Comment
Rural Independent Competitive Alliance | Comment
Rural Telecom Group Comment
Rural Telephone Service, Co. Comment
San Francisco, California | Comment
SDF Consortium, a wireless network contractor | Comment
Seattle, Washington Comment
Shafter, Calif. | Comment
SkyTerra, which urges 20 percent to satellite services | Comment
Small Business Administration Comment
Smith Bagley Comment
Southern Linc Wireless Comment
Spot On Comment
Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company | Comment
Sunesys, LLC | Comment
Tele Pulse Technology Comment
TelePacific, which focuses on underserved areas. Comment
Texas Statewide Telephone Coop Comment
T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Comment
Trace Center, University of Wisconsin Comment
TracFone Comment
Triangle J Cable Broadband Consortium, a group of North Carolina government providers of cable broadband service Comment
Tyco Telecom Comment
U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Comment
Universal Service for America Coalition | Comment
University of Texas law students, a comprehensive filing. Comment
US Cellular Comment
US Telecom Association, the trade association of incumbent telecommunications carriers. Comment
Utopian Wireless | Comment
Van Horne Cooperative Telephone Company Comment
Verizon Communications Comment
ViaSat | Comment
Virginia Comment
Vonage, a provider of voice-over-internet-protocol service Comment
Washington Comment
Western Iowa Networks Comment
WGBH in Boston, a public television station, with a comment focusing on people with disabilities. Comment
WiMax Forum Comment
XO Communications Comment
Zero Divide, a comprehensive filing by a non-profit organization. Comment
