Re: FCC Announces All Of Puerto Rico To Have Access To High-Speed Broadband Service

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

WISPs really are best to accommodate these kinds of needs, but Washington has a hard time understanding bang for the 
buck. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "Jorge Santiago" <jscnetworks () gmail com> 
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean () donelan com> 
Cc: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 12:24:47 PM 
Subject: Re: FCC Announces All Of Puerto Rico To Have Access To High-Speed Broadband Service 


No WISP's just the local CLEC and cable company. Given the terrain in PR a wireless delivery application might suit 
best. 



On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 11:23 AM Sean Donelan < sean () donelan com > wrote: 



FCC Announces All Of Puerto Rico To Have Access To High-Speed Broadband 
Service As A Result Of Uniendo A Puerto Rico Fund 

Nearly a Third of Locations Will Get Speeds of At Least 1 Gbps with All 
Other Locations Getting Speeds of At Least 100 Mbps 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-usf-support-high-speed-broadband-puerto-rico 

WASHINGTON, November 2, 2020—The Federal Communications Commission’s 
Wireline Competition Bureau today announced that funding through Stage 2 
of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund will result in all locations in Puerto 
Rico having access to fixed broadband service 
with speeds of at least 100 Mbps. And nearly one-third of those locations 
will have access to fixed broadband service with speeds of at least 1 
Gbps. 

Two winning applicants in the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Stage 2 Competitive 
Process submitted bids for $127.1 million in funding over 10 years 
covering more than 1.2 million locations through a competitive process 
that awarded support for fixed voice and broadband services based on the 
weighting of price and network performance, including speed, latency, 
usage allowance, and resiliency. Liberty Communications has committed to 
offering service to over 914,000 locations, and Puerto Rico Telephone 
Company will offer service to over 308,000 locations.