Monday, June 18, 2012

Presidential executive order "US Ignite"

Just before Friday's executive order to skip enforcement of deportation of youth who are neither citizens nor covered by a visa, there was a Thursday executive order to streamline permission for internet providers to cross or to locate facilities on federal property. I learned of it in a Wednesday posting to the 1st-mile list.

In the past, I had considered placing conduit that crosses the south and north branches of Pueblo Canyon from Quemazon to the Western Area (south) and to 47th Street off Urban (north). I had also considered placing an antenna mast near the water tank above Quemazon. In pursuit of both of those I had called the Forest Service. They said they would call back, but they never did. I also considered putting a relay for a wireless link from Albuquerque on a mesa above White Rock Canyon inside Bandelier. I called Bandelier about that, and they said they would call back, but they never did. Maybe such things would now be possible, but maybe we'll never know. I certainly won't pursue any of that myself.

Another federal property (well, since San Ildefonso is a Native American Pueblo, maybe it's another nation) that may need to be crossed, say by the REDInet project, is our neighbor to the east. Maybe somebody from REDInet has already called them and been told they would call back, but they haven't. Or they called and the answer was no. Maybe the order can change the answer, or maybe not.

Here is a link to an article on the PC magazine website that seems pessimistic about the order. The main point of the PC magazine writer is that the real problem is that the legacy of Bell Telephone (Verizon, AT&T and CenturyLink) is still a monopoly and is still stopping progress.

Discussion, please?