[143994] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Peering Guidelines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niclas Comstedt)
Fri Aug 26 10:40:52 2011
From: Niclas Comstedt <nco@comstedt.net>
In-Reply-To: <189B6976-09D0-4A16-B467-9255B2E51F5D@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:40:01 -0600
To: Patrick W.Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 19, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> [*] Anyone know what %-age of North American users have multiple =
choices for real broadband (e.g. > 1.5 Mbps, or even > 4 Mbps as the FCC =
now defines it)? I searched, but can't find it. I can find how many =
people have > 4 Mbps available, but not more than one choice.
I tried getting some data on that a few weeks back when reading the FCC =
Broadband Report. The best I could find was below which still leaves the =
users vs. markets unclear (which most likely skews the end result):
Today, 290 million Americans=9795% of the U.S. population=97live in =
housing units30 with access to terrestrial, fixed broadband =
infrastructure capable of supporting actual download speeds of at least =
4 Mbps.31 Of those, more than 80% live in markets with more than one =
provider capable of offering actual download speeds of at least 4 =
Mbps.32 Meanwhile, 14 million people in the United States living in 7 =
million housing units do not have access to terrestrial broadband =
infrastructure capable of this speed.33 Although housing units without =
access to terrestrial broadband capable of 4 Mbps download speeds exist =
throughout the country, they are more common in rural areas (see Exhibit =
3-D).34
Above is from =
http://www.broadband.gov/plan/3-current-state-of-the-ecosystem/ which I =
got referenced from the FCC Broadband Report. That further references =
the OBI report on broadband availability gap which I never finished =
reading so more details might be in there.
/nco
