Dear Government: Invest with Those Who Have Proven They Will Use The Money Wisely
February 10, 2009
Now is not the time for an inexperienced start-up to be funded by you, the government. Nor is it the time for a construction firm to take a flier with free money, even though the Congressman may be related to the owner
Instead, it’s important to fund small and existing owners of fiber optic infrastructure
As we have learned from the past, the inexperienced can get irrational in thought, in network design and in fiber cable placement. The players that operate fiber optic networks today–especially those who have not gone bankrupt–know how to deploy and place the fiber, which would give the government more bang for the buck. Any carrier under $500 mm in revenues should not be eligible for funds. You, the government, should desire to create a locust of fiber infrastructure deployments, not just large carriers cherry picking. Robust, local deployments will drive local job creation faster and more efficiently than major carriers hiring a national construction project management firm at an add-on cost of 30% to deploy the same fiber
You, the government, should prioritize the funds to established companies deploying fiber optic infrastructure. Logic says the fiber must be installed before knowledge-jobs can be created around more high-tech boxes and software applications. Once gear and software applications can be attached to installed fiber, then more jobs get created. Until then, it makes no sense to push technology or enhanced services
Will you, the Government, listen…or will you put our tax dollars in the cart before the horse?
Written by Dave Rusin - Telecom Executive
Posted by wbrache | Filed Under American telecom, ILEC Corruption, Infrastructure and Bandwidth, Telecommunications industry
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Dave,
First the money is in the package and then it’s pulled, I guess will see what happens in the next couple of days.
The money hand out – The money will be handed out to those who will line there pockets(GREED) and walk away or float away in there new yacht.
I would love love to see how they come up with these figures. Everytime I start to visualize it I see a very old person in the corner of a room shaking an 8-Ball.
Rick C