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The PUB meets the 2nd Friday of each month at 8 am - via WEBEX
Next PUB Meeting Friday 14 May 2021
What's Next for the definition of Broadband? - Senators push for 100Mbps/100Mbps
What is Broadband? It is not the Internet.
Broadband is a capacity standard set by the FCC - currently 25Mbps Download/3Mbps Upload
What is Broadband? It is not the Internet.
Broadband is a capacity standard set by the FCC - currently 25Mbps Download/3Mbps Upload
The ConnectMaine Authority is looking for comments on their upcoming change to the definition of Broadband in Maine!
Who on the Peninsula would be unserved according to this upcoming change?
Anyone without Spectrum or CCI Business Fiber.
The following is from their web site:
Public Comment
Designation of broadband service occurs at least annually and is subject to a thirty-day comment period. At its April meeting, the ConnectMaine Authority approved the designation of broadband service as at least 100/100mbps, and the use of 50/10mbps for the designation of unserved areas. Previously, broadband service has been determined as 25mbps download and 3mbps upload, and unserved areas were those where this level of broadband service is unavailable.
The designation of broadband service is subject to a 30-day public comment period:
Who on the Peninsula would be unserved according to this upcoming change?
Anyone without Spectrum or CCI Business Fiber.
The following is from their web site:
Public Comment
Designation of broadband service occurs at least annually and is subject to a thirty-day comment period. At its April meeting, the ConnectMaine Authority approved the designation of broadband service as at least 100/100mbps, and the use of 50/10mbps for the designation of unserved areas. Previously, broadband service has been determined as 25mbps download and 3mbps upload, and unserved areas were those where this level of broadband service is unavailable.
The designation of broadband service is subject to a 30-day public comment period:
- More detail about this designation is covered in the memo on broadband service (pdf)
- Written comments must be submitted by emailing Connect.ME@maine.gov with the subject Public Comment
- ConnectMaine will host at least one public forum during this 30-day comment period, and more information will be posted then.
O U R M I S S O N
Peninsula Broadband for All - Mission Statement
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband advocates for fast, flexible, affordable and reliable internet to support businesses and schools, advance the quality of healthcare, connect homes and facilitate long term education and socialization of our rural communities.
Who are we?
The Peninsula Utility for Broadband (PUB) is a coalition of seven (7) town working groups - formed in the Summer of 2018 - that seek to enhance the quality of life and develop opportunities in education, health care and job creation through significantly improved Internet - built to address today and more specifically - the future. We're made up of and represent the following towns in Maine: Penobscot, Blue Hill, Brooklin, Stonington, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, and Brooksville.
PUB will meet to share information and discuss opportunities for Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
PUB will focus on synergizing the efforts of the communities represented as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals.
Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all. Each town will ultimately be responsible for their own end state, but the potential creation of a common paper "Utility" will be available through the PUB.
PUB will meet to share information and discuss opportunities for Peninsula-wide and Island communities, with collaboration to more effectively work common issues and coordinate meeting attendance, consolidate resource documentation, share planning development and insights, as well as lessons learned from the group and others.
PUB will focus on synergizing the efforts of the communities represented as well as the efforts of other state and national groups working toward the same or similar goals.
Each committee/working group and their associated town will educate and advocate Broadband/Internet service, which is affordable and available to all. Each town will ultimately be responsible for their own end state, but the potential creation of a common paper "Utility" will be available through the PUB.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Contacting us will help us to grow and better serve you.
We are interested in what you think and what you need. With that in mind we're also interested in finding out if you are willing to be Participants, Volunteers, or just the Curious - or the Anxious.
Please let us know by going to this site LINK to fill out a contact information form to better serve you OR simply contact your local PUB rep - click here. AND You can contact Maine's Governor, Senators and Congressmen, as well as your local Maine State Senators and Representatives.... AND your local Selectmen/Town Governments and ask; "What have you done for me lately to support Broadband?"
We are interested in what you think and what you need. With that in mind we're also interested in finding out if you are willing to be Participants, Volunteers, or just the Curious - or the Anxious.
Please let us know by going to this site LINK to fill out a contact information form to better serve you OR simply contact your local PUB rep - click here. AND You can contact Maine's Governor, Senators and Congressmen, as well as your local Maine State Senators and Representatives.... AND your local Selectmen/Town Governments and ask; "What have you done for me lately to support Broadband?"
W H Y
For the People and Towns
FROM the 2020 State of Maine Broadband Action Plan (NEW 2020 Document Below!)
“We will redefine unserved potential subscribers as those locations where the available service is less than 25Mbps/3Mbps ..., and underserved potential subscribers as those locations where the available service is less than 99Mbps/10Mbps and greater than 25Mbps/3Mbps, .... Redefining these definitions will more closely align the Maine standards to the federal standards used by the FCC and other federal agencies and their funding programs. The current FCC standard considers service at 25Mbps/3Mbps as served.”
“We will redefine unserved potential subscribers as those locations where the available service is less than 25Mbps/3Mbps ..., and underserved potential subscribers as those locations where the available service is less than 99Mbps/10Mbps and greater than 25Mbps/3Mbps, .... Redefining these definitions will more closely align the Maine standards to the federal standards used by the FCC and other federal agencies and their funding programs. The current FCC standard considers service at 25Mbps/3Mbps as served.”
| State of Maine - Statewide Broadband Action Plan 2020 |
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Peninsula Broadband Presentation LINK - Below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tantjmlJly8&feature=youtu.be |
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