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As we migrate to 21st century technologies the American people and the World are going to demand low cost, high bandwidth intensive services that will task all spectral assets available.

When one looks at the expense that most Americans (most expensive in the World thanks to large incumbents) are racking up month after month for communications and internet access it boggles the mind. Average American households and workers pay for their home phone (land line), cell phones, cable TV, home internet access, and supplementary or enhanced peripherals or packages on top of those services. These are services that most families and households cannot do without and yet they find a way, even during this economic downturn, to maintain and pay for these services.

And where is this money going? It is not flowing back to the communities in which they live and work. It is going to line the pockets of large incumbent Telecom’s and Cable Companies. And this will continue if change does not occur.

And how are other Nations topping the U.S.? Better spectrum management.

Local Governments, Cities or Counties, through local Public/Private partnerships, deserve the right to provide core communications and internet services for their Citizens and Businesses in all Urban, Suburban and Rural markets, much like they provide water, sewer and garbage pickup, and receive revenue and profits from such services.

These are core services and if modeled correctly will not affect large incumbent’s bottom line and their responsibilities to stock holders.

The NTIA, RUS and the FCC need to pull resources and identify and deploy new broadband wireless infrastructures and determine methodologies that will benefit all Americans, our Businesses, Local Governments, Cities, Counties, Health Care, Public Safety, School Systems and Low-Income (vulnerable) Households in all Urban, Suburban and Rural markets. This is where the BTOP monies should be concentrated. There is absolutely no reason for two different agencies to manage BTOP monies as this will only lead to flawed, redundant, and fraudulent application processes.

The formation of local Public/Private partnerships, from the get go, will align all other processes and provide for expedient roll out of advanced broadband infrastructures within the United States.