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Private Sector InvestmentPrivate Sector Investment – Matching Funds for BTOP / NTIA / RUS
Preliminary discussions with large financial institutions and financial advisors have garnered much interest in bolstering investment in broadband wireless infrastructures. This additional matching $7.2 Billion in funding will come in the form of bond issues and/or equity investment in broadband wireless deployments that would benefit Urban, Suburban and Rural markets and bring the total available funding to $14.4 Billion.
The technology sector is continuing to gain strength in today’s marketplace. Investors are looking to vehicles in this sector to invest trillions of dollars that have been pulled from traditional real estate and other markets that were the standard of past investment strategies.
What would happen if a portion of this private sector money ($7.2B) were to match NTIA/RUS monies for build out of broadband infrastructures that actually benefit ALL Americans, their Communities, Cities, Counties and that provided infrastructures that addressed the needs of Urban, Suburban and Rural markets?
It is also quite interesting that on Monday, March 23, 2009. the Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner and Obama announced plans for the formation of Public/Private partnerships to invest in programs designed to relieve the affect of toxic assets on the books of many financial institutions. This is fairly risky even though the Treasury department is backing the program. And it is the fact that Treasury is backing the program that introduces the most fundamental of risks… systemic failure.
There is no risk of systemic failure related to investment in Public/Private partnerships formed to improve upon broadband infrastructures which will lead to much improved quality of life and bolstering economic conditions. This is much more appealing.
It is the investment in County Urban and Suburban markets that has peaked interest of private sector investment and will offset investment in Rural markets. ROI on investment for core broadband services for Municipalities, Local Governments, Residential, Local Businesses, etc. will drive private sector investment and unleash much desired credit markets. Does it not make sense to build out these desired infrastructures as one initiative in Urban, Suburban and Rural markets?
Probably the most important aspect of this plan is that it prescribes ubiquitous and consistent broadband products and services for all markets. Conceivably under the current plan rural markets could receive much faster and better broadband service (new technology) than their Urban and Suburban counterparts. Then what?
The answer is users in Urban and Suburban markets are going to demand the same low cost higher speed ubiquitous broadband wireless services as their Rural counterparts. And as with most Rural markets local (W)ISP’s will be providing the service with revenues generated remaining (being spent) within that local economy. Not true in existing Urban and Suburban markets… these monies continue to exit these Communities lining the pockets of large incumbent service providers.
H.R. 760:
111th Congress
Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009
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Advanced Broadband Infrastructure Bond Initiative of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified advanced broadband infrastructure bonds. Limits the issuance authority for such bonds in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to $1 billion for state and local government issuers and $10 billion for all other issuers. Requires the use of bond proceeds to finance broadband infrastructure projects to provide residential or small business consumers with high-speed access to the Internet.
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the Department of Commerce to: (1) approve requests for qualified advanced broadband infrastructure projects; (2) monitor the implementation of such projects; and (3) make determinations regarding increases in the transmission speed requirements of the advanced broadband infrastructure bond program.
Investment Models
Urban and Suburban markets would follow a different set of funding criteria than Rural markets based on GSA demographics, number of households, number of businesses, topography/geography, potential market penetration and subscriber base, propagation studies, etc.
Private sector investment in Rural markets can follow the proposed “20% rule” as introduced by BTOP.
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