[RTC List] Open Range

[Larry Goldberg]

RTC folks,

I apologize up front if you get this more than once, but I also sent  
this to several other listservs.  I feel this is important, so it's  
necessary we get the word out as broadly as possible.

I don't know if any of you have heard, but thanks to information I  
learned from Kathy Moxon (Humboldt Area Foundation & Ca. Emerging  
Technologies Fund) there is a big new telecom player coming to our  
region.  This is a "stealth" company that I've never heard of, but I  
have done some research on them.  In a nutshell, this Denver based  
company that focuses on WiMax technology got a $267 Million loan from  
USDA (coupled with $95 million private capital) to deploy WiMax  
throughout rural America and, according to Kathy, they're setting up  
shop here shortly (McKinleyville & Fortuna).  I am writing to  
determine if anyone knows anything about this.

Here's a sampling of the links about what they're doing:

http://www.openrangecomm.com/pr/pr3.html

http://gigaom.com/2008/03/28/broadband-in-the-boonies-gets-a-boost-new-service-coming/

http://bitchslappin.net/the-fcc/wimax-rural-broadband-the-spectrum-auction-and-the-usda

Locations for deployment:
http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/SearchResults.aspx?CompanyId=d30fef89-b559-406d-af41-0a2ecba8e958


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