Silicon Valley CA Final Mile Delivery

In a state-by-state analysis, Silicon Valley's respected coalition of technology company executives, known as TechNet, ranked California 14th in the nation in developing policies that encourage broadband deployment.1 For the state of California, home of Silicon Valley, to rank only 14th in broadband policies is a serious concern.
This report is the product of a continuing mandate by the California Legislature to identify and eliminate barriers to the ubiquitous availability of advanced telecommunications services in California.
13 http://www.utopianet.org/technology/speed.htm 14 FedEx package delivery from New York, NY 10005 to Beverly Hills, CA 90210. 15 Extrapolated from record Pony Express delivery time: Lincoln's Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 carried approximately 2,000 miles from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, CA in 7 days 17 hours. 16 The FCC Local Competition and Broadband Form 477 data (collected semiannually in December and June) used to prepare the maps and tables presented here is derived from responses from providers having 250 or more customers. The data is provided to state commissions after the FCC publishes its analysis of the data in its Section 706 Report on the Availability of Advanced Telecommunications Capability, generally with a six-month lag. The June 2004 data was the most current available at time this report was prepared. December 2004 data will be available in June 2005. All data was collected by zip code, but does not include the number of customers in each zip code. Consequently, all indications of broadband availability and of the number of providers are understated. On November 12, 2004 in FCC Docket 04-266, the FCC adopted a new Form 477 that, among other things, will require reporting of five speed broadband services categories, ten broadband technology types and will eliminate any minimum customer reporting threshold. This more detailed information should help identify supply and subscribership patterns with greater accuracy and specificity. 17 Staff researched the availability of cable broadband in California zip codes through a variety of sources, including interviews with providers, public participation meetings, and research. Staff found that cable broadband is available in 313 more California zip codes than FCC data indicates. Staff's coverage calculations also assume that all areas in California with exposure to the Southern sky have access to satellite broadband. See Section 4.3 of the report. 18 www.jiwire.com; Sam Diaz, "World is going WiFi - Fast", San Jose Mercury News, January 17, 2005, p. 3E. See Section 4.4 of this report for a detailed discussion of wireless broadband technologies. 19 FCC Form 477, December 2004. 20 U.S. Department of Commerce, "A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age," September 2004, Appendix Table 1. 21 Ibid. 22 Disability Watch: The Status of People with Disabilities in the United States, Volume 2, 2001, p. 87. 23 In California, the median household income for people without disabilities is $29,339 while the median income for people with disabilities is $16,534. Andrew J. Houtenville, Adam F. Adler, Cornell University, "Economics of Disability Research Report No. 4," Table No. 8 (April 2001). 24 Ibid. 25 Disability Watch, p. 90. 26 Pew Internet & American Life Project, "Rural Areas and the Internet," February 2004.

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