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This is our third annual survey of communications industry executives, engineers, and consultants, along with government officials, journalists, and academicians who focus on the communications industry. This year’s survey centers on reactions, attitudes, and concerns related to the National Broadband Plan that the FCC released in March. We’ve found that industry professionals generally believe all forms of broadband technology should be given equal support in the implementation of the broadband plan, although sizeable chunks of professionals view fiber networks and WiMAX as the most important platforms. Meanwhile, a slight majority of professionals support the FCC’s proposal to collect and publicize market-by-market information on broadband pricing and competition, according to our findings. Details on these and other results are illustrated in 15 charts and graphs.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- The Plan
- Impact of Comcast v. FCC
- The Survey
- Results
- Familiarity With the Plan
- Priorities
- Data Collection
- Universal Service
- Spectrum
- Vertical Impact
- Appendix
- Sample of Individual Comments
- TABLE OF FIGURES
- Figure 1: Professional status of participants
- Figure 2: Industry segments represented
- Figure 3: Types of companies, organizations represented
- Figure 4: Are you optimistic or pessimistic that the National Broadband Plan will achieve the goal of 100 Mbps Internet service to 100 million homes by 2020?
- Figure 5: Which strategy should be the top priority in the National Broadband Plan?
- Figure 6: Which new and emerging technologies warrants the biggest government investment?
- Figure 7: Do you support the proposal to collect, analyze, benchmark and publicize market-by-market information on broadband pricing and competition?
- Figure 8: Do you feel it is appropriate for the federal government to require service providers to publicly disclose performance information to consumers?
- Figure 9: Do you believe the plan goes far enough in reforming the Universal Service Fund?
- Figure 10: Do you believe the 500 MHz in spectrum that the FCC plans to free up for mobile broadband in the next decade will be sufficient to meet user demand?
- Figure 11: Do you believe government-imposed spectrum fees are a fair approach to incenting broadcasters to give up spectrum?
- Figure 12: Do you support the proposed Mobile Future Auction program?
- Figure 13: Which vertical market do you believe has the greatest need for expanded broadband access and innovation?
- Figure 14: Do you believe $12 billion to $16 billion is enough to build a nationwide, interoperable wireless broadband network for public safety?
- Figure 15: Which of the following industry sectors do you believe will garner the most immediate benefits from the implementation of the plan?
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Scott Sleek
Scott Sleek, Director of Pike & Fischer's Broadband Advisory Services, oversees the day-to-day operations of our market research services and leads the development of analytical publications and briefings. As part of his duties, Scott serves as Managing Editor of our online newsletter Broadband Daily. Scott also oversees the development of all Research Reports & Briefs and manages the Trackers & Projections database. He regularly tracks subscriber growth, market penetration and revenue growth in the markets for high-speed Internet, packet-switched telephony, interactive TV, wireless data and other forms of broadband communications and entertainment. Scott also fields all requests for customized research and works closely with customers to fulfill their market data and analysis needs. Scott has more than 20 years of experience as a writer, editor and researcher. Contact Scott at 301-562-1530, x291 / ssleek@pf.com.
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