I have had problems with OSP construction ostensibly delayed by closed permitting agencies.
Sent from my iCar > On May 27, 2020, at 2:30 AM, Bill Woodcock <wo...@pch.net> wrote: > > > >> On May 27, 2020, at 3:40 AM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: >> I have not heard of any problems with access for ISP and communications >> workers in any U.S. state or locality during the pandemic. >> Did I miss a big problem requiring the FCC chairman and CISA Director send a >> letter? > > That was one of the outcomes of the OECD recommendations to member > governments on the Internet during the pandemic. As you may recall, I > emailed you, and many other members of our community, on March 23, soliciting > input for this document: > > > http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/keeping-the-internet-up-and-running-in-times-of-crisis-4017c4c9/ > > The specific recommendation regarding prioritized access came from several of > the people I mailed, and was of particular concern to global backbone > operators. Whether you think that particular recommendation is a high > priority or not, I’d chalk this up as a successful exercise of our community > providing input to government and having government take it seriously and act > upon it in the way that we requested them to. Exercising that channel > periodically, to keep government thinking of that as normal, would be good. > > There’s no provable causality chain here, but it was a concern, we spoke, > they listened, and the problem we were concerned with did not become an > issue, so that’s a success. If only we could do that with public health, > we’d be in great shape. > > -Bill > > > > > -Bill >
