Bourne Internet Supporters:
The attached letter from Bourne's Select Board to MBI presents our major comments on the Nov. 13 draft of their Internet For All Plan.
The Select Board's CITAC focused on the Challenge Process in MBI's Plan, since the FCC service maps appear to greatly overestimate the coverage and adequacy of the service provided by the current carriers.
There may be more issues that deserve Comment, buried in the rest of the 266 pages of the MBI Plan. However, realistically, Bourne's CITAC Committee has very little remaining time to draft additional Comments, review and accept them by our full committee, then forward them to the Select Board in time for the only Select Board meeting scheduled before MBI's December 15 deadline to receive Comments. However, we did note that the Cape Cod Commission is currently in the middle of a Digital Equity Planning Study for Bourne, funded by MBI; we reserved the right to submit relevant speed and service data from that study at a later date.
We think our Comments apply to many towns on the Cape. Thus, you may wish to circulate this letter to any towns or entities with similar concerns about the MBI Plan and are considering sending Comments by the Dec. 15 deadline.
We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Kind regards,
Robert Dwyer
Chair
Cable, Internet and Telecommunications Advisory Committee (CITAC) to the Bourne Select Board