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- Define problem(s) we want to solve, e.g. do we want to back Socorro efforts to obtain broadband access or simply focus on ensuring minimum requirements for our staff
- Purely internal focused on short and medium term, may overlap with broader cooperative group working with NMT, Socorro, et al
- Establish working group (smallish 5 or so at most) (James RobnettChris Langley, Matthew McCleary, Rick Lively, George Moellenbrock, Rachel Rosen, Josh Marvil, James Robnett)
- Should have both geographic (e.g. Magdalena) and functional representatives (DMS, Electronics, VLA site etc)
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- Audit available connectivity in Socorro and surrounding areas (CenturyLink, cable, SDC wireless, cell, DSOC WiFi etc) (done)
- Poll users, get more detailed info as to provider, current bandwidth, stability, satisfaction etc
- Develop internal 'how to improve your home network' style document (debug, best practices type doc)
- Develop WfH clearing house web portal (useful NRAO wide) include home network doc plus pointers to SSH tunneling, VPN, VNC etc. (In progress Chris Clark, Mathew McCleary, Pat Murphy, Derek Hart, James Robnett)
- Contact NMT, City of Socorro etc regarding interest in cooperative effort (In Progress, James Robnett met with NMT, Heather Cochrane, Sanjay Bhatnagar, James Robnett met with City)
Medium term: (1 to 2 months): Self contained effort to ensure NRAO and staff home networks are working efficiently
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Background history: Socorro Broadband background and complications
Coordinate with non-NRAO elements (NMT, City of Socorro, etc), determine whether to lead or follow a coordinated effort to improve broadband
- Potentially a separate group from the internal working team but may have overlap. (James Robnett, Heather Cochrane, Sanjay Bhatnagar)
- Document existing efforts and plans, decide to spin up a separate project or sign on to an existing one.
- $16B Rural Broadband effort proposed: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-364418A1.pdf
- Flawed plan as FCC definition of unserved census block means if one person is served effectively all are, still we should hit it.
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-16-billion-push-to-expand-broadband-america-is-flying-through-a-fog-11590399000
- Tight schedule
- Ironically SpaceX plan is detrimental to radio astronomy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/science/oneweb-launch.html
- Socorro does not appear to be within the initial beta area. Pinging them on when