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[email protected] 06/28/99 06:49:06 AM Record Type: Record To: [email protected], Mary L. Smith/OPD/EOP, [email protected] CC: Subject: fwd: EDA Report Mary- What do you want to do about this? Kelly Robinson Research and National Technical Assistance U.S. Economic Development Administration Room 7019 U.S. Dept. of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 (202) 482-4085 (202) 482-5237 (FAX) email: [email protected] Original Text From: S=rrobinson/C=US/A=INTERNET/DDA=ID/rrobinson(a)ntia.doc.gov.on 6/25/99 2:26 PM: To: John J. McNamee@RNTA@EDA, Kelly Robinson@RNTA@EDA, CommOSECMTA@OSECServer16@Servers[S=kronk/C=US/A=INTERNET/DDA=ID/kronk(a)eda. gov] Cc: Phil Singerman@OAS@EDA During a conference call this morning involving staff from the FCC, Lynn Cutler and Tom Kalil of the White House, and staff from the Rural Utility Service at Agriculture, a concern was raised about the data in the study based on the following. We've all been involved in trying to identify fixes to the problems raised in the report for the President to announce. The study indicates that on the Pine Ridge reservation, the percent of homes without a telephone is 58.4%. However, the FCC, in talking to the local telephone provider, Golden West, has learned that the penetration rate is around 80%. even with a 10% disconnect rate, that leaves the reservation with a mucher higher penetration rate than reported in the study. moreover, the FCC also has spoken with some of the tribal leadership, who say that the penetration rate is around 30-40%. We need to understand why there is a difference between the Golden West numbers, what the tribal leaders are saying and the number