Some recommendations in the National Broadband Plan "put existing rural broadband networks at risk," the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and other associations told Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack by letter. The proposal creates uncertainty and "jeopardizes infrastructure investment, future debt equity loans for carriers and the repayment of Rural Utilities Service loans," they said. The letter also was signed by the Western Telecom Alliance and the Organization for the Promotion & Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies. The main problem is the gap between the goals of offering download speeds of 100 Mbps to 100 million homes by 2020 and the initial universal target of 4 Mbps, the NTCA said.
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