[Davisgig] Davisgig Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1

Larry Dieterich ls at whitewavedigital.com
Fri Dec 19 10:27:13 PST 2014 

> On Dec 18, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Fei Li <flcli at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> 
> We could try to get 2 documents going:
> 

Here are a few things that come to mind initially.

We might want to keep it simple and focus on things that are broadly appreciated.


> The first would be for public consumption that:
> 1) Describes the shortfalls of the current ISP models in Davis with specific examples of how Comcast/ATT/Verizon/etc are anti-"things that you support" and pro-"things that you are against”.

Slow speeds
Distant and unresponsive tech support
Lack of trust.

> 2) Describes the benefits of municipal fiber and how they address the issues that are rampant with our current ISP options.
> 

Faster speeds
Local and responsive tech support
Trustworthiness

> The second would be for local gov't, businesses, UC Davis, and other interested parties:
> The business and technical aspects of things. I admit that I'm not well-versed in these areas, which is where our collective knowledge and experience will benefit us.
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: davisgig-bounces at list.omsoft.com <davisgig-bounces at list.omsoft.com> on behalf of Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:28 PM
> To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com
> Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Davisgig Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1
> 
> Hi
> 
> Yeah I think a good plan would be to get some kind of talking points,
> and good document. Make sure we have collectively "thought it through"
> 
> So when we do go to council folks - we have a good plan of how to do it,
> and how it will work, and we aren't herming and hawing.
> 
> So that's why I'm asking for feedback, and perhaps an organizational
> meeting so we can hammer that out.
> 
> RAN
> 
> On 12/18/2014 2:54 PM, A Hirsch Tree Planter wrote:
>> Robert:
>> 
>> Thanks for organizing this. We need to flag this with city council so it is
>> included as part of Davis Innovation park efforts and city Innovation
>> officer has as part of his charter! Comcast is a disaster.
>> 
>> Thanks for Sonic -I am luck  I live close enough to get reasonable DSL
>> speed.
>> 
>> Alan Hirsch
>> 
>> 
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>>   1. Innovation with Internet in Davis, CA (Robert Nickerson)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:29:19 -0800
>> From: Robert Nickerson<rob at omsoft.com>
>> To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com
>> Subject: [Davisgig] Innovation with Internet in Davis, CA
>> Message-ID:<54923BFF.6060404 at omsoft.com>
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>> Hi Davisites
>> 
>> WELCOME to the Davis GIG email list.
>> 
>> Well, at some point you have expressed interest in getting  Gigabit Fiber
>> infrastructure installed in Davis, so I have created this list as one of the
>> tools we can use to explore this concept, and see if we can all bring this
>> to fruition.
>> Attached is a document I wrote up in response to the Fiber Internet (Request
>> for Expression of Interest) RFEI the City of Davis put out in May at the
>> same time the Innovation Park RFEI went out.  At the time, I was trying to
>> convince, a larger Stockton based Phone Company to join me in putting in a
>> response, so please excuse the somewhat informal tone of this document, as
>> that was its first incarnation.
>> 
>> Omsoft never put in a response, and I'm not aware of other responses, and
>> time has passed. Since then, lots of cities seem to be interested in putting
>> their own networks in, and are committing themselves to providing this
>> infrastructure to their residents, and from my point of view our city would
>> be well suited to do the same. The Internet duoopoly is tightening its hold
>> on things, and net neutrality issues aside,  our government's ability to
>> protect the privacy, affordability and integrity of our telecommunications
>> has degraded.
>> 
>> Putting in this network will do many positive things for our City, but its
>> going to take a major group effort to get this worked out and approved. I
>> also want to make sure its  all reasonable, do-oable and it will be a good
>> thing for our community, and so I'm asking you to take a look at this proto
>> white paper I've  put together  and think critically on it, and provide
>> feedback.
>> 
>> If you have feedback, this list would be the place  for it, and I think in
>> time if it passes this first test, we should meet at Sudwerk or something
>> and work on figuring out next steps.
>> 
>> For now , lets take this as a thought experiment and  go from there.
>> 
>> Here are some links pertinent to this topic
>> 
>> A coalition of Cities doing this
>> http://nextcenturycities.org/
>> 
>> A way to fund it
>> http://crowdfiber.com/
>> 
>> If others have more links, please share and discuss. I look forward to
>> working with you all to get this going in our city.
>> 
>> Best
>> --
>> Rob Nickerson
>> 
>> CEO
>> Om Networks
>> UCD Class of 96
>> C: 530-848-3865
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