[Davisgig] A question

[rob]

Hi

So thanks for the feedback about having 2 documents, and having some 
themes to reference in the content inside of them.

The getting a person on the council to by strongly excited about doing 
this is good, and that is a requirement to get them on board, as well as 
the city manager. To do that requires some organization and time.

At this point, before we get involved in doing that.

My specific question

Do you think the operating structure outline in the document I attached 
is realistic and achievable, specifically, the whole wholesale 
city-owned layer 1 and 2 ( physical and transport) and have retail ISPs 
come in to sell the gigabit speeds.  Does it make business sense, do you 
think it would work?

 From my point of view, it definitely can at a hardware and network 
engineering layer.
I also know how to make the phone company part happen, on the 
regulatory level with the PUC,  how it works, and how to get it done. 
That gives us access to the conduit and the poles and stuff.
The financial aspect, the management aspect, other possible liability 
issues are areas that need more study from better minds\.


If this is a realistic scenario, I'd suggest we also try a strategic 
planning session to work out some more of a road map, and get some more 
engineer input from campus. After all, they handle a rather large almost 
munifiber network themselves.

Burlington Vermont did this and they had issues that I'd like to avoid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_Telecom
http://www.burlingtontelecom.net/Home


IT is now more commercial, but it started as a non profit CLEC, that 
had city school district and college people, so its history is something 
to be investigated.

Thanks
RAN