[Davisgig] City Support for Faster Internet?

Tue Apr 7 11:29:42 PDT 2015

Has Anyone been contacted by the City's Chief Innovation
Officer? 
Has anyone met with him:? 

Has anyone at City Council been in contact with us?

Is this even on the City's Radar yet? 

Alan

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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 04:52:37 +0000
From: Kristin Heinemeier <kheinemeier at ucdavis.edu>
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The helpful guys at Omsoft have been trying to work with me
and AT&T to try and get me enough ADSL bandwidth to satisfy
my two teenage sons (nuff said).  It's not looking promising
at the moment.  

I really wanted to avoid going with the major corporate
internet service providers, but I may have to make a deal
with the devil and drop Omsoft for Comcast or AT&T or
something like that.  I told the guys at Omsoft, sort of in
jest, that I pledged to match whatever dollars I was forced
to contribute to these organizations with a contribution to
DavisGig.

I see below, tho, that you really are looking for
fund-raisers, and maybe this could be a part of it?  I'm
sure there are a lot of people like me out there who have
sold their soul and are looking for redemption.  Not
everyone can afford a 100% match, but perhaps you can get
people to commit to a 10% match, or 20%, or whatever they
can do, and you can charge them monthly.  Maybe you could
even issue printed indulgences? 

Just my $0.02.

-k

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907 Colby Dr., Davis, CA  95616

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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 19:26:13 -0700
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A friend of mine has been living in South Korea since before
Google, and has watched their high speed network take shape.
Here is his description of one way South Koreans are using
their terrific bandwidth. 

"At home we get our television through a cable box hooked to
the internet. They don't use DVRs here. They just go on
their TVs and order programs. Usually if its a recent
broadcast you pay a dollar.
If the program is a week old or older its a free view with a
couple of commercials to sit through first. Some American
shows are sold by the episode.

Movies work the same way. You pay 10 bucks for something
currently in theaters. 4 bucks for a recent movie. 2.50 for
something a year old.
There are also tons of movies for free."

Scott Fuglei 

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:49:59 -0700
From: Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com>
To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
Subject: [Davisgig] General Meeting 04/08  - 6:30pm
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Hi

So let's have a meeting on Wed April 8th at 6:30pm till
7:30pm.

I have asked Sudwerk to reserve that room on the front LEFT
of the place.

That is cut off from the main dining area, and I hope, will
work better, for volume.

At this point, I'm taking any Agenda items people want
discussed, but I'm thinking

1) Going Public
      Social  Media
      Press Release ?
      Op-Ed

2) Fundraising
     Feasability Study

More soon

Thanks

-
Rob Nickerson

CEO
Om Networks
UCD Class of 96
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:56:38 -0500
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*Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the
Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for
unsubscribing appear at bottom.  Send feedback.  Forward
Widely.*

Opportunities and Challenges as Lafayette Considers Muni
Fiber Expansion - Community Broadband Bits Episode 144
<http://muninetworks.org/content/opportunities-and-challenge
s-lafayette-considers-muni-fiber-expansion-community-broadba
nd>
Tue, March 31, 2015 | Posted by christopher
<http://muninetworks.org/users/christopher>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/opportunities-and-challenge
s-lafayette-considers-muni-fiber-expansion-community-broadba
nd>

After we heard that Lafayette's LUS Fiber
<http://lusfiber.com/> was considering expanding
<http://muninetworks.org/content/lafayette-considers-expansi
on-one-nearby-town-strikes-itself-list>
to
some nearby communities, we knew we had to set up an
interview with Terry Huval, Director of the Lafayette
Utilities System in Louisiana.

In our interview this week, Terry and I discuss Lafayette's
success, the legacy of the law creating special barriers
that only apply to cities building fiber networks, and the
challenges of expanding LUS Fiber beyond the boundaries of
the city.

We also discuss some plans they are developing to celebrate
the 10th anniversary of the referendum on July 16, 2005, in
which a strong majority of voters authorized the building of
what was then the largest municipal FTTH
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term13> network in the
nation.

Despite its success, Lafayette has been targeted by cable
and telephone shills that are willing to say just about
anything to defend the big corporate monopolies. We
addressed these attacks in this Correcting Community Fiber
Fallacies report
<http://muninetworks.org/content/correcting-community-fiber-
fallacies-attacks-lus-fiber>
.

... Listen to the Show Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/opportunities-and-challenge
s-lafayette-considers-muni-fiber-expansion-community-broadba
nd>

Bozeman City Commission Approves Master Plan: "It's A
No-Brainer"
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bozeman-city-commission-app
roves-master-plan-its-no-brainer>
Wed, April 01, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bozeman-city-commission-app
roves-master-plan-its-no-brainer>

Bozeman elected officials voted unanimously on January 26th
to approve a recently completed master plan and take the
next step to deploying publicly owned open access
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term625> infrastructure.
We discussed the Bozeman approach in a recent podcast with
city staff and a local business
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bozemans-public-private-app
roach-depth-community-broadband-bits-podcast-142>
.

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports
<http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/city/commissioner
s-again-endorse-bozeman-fiber-project/article_8bcb9ec2-a5e8-
11e4-955c-0bc487d83c94.html#disqus_thread>
that
local business leaders attended the City Commission meeting
to speak in favor of the initiative, including the local
Chamber of Commerce president, representatives from local
tech companies, and the director of the Downtown Bozeman
business coalition.

Commissioners heard comments from supporters, CenturyLink,
and local provider Montana Opticom
<http://www.mt-opticom.com/>. Even though Jim Dolan from
Montana Optimcom expressed some concerns about some
engineering issues, the local ISP rep still said, "It?s a
great initiative and it really will help the valley.? The
Chronicle reports commissioners questioned supporters for
about an hour before voting to move forward.

... More Details on Bozeman's Financing Approach Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bozeman-city-commission-app
roves-master-plan-its-no-brainer>

Cooperative Lights Up $88 Gigabit in Northeast Alabama
<http://muninetworks.org/content/cooperative-lights-88-gigab
it-northeast-alabama>
Thu, April 02, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/cooperative-lights-88-gigab
it-northeast-alabama>

Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative
<http://farmerstel.com/> (FTC) is now bringing gigabit
service to its Alabama members. According to the Online
Reporter
<http://www.onlinereporter.com/2015/02/13/if-a-tiny-telco-in
-ne-alabama-can-go-all-fiber-why-cant-every-telco/>,
FTC is the largest member-owned cooperative in the state and
offers symmetrical
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term24> service to
businesses and residents in two counties.

The cooperative began in 1952 when telephone companies of
the time did not want to invest in the rural area of the
state due to low expected returns.
Years earlier, the community had organized its own electric
cooperative and reproduced its success to bring telephone
service to residents. The area, referred to as Sand
Mountain, is a natural plateau at the southern tip of the
Appalachian Mountain chain.

WHNT 19 News
<http://whnt.com/2015/02/11/gigabit-internet-service-officia
lly-launched-on-areas-of-sand-mountain/>
attended
a lighting ceremony in Geraldine where the FTC CEO said that
the cooperative has covered approximately 84 percent of its
membership area.
The fiber network runs between Chattanooga and Huntsville,
consisting of approximately 2,770 miles of fiber.

... More on Another Exciting Rural Coop Gigabit Offering ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/cooperative-lights-88-gigab
it-northeast-alabama>

Chanute and Chattanooga Added to List of Rural Broadband
Experiment Funds
<http://muninetworks.org/content/chanute-and-chattanooga-add
ed-list-rural-broadband-experiment-funds>
Wed, April 01, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/chanute-and-chattanooga-add
ed-list-rural-broadband-experiment-funds>

A year ago, the FCC accepted applications from entities
seeking Connect America funds for rural broadband
experiments
<http://www.muninetworks.org/content/march-7th-deadline-conn
ect-america-fund-expressions-interest>.
After provisional awards and some eliminations, Chanute's
FTTH <http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term13> project,
Chattanooga's EPB, and a number of additional cooperatives
are now on the list of provisional winners reports
Telecompetitor
<http://www.telecompetitor.com/fcc-chooses-12-new-rural-broa
dband-experiment-winners/>
.

According to the article, $27 million became available when
16 entities were eliminated for various reasons.

A recent Chanute Tribune article
<http://www.chanute.com/news/article_4c4144b2-c3b8-11e4-bdba
-abd726849c9d.html>
reports
that the city's expected award will be approximately
$508,000 if it passes the FCC's post-selection process.

... Read the Rest of This Interesting Development Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/chanute-and-chattanooga-add
ed-list-rural-broadband-experiment-funds>

Carl Junction Partnering for Wi-Fi in Missouri
<http://muninetworks.org/content/carl-junction-partnering-wi
-fi-missouri>
Tue, March 31, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/carl-junction-partnering-wi
-fi-missouri>

Carl Junction has been looking for a way to improve
connectivity in its southwest corner of the state for
several years. Plans for a fiber network
<http://www.muninetworks.org/content/carl-junction-missouri-
plans-community-owned-fiber-network>did
not come to pass, but the community has found a private
partner to bring ubiquitous high-speed Wi-Fi
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term29>to
town.

The City Council voted unanimously to approve a deal with
Aire Fiber, reports the Joplin Globe
<http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/carl-junction-of
ficial-announces-broadband-deal/article_dcf49fea-9202-56ac-a
b15-75c15cfe035a.html>,
for a basic plan that will offer service for $49.99 per
month. Users will not be constrained by data caps, speeds
will be up to 50 Mbps
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term18> download
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term8> and 10 - 15 Mbps
upload <http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term28>, and the
network will provide service to each address in town.
Installation is $99 per address; rates will be the same for
businesses and residences. There are no long term
committments. The partners have launched their campaign to
get signups online <http://www.carljunction.airefiber.com/>
seeking 289 subscriptions to get the project off the ground.

... More on This Approach in Our Story Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/carl-junction-partnering-wi
-fi-missouri>

Bar Harbor, Maine, Studies Muni Fiber to Replace Time Warner
Cable Franchise
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-maine-studies-mu
ni-fiber-replace-time-warner-cable-franchise>
Mon, March 30, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-maine-studies-mu
ni-fiber-replace-time-warner-cable-franchise>

For the past several months, Maine communities have been a
hotbed of broadband activity. Bar Harbor
<http://www.barharbormaine.gov/>, located midway along the
state's Atlantic coast, is another community looking at
fiber as a necessary investment.

According to a February article in the Mount Desert Islander
<http://www.mdislander.com/featured/town-weighing-options-cr
eate-fiber-optic-broadband-network>,
the town of 5,200 has decided to move forward with a
feasibility study. The town received Internet access at no
additional cost as part of its previous franchise
<http://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term12> agreement with
Time Warner Cable. That agreement expired about a year ago
and, as we have seen in other communities, the cable giant
now appears to be holding out in order to charge for the
same service.

... Read the Story Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-maine-studies-mu
ni-fiber-replace-time-warner-cable-franchise>

Click! Network Rates Set to Increase to Cover Retrans Fees
<http://muninetworks.org/content/click-network-rates-set-inc
rease-cover-retrans-fees>
Fri, April 03, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez
<http://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/click-network-rates-set-inc
rease-cover-retrans-fees>

Tacoma's Click! network raised prices in 2010
<http://www.muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-raises-prices-ca
ble-subscribers> in order to cover increases in
retransmission fees for its television feeds.
Fees have continually risen for Click! and other networks
and, according to Tacoma's News Tribune, will continue to
rise. The market is fundamentally broken, with small
providers struggling to keep up as sports programming shoots
through the roof and companies like Comcast merge with
content owners.

In Tacoma, the situation was so bad it led to a fee dispute
between KOMO and Click! network that resulted in a channel
blackout on the network. The News Tribune pursued
<http://www.thenewstribune.com/2015/01/24/3605051_after-2-ye
ar-fight-tacoma-releases.html?rh=1>
document
requests early in 2014 to obtain copies of the
retransmission agreements at the center of the dispute
between the network and KOMO. The documents revealed that
agreements with several broadcasters rewarded broadcasters
significant increases in retransmission fees. Over a six
year period, KOMO's rate increased 416 percent.

... Get the Rest of the Details here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/click-network-rates-set-inc
rease-cover-retrans-fees>

Community Broadband Media Roundup - April 3
<http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-r
oundup-april-3>
Sat, April 04, 2015 | Posted by rebecca
<http://muninetworks.org/users/rebecca>
<http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-r
oundup-april-3>

Even after the FCC?s approval of broadband expansion, state
lawmakers refuse to acknowledge that EPB should be able to
deliver faster, affordable Internet to nearby communities.

Tennessee legislation to expand broadband coverage on hold
for now
<http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Tennessee-legislation-to-exp
and-broadband/NB6RQUAhdE-BA6If3eo8RQ.cspx>,
WDEF

?In the 21st Century, broadband infrastructure is just as
critical as good roadways to the economic development and
quality of life of a community.
Allowing investor-driven entities headquartered in other
states to pick which Tennessee communities win and which
lose when it comes to this critical infrastructure
undermines the fundamental principle of local control.?

Tennessee puts municipal broadband bill on hold
<https://civsourceonline.com/2015/04/02/tennessee-puts-munic
ipal-broadband-bill-on-hold/>
by
Bailey McCann, CivSource

... Read the Full Roundup Here ...
<http://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-r
oundup-april-3>

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