[Davisgig] City Support for Faster Internet?

Tue Apr 7 17:02:06 PDT 2015

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Douglas A. Walter <dawalter at dcn.org> wrote:

> To answer:
> On Apr 7, 2015, at 11:29 AM, A Hirsch Tree Planter wrote:
>
> Has Anyone been contacted by the City's Chief Innovation
> Officer?
>
>
> Yes.
>
> Has anyone met with him:?
>
> Yes, last week.
>
> Has anyone at City Council been in contact with us?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> Is this even on the City's Radar yet?
>
> Completely. There are other threads on this mailing list that have
> addressed the meetings, and the Council acceptance of the Yolo Broadband
> Plan. If I have time, I'll dig up a page on the wiki that addresses or
> summarizes what we've got so far.
>
>
> Alan
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> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 04:52:37 +0000
> From: Kristin Heinemeier <kheinemeier at ucdavis.edu>
> To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
> Cc: "help at omsoft.com" <help at omsoft.com>, "Craig
> Dorrough
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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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> From: Scott F <fugsco at gmail.com>
> To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
> Subject: [Davisgig] Why the average person needs this
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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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> Message: 2
> 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
> Message-ID: <551DFFD7.8070107 at omsoft.com>
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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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> 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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