From christopher at newrules.org Tue Feb 3 09:35:45 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:35:45 -0600 Subject: [Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/3 Message-ID: *Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom. Send feedback. Forward Widely.* Seattle Grassroots Muni Initiative Kicks Off With Campaign Survey Thu, January 29, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Seattleites tired of waiting for incumbents to provide better services, have decided to launch a campaign to establish Internet access as a public utility. In order to get the campaign off to a strong start, the founding group has launched a survey to choose a name. Seattle has significant fiber resources in place, an electric utility, and strong grassroots support. Unfortunately, incumbent Comcast has been trying to curry favor within City Hall . But given that Seattle has joined Next Century Cities , the City seems focused on exploring all of its options. When Chris presented in Seattle , he strongly encouraged them to organize a grassroots effort to support a community network. ... Learn More About Their Approach Here ... Massachusetts Towns Consider WiredWest Opportunity Mon, January 26, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Eleven Select boards in Franklin County are ready to take the next step with WiredWest Cooperative. According to the Recorder , the towns of Ashfield, Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, New Salem, Rowe, Shutesbury, Warwick and Wendell have all approved nonbinding resolutions taking them into the financial planning phase. Last fall, the organization and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) agreed to meet on a regular schedule . The two organizations began meeting with town Select Boards in order to update them on financial obligations to help them decide whether or not to participate. WiredWest Cooperative has worked with The Western Massachusetts Legislative Delegation On The Last Mile Broadband Solution to create a strategy to improve connectivity statewide. In addition to WiredWest, the group included MBI, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG), and the Mass TechCollaborative. Several state lawmakers, including Senator Stan Rosenberg , participated in the delegation. ... Much More Detail Here ... OneCommunity's Middle Way - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 135 Tue, January 27, 2015 | Posted by christopher OneCommunity is a nonprofit organization in northeastern Ohio that has connected thousands of community anchor institutions with high capacity connections. Created as OneCleveland before expanding, it has remained a rather unique approach to expanding high quality Internet access. This week, CEO Lev Gonick joins us to talk about OneCommunity and its contributions to the region. As neither a private company nor a local government, Lev believes that OneCommunity offers a third way, something they often call a "community-driven" approach. We discuss how a big city like Cleveland needs to think about solving the problem of expanding Internet access broadly. OneCommunity has just announced the recipients of its Big Gig Challenge and Lev shares some of the lessons they learned in evaluating proposals and working with the communities that competed for the prize. ... Listen to the Show Here ... Fourth Annual IAMU Broadband Conference: March 18th - 19th in Des Moines Fri, January 30, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Spring is the time for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU)Broadband Conference in Des Moines . This year is it scheduled for March 18th and 19th at the Ramada Tropics and Resort Center downtown. Don't forget your swimsuit! Chris will be presenting again this year. He has been there 2 out of the last 3 years and it is always a good time with lots of great energy. This year they are particularly welcoming people from outside Iowa as well - so put it on your calendar if you are nearby! ... Hope you Can Come! ... Boston Globe the Latest to Support Local Authority Wed, January 28, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Yet another major news outlet has endorsed the President's position in support of local telecommunications authority. On January 26th, the Boston Globe went on record to endorse the concept, urging the FCC and Congress to work together to ensure local communities have the right to make their own connecitvity decisions. The Globe suggested that, rather than allowing the FCC to take the lead with the Wilson and Chattanooga petition decisions , federal lawmakers take action: A better approach would be for Congress to settle the issue itself, by preventing states from interfering with cities and towns that want to start their own Internet services. ... Read the Full Story Here ... OneCommunity Announces "Big Gig Challenge" Award Recipients Tue, January 27, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Last fall, nonprofit ISP OneCommunity created the "Big Gig Challenge" to jump start expansion and promote gigabit applications in northeast Ohio. The organization recently announced the winners and provided some information about their projects. The West 25th Corridor project, running through Ohio City, Tremont, Clark-Fulton, Brooklyn Centre, and Old Brooklyn is a four mile stretch that will affect small business, the Cleveland Clinic, two MetroHealth Systems campuses, and several other large employers. This project also reaches 14 sites that could be developed and over 900 properties. It is a collaborative project that includes four Cleveland Wards. ... Read Our Full Coverage Here ... CLIC Presents Special Pre-Conference Event at 2015 Broadband Summit in Austin Tue, January 27, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez The 2015 Broadband Communities Summit is scheduled for April 14 - 16 in Austin, Texas. When you book your flight and reserve your room, plan on coming a day early so you can take advantage of the is year's special pre-conference event. The Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) will offer a full day's agenda on the politics of local Internet choice on Monday, April 13. Chris will speak at both events. As Senior Advisor to CLIC, he will be speaking on Monday to CLIC pre-conference attendees and then addressing economic development at the Broadband Communities Summit on Tuesday, April 14. The Summit Agenda at a Glance is now available to view. For a limited time, CLIC members can register online for the CLIC program for $125 and attend the*entire* Summit for free. Choose the CODEHOLDERS button and enter the code *CLIC125* to receive the special rate. (Pssst! This is an awesome deal! You save $895!) ... Link to this Post Here ... Missoula Maps Local Fiber Assets, Encourages New Installation Wed, January 28, 2015 | Posted by tanderson Last August, we wrote and podcasted about the results of a broadband feasibility study for the City of Missoula, which recommended developing an open access network with approximately 60 miles of underground fiber through a public private partnership. The study also demonstrated a significant need for improved connectivity in the central business district, with almost 40% of businesses saying their connections were insufficient for their needs. The study also recommended a variety of fairly small policy changes to encourage the spread of fiber optics, such as a ?dig once? conduit policy. Early in December, the Missoula City Council acted on at at least one of those recommendations by lowering the fee the city charges for excavating and installing new fiber optic lines in the public right-of-way by 75 percent. City Councilwoman Caitlin Copple, who has spearheaded the efforts for better connectivity in Missoula and appeared on our Broadband Bits podcast in August , described lowering the fee this way to the Missoulian newspaper : ?It?s a gesture of good will to the service providers that we want to work with them,? said Copple, who chairs the city?s Economic Development Subcommittee. ?It was a unanimous vote, and it shows Missoula is serious about business.? ... More on Their Approach Here ... Local Authority Restrictions One of the "Worst Policy Ideas of 2014" According to Wonkblog Sat, January 31, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez We are well into the new year; a look back at 2014 can be instructive if we strive to learn from our mistakes. A December article from the Washington post Wonkblog listed "11 of the worst policy ideas of 2014" and, of course, state barriers restricting local telecommunications authority was on the list: Fed up with limited choices, high prices and shoddy service, many cities want to turn their back on large Internet providers by building their own municipal broadband service. Standing in their way are state legislatures, lobbyists for the telecom industry and even federal lawmakers who believe states should have control over what projects their cities invest in. Fortunately, this is something that we can change - let's educate elected officials to ensure there are no new barriers and existing barriers are repealed. -- You can always find our most recent stories and other resources at http://MuniNetworks.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Community Networks Weekly Updates" group. 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It will be interesting to watch the big providers respond to this, seemingly growing, populist movement to change the provision of broadband provision. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Aim-At-Absurd-Municipal-Broadband-Bans-132496 The FCC Finally Takes Aim At Absurd Municipal Broadband Bans by Karl Bode 01:31PM Monday Feb 02 2015 After fifteen years of silence the FCC is finally taking aim at state protectionist municipal broadband bans. This website has cataloged the absurdity of such laws for going on fifteen years. The laws, usually written by a giant ISP lawyer, restrict towns and cities from building their own broadband (or in some cases reaching private/public partnership deals) even in cases where incumbent ISPs refuse to offer or improve service. The laws essentially allow incumbent ISPs to have their cake (refuse to improve or even install service) and eat it too (prevent anyone from doing so either). According to the Washington Post, FCC boss Tom Wheeler is circulating his proposal among Commissioners this week ahead of a vote on February 26. According to the Post's high-level source, the effort will initially only focus on easing such restrictions in North Carolina and Tennessee, but will act as the opening salvo in a much broader dispute: quote: Roughly 20 states have such limits on the books. Overturning the ones in Tennessee and North Carolina would mark the opening of a wider battle over municipal broadband by the federal government. Although any FCC decision in February would be narrowly tailored to the two cities, the legal theory underpinning the proposed action would likely be used to answer similar petitions in the future involving other states. Municipal broadband operations in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Wilson North Carolina petitioned the FCC for help last summer (pdf), noting that ISP-erected roadblocks were preventing them from improving and expanding their services. The FCC claims it has the authority to eliminate the parts of these state laws that hinder it's Congressionally-mandated task of ensuring "reasonable and timely" broadband deployment. ISPs, unsurprisingly, have threatened to sue over the issue. They've also been encouraging loyal politicians to try and derail the FCC's efforts. These politicians tend to pretend they're only looking out for states rights, though you'll note that letting giant companies write laws that trample these same rights doesn't meet the same (or any) resistance. Leaving the right to decide on a community's fate in the hands of that community shouldn't be a partisan issue, yet has fallen repeated victim to inane political bickering. Last summer I noted that after a decade of apathy on the issue it was put up or shut up time on the subject of municipal broadband. Imagine my surprise when the FCC, headed by a former cable and wireless industry lobbyist, decided to actually put up. Update: Wheeler issued a statement on the FCC's effort to get heavily-lobbied for state restrictions out of the way of broadband infrastructure improvements: quote: ?Communities across the nation know that access to robust broadband is key to their economic future ? and the future of their citizens. Many communities have found that existing private-sector broadband deployment or investment fails to meet their needs. They should be able to make their own decisions about building the networks they need to thrive. After looking carefully at petitions by two community broadband providers asking the FCC to pre-empt provisions of state laws preventing expansion of their very successful networks, I recommend approval by the Commission so that these two forward-thinking cities can serve the many citizens clamoring for a better broadband future." From christopher at newrules.org Tue Feb 10 09:19:30 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:19:30 -0600 Subject: [Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/10 Message-ID: *Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom. Send feedback. Forward Widely.* Supporters Rally Behind Wheeler, Chattanooga, and Wilson: "I Recommend Approval" Tue, February 03, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a statement yesterday supporting the concept of local authority for community broadband infrastructure. Chattanooga and Wilson filed petitions to scale back state restrictions last summer. In his statement, Wheeler officially recommended the Commission approve the petitions. If approved, the petitions have the potential to liberate local communities from state restrictions. Along with a number of other organizations that advocate local authority, theInstitute for Local Self-Reliance supports Chairman Wheeler who said: Communities across the nation know that access to robust broadband is key to their economic future ? and the future of their citizens. Many communities have found that existing private-sector broadband deployment or investment fails to meet their needs. They should be able to make their own decisions about building the networks they need to thrive. ?After looking carefully at petitions by two community ?broadband providers asking the FCC to pre-empt provisions of state laws preventing expansion of their ?very successful networks, I recommend approval by the Commission so that these two forward-thinking ?cities can serve the many citizens clamoring for a better broadband future. ... Read Many Statements in Support Here ... Greater Minnesota Partnership Focuses on Non-Metro Need - Community Broadband Bits Podcast 136 Tue, February 03, 2015 | Posted by christopher Like many states, Minnesota has a major metro area that generally has higher quality Internet access than non-metro communities. The Greater Minnesota Partnership , a coalition of businesses, chambers, nonprofits, and cities from across the state, have made improving Internet access a major priority in their efforts to influence the state legislature. This week, we talk with Dan Dorman, Executive Director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership. He is also a former Minnesota state Rep and remains a small business owner. We discuss the need to improve access even as major cable lobbyists fight in the capital to preserve the status quo. The Partnership believes state barriers to community networks should be removed. Dorman offers a unique perspective as a former member of the Minnesota Legislature. He knows what it is like to be lobbied constantly by one side of the issue but rarely hear from the other. Fortunately, the Greater Minnesota Partnership is working to provide that other side as best it can. ... Listen to the Show Here ... Broward County Saves with Fiber Network in Florida Wed, February 04, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez In 2014, Broward County completed its transition from an expensive leased data, video, and voice communications system to its own fiber network. The southern Florida county *is now saving $780,000* per year with plenty of room to grow. With the transition to an IP-based telephony system, the County also saves and*additional $28,000* per year. Pat Simes, Assistant CIO of the county, recently contributed a profile on the project to Network World. In 2009 when the network was too slow to be effective, county staff knew they had to act. Costs were increasing 15% each year as the number of lines grew and the demand for bandwidth increased. The County also had to provide funding to reach locations that the carrier's network did not serve. The situation made it difficult to budget; there was always a need to fund unexpected expansions and increasing service. ... Read More on These Great Savings Here ... Time Warner Cable Takes Maine Lawmakers to Exclusive Hotel for Lobbying Tryst Fri, February 06, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Time Warner Cable began lobbying Maine legislators at the dawn of the legislative session, reports the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting . In January, the cable gargantuan hosted a "Winter Policy Conference" for state lawmakers at the exclusive Inn by the Sea resort. As Maine state leaders contemplate how they can boost connectivity, the incumbents are fueling up the anti-muni misinformation machine. The Center did not have exact numbers of legislators who chose to accept the invitation to stay overnight, attend the opening dinner, or sit in on the "information sessions" which were all paid for by TWC. Reports range from "about a dozen" attendees at the evening dinner to "30 or 35" attending the information sessions the next day. ... Read More About Time Warner Cable's Lobbying here ... An Update on Utah's UTOPIA Open Access Network Mon, February 02, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez For the facts on all things UTOPIA, we turn to Jesse Harris at FreeUTOPIA.org . In his latest post, he provides an excellent bullet list of the key factors in Macquarie's Milestone 2 proposal. An excerpt From his post : - The final cost per address is estimated at $22.60 per month. Macquarie estimates that re-working the deal to account for five cities bowing out trimmed the cost by $8.57 per month. - The revenue split is much more generous than I expected, allowing the cities to keep 75% of wholesale revenue after the first $2M per year. It?s expected to completely cover the debt service by 2021 with just a 24% take rate for premium services. ... For More Details, Click Me! ... Voters Resoundingly Approve Broadband Measure in Estes Park, Colorado Thu, February 05, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez On February 3rd, voters in Estes Park voted 92 percent to reclaim local authority to establish a telecommunications utility. The result follows a greater trend in Colorado where eight communities made similar decisions last fall. Each of these elections has happened during Comcast's merger review, which may have discouraged them from their usual tactics to oppose competition. The Estes Park Trail Gazette reports that a series of meetings will be scheduled to inform residents and businesses and to obtain feedback for planning. The community is working with a consultant to determine the next step. ... Read More from Estes Park ... Community Broadband Media Roundup - February 1 Sun, February 08, 2015 | Posted by rebecca The mayors of 38 US cities came out this week to let the FCC know they want the authority to build high speed Internet networks. Jon Gold with Network World covered the story and reminded readers of the more heavy-handed tactics of our Comcast and TWC. Three U.S. senators introduced a Community Broadband Act this week. Mario Trujillo with The Hill reported that the bill would forbid state and local governments from ?creating a ?statute, regulation, or other legal requirement? that bars communities from creating their own municipal broadband network.? Kate Cox with the Consumerist broke it down: ?In other words, the Community Broadband Act makes it legal for a town to start a network and illegal for the state to stop them, but doesn?t provide any assistance for towns who want to build networks. It simply gives them the opportunity to pursue their own funding. To that end, the bill specifically encourages public-private partnerships.? Henry Grabar with Salon wrote about the ideological debate that is ?taking the country by storm.? ... 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Anyway here are some updates as to what has been going on over the past weeks. 1) A public facing website is in the offing, and should be online sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. 2) I met with John Paul of Spiral Internet in Nevada City. He is a tremendous resource, and is just about to start the Nevada City Fiber deployment. While it will not be municipal owned, it will be a "community network." He has offered to be our ally in this effort, share resources contacts, and time at city council meetings. He has spent the last 2-3 years going to cities that put in fiber. Attending Connected Communities type conferences, assembling people to work with, and getting a 60% matching grant for the deployment through the PUC. Nevada City being a largely under-served market, that is an option available to them. 3) JP really recommended we attend the Connected Communities event in Austin. 3-4 people have offered to donate some funds to get us there, thank you to those that have. More is needed. There are registration tickets available for $195 so, that is very affordable, lets send multiple people if we can. There is also a 3 day FTTH certification course that would be excellent to attend. 4) We will be recording a radio interview with KDRT's "Davisville" program this Sunday 2/15 at 1pm. Its at Davis Media Access. While I will be on the program, we would really like another articulate member of the group that feels they could speak to the issue on the program. This will be a great media piece for us, it will be recorded and available online for people to listen to. PLEASE email me if you can make this interview. 5) Should be meeting with public power group in town here in a bit. 6) Davis Community Network will be doing strategic thinking and the board will be developing a plan to support this effort, through writing/publishing a white paper or doing public outreach depending on what is needed. In full disclosure, I am a member of that board, and about to take the presidency for the upcoming year. 7) I'd like to pull together another meeting of the group on 2/25 at 6pm. Sudwerk is good again, or Omsoft also works. I think we had about the max number of people we could get around like 3 tables at the last meeting and still be heard. At this meeting we should be close to being able to go somewhat public with the project, and I'll hopefully be able to report about some additional meetings I've attended. Does anybody have anything they want to add at this point? Efforts you have put toward this goal over the past month? Thanks All -- Rob Nickerson CEO Om Networks UCD Class of 96 C: 530-848-3865 If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or yelp.com . Please like us on Facebook . and put us in your circle at Google+ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhframe at dcn.org Fri Feb 13 22:02:57 2015 From: jhframe at dcn.org (Jim Frame) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:02:57 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Update In-Reply-To: <54DE84B8.6020702@omsoft.com> References: <54DE84B8.6020702@omsoft.com> Message-ID: <54DEE511.6020102@dcn.org> On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while totally appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Frame jhframe at dcn.org 530.756.8584 Frame Surveying & Mapping 609 A Street Davis, CA 95616 -----------------------< Davis Community Network >------------------- From tjswift at omsoft.com Fri Feb 13 22:54:48 2015 From: tjswift at omsoft.com (Ted Swift) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:54:48 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Update In-Reply-To: <54DEE511.6020102@dcn.org> References: <54DE84B8.6020702@omsoft.com> <54DEE511.6020102@dcn.org> Message-ID: At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote: >On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > >>So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather > >Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while >totally appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny >weather. That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting) I figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes in another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like "guilty pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of rain), but we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful weather). But I'm sure there's a good word in another language... -Ted -- Ted Swift, Ph.D. "The boundary is the best place to gain knowledge" tjswift at omsoft.com -Paul Tillich From dawalter at dcn.org Fri Feb 13 23:02:44 2015 From: dawalter at dcn.org (Douglas A. Walter) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:02:44 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Update In-Reply-To: References: <54DE84B8.6020702@omsoft.com> <54DEE511.6020102@dcn.org> Message-ID: <4922DFEF-C0D0-4ADB-9FDA-BD24D42EC388@dcn.org> Tee hee: we're confusing schadenfreude with "shadenfreude" -- Jim was generous enough to provide a definition for his portmanteau word. On Feb 13, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Ted Swift wrote: > At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote: >> On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: >> >>> So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather >> >> Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while totally appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather. > > That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting) I figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes in another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like "guilty pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of rain), but we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful weather). 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Francesca Fitzgerald On Feb 14, 2015 12:00 PM, wrote: > Send Davisgig mailing list submissions to > davisgig at list.omsoft.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > davisgig-request at list.omsoft.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > davisgig-owner at list.omsoft.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Davisgig digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Update (Robert Nickerson) > 2. Re: Update (Jim Frame) > 3. Re: Update (Ted Swift) > 4. Re: Update (Douglas A. Walter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:11:52 -0800 > From: Robert Nickerson > To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" > Subject: [Davisgig] Update > Message-ID: <54DE84B8.6020702 at omsoft.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Davis Gig Update > > Hi All > > So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather, > are there any German speakers out there that have any ideas? > > > Anyway here are some updates as to what has been going on over the past > weeks. > > 1) A public facing website is in the offing, and should be online > sometime in the next 2-3 weeks. > > 2) I met with John Paul of Spiral Internet in Nevada City. He is a > tremendous resource, and is just about to start the Nevada City Fiber > deployment. While it will not be municipal owned, it will be a > "community network." He has offered to be our ally in this effort, share > resources contacts, and time at city council meetings. He has spent the > last 2-3 years going to cities that put in fiber. Attending Connected > Communities type conferences, assembling people to work with, and > getting a 60% matching grant for the deployment through the PUC. Nevada > City being a largely under-served market, that is an option available to > them. > > 3) JP really recommended we attend the Connected Communities event in > Austin. 3-4 people have offered to donate some funds to get us there, > thank you to those that have. More is needed. There are registration > tickets available for $195 so, that is very affordable, lets send > multiple people if we can. There is also a 3 day FTTH certification > course that would be excellent to attend. > > 4) We will be recording a radio interview with KDRT's "Davisville" > program this Sunday 2/15 at 1pm. Its at Davis Media Access. While I will > be on the program, we would really like another articulate member of the > group that feels they could speak to the issue on the program. This will > be a great media piece for us, it will be recorded and available online > for people to listen to. > > PLEASE email me if you can make this interview. > > 5) Should be meeting with public power group in town here in a bit. > > 6) Davis Community Network will be doing strategic thinking and the > board will be developing a plan to support this effort, through > writing/publishing a white paper or doing public outreach depending on > what is needed. In full disclosure, I am a member of that board, and > about to take the presidency for the upcoming year. > > 7) I'd like to pull together another meeting of the group on 2/25 at > 6pm. Sudwerk is good again, or Omsoft also works. I think we had about > the max number of people we could get around like 3 tables at the last > meeting and still be heard. > At this meeting we should be close to being able to go somewhat public > with the project, and I'll hopefully be able to report about some > additional meetings I've attended. > > > Does anybody have anything they want to add at this point? > > Efforts you have put toward this goal over the past month? > > > Thanks All > -- > Rob Nickerson > > CEO > Om Networks > UCD Class of 96 > C: 530-848-3865 > > If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good > recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or > yelp.com . > Please like us on Facebook > . and put us in your > circle at Google+ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.omsoft.com/pipermail/davisgig/attachments/20150213/24ec81af/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:02:57 -0800 > From: Jim Frame > To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com > Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Update > Message-ID: <54DEE511.6020102 at dcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > > > So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather > > Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while totally > appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jim Frame jhframe at dcn.org 530.756.8584 > Frame Surveying & Mapping 609 A Street Davis, CA 95616 > -----------------------< Davis Community Network >------------------- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:54:48 -0800 > From: Ted Swift > To: jhframe at dcn.org, davisgig at list.omsoft.com > Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Update > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote: > >On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > > > >>So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather > > > >Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while > >totally appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny > >weather. > > That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting) > I figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes > in another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like > "guilty pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of > rain), but we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful > weather). But I'm sure there's a good word in another language... > -Ted > -- > Ted Swift, Ph.D. "The boundary is the best place to gain knowledge" > tjswift at omsoft.com -Paul Tillich > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:02:44 -0800 > From: "Douglas A. Walter" > To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com > Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Update > Message-ID: <4922DFEF-C0D0-4ADB-9FDA-BD24D42EC388 at dcn.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Tee hee: we're confusing schadenfreude with "shadenfreude" -- Jim was > generous enough to provide a definition for his portmanteau word. > > On Feb 13, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Ted Swift wrote: > > > At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote: > >> On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > >> > >>> So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather > >> > >> Shadenfreude (n): knowing that we need rain really badly while totally > appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather. > > > > That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting) I > figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes in > another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like "guilty > pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of rain), but > we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful weather). But I'm > sure there's a good word in another language... > > -Ted > > -- > > Ted Swift, Ph.D. "The boundary is the best place to gain knowledge" > > tjswift at omsoft.com -Paul Tillich > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > > > Davisgig mailing list > > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > -- > ?Sing the names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train > tracks, raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick > by brick the glittering edifices they would then keep clean and work inside > of.? -- Elizabeth Alexander > > Doug Walter ? dawalter at dcn.org ? 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URL: From rob at omsoft.com Sat Feb 14 17:38:03 2015 From: rob at omsoft.com (rob) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:38:03 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Outreach/Visibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <16866a0b8c17bc2ee11ba8298a486a5f@dcn.org> On 14.02.2015 13:01, francesca paola wrote: > Hi > Id like to help develop visuals for this project > (infographics/infoposters). > That's great. if anyone has any content for this website, email Fei - feili at ucdavis.edu. Sorry to out you Fei. I'll be getting a 3 paragraph together to him - easy to read text about the concept and why we want it. Short testimonial videos from Davisites need to be part of this website too at some point too, if someone does video please let me know. Thx RAN From flcli at ucdavis.edu Sat Feb 14 17:41:45 2015 From: flcli at ucdavis.edu (Fei Li) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:41:45 +0000 Subject: [Davisgig] Outreach/Visibility In-Reply-To: <16866a0b8c17bc2ee11ba8298a486a5f@dcn.org> References: , <16866a0b8c17bc2ee11ba8298a486a5f@dcn.org> Message-ID: No worries. That's not my email address anyway. :) > On Feb 14, 2015, at 5:38 PM, rob wrote: > >> On 14.02.2015 13:01, francesca paola wrote: >> Hi >> Id like to help develop visuals for this project >> (infographics/infoposters). > > That's great. if anyone has any content for this website, email Fei - feili at ucdavis.edu. Sorry to out you Fei. > > I'll be getting a 3 paragraph together to him - easy to read text about the concept and why we want it. > > Short testimonial videos from Davisites need to be part of this website too at some point too, > if someone does video please let me know. > > Thx > RAN > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig From rl at 1st-mile.org Sun Feb 15 14:00:08 2015 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:00:08 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] FW: Comcast gets a merger approval, but objects to new low-income requirements References: <025a01d04967$a8167e90$f8437bb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5773EC44-501C-465B-A64D-3D33224077C6@1st-mile.org> Begin forwarded message: > Comcast gets a merger approval, but objects to new low-income requirements California seeks more cheap Internet for the poor. Comcast says it's too hard. > By Jon Brodkin > Feb 14 2015 > > > California has tentatively approved Comcast's $45.2 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable, but Comcast isn't entirely happy because some of the conditions demanded by the state "create a more intrusive regulatory regime." > > The proposed approval with conditions came yesterday from Public Utilities Commission Administrative Law Judge Karl Bemesderfer. Comcast Executive VP David Cohen quickly wrote a response criticizing Bemesderfer's proposed conditions. > > "We are reviewing the proposed decision and conditions closely and look forward to engaging with the full California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) as it completes its review of the transaction," Cohen wrote. "While we have just received the recommended decision, it appears that a number of the conditions are ones that will benefit consumers and the company can work with. Some of the suggested conditions, however, could potentially prevent the full benefits of this transaction being realized by Californians, and create a more intrusive regulatory regime where innovative services could be hampered rather than helped. In addition, at least some of the suggested conditions simply lie outside the authority of the CPUC or are unrealistic." > > The only specific conditions Cohen pointed to cover how quickly Comcast must bring broadband to underserved populations. Comcast offers $10-per-month Internet to poor people through its Internet Essentials program, which was required by its 2011 acquisition of NBCUniversal. California wants Comcast to expand eligibility for this program, offer it throughout the Time Warner Cable territory, double download speeds to 10Mbps, provide free Wi-Fi routers, connect schools and libraries in underserved areas, and sign up at least 45 percent of eligible households within two years. Comcast must submit specific plans for signing up more low-income subscribers, reduce wait times, and make the sign-up process less difficult. Customer advocates complained in July 2014 that only about 11 percent of eligible households in California were getting the discount Internet service because of how difficult it is to sign up. > > Comcast says the penetration goal is unrealistic. > > "[S]ome of the penetration rates and time frames suggested by the conditions are simply unattainable under market conditions, especially with populations that have been slowest to adopt broadband," Cohen wrote. "Deeper broadband penetration among all populations is a goal we share, and one we?ve worked very hard on for the nearly two decades we?ve been marketing broadband. Nationally, across our footprint though we only have a penetration rate of 40 percent of homes we pass taking our broadband service. In California, it?s about the same. And that?s after we?ve spent billions marketing and advertising those services." > > The California proposal does give Comcast leeway on the 45 percent number. If Comcast can show that its penetration rate is less than 45 percent among potential customers with incomes too high for Internet Essentials, then it can target that lower number rather than 45 percent. (Note that the 40 percent figure offered by Cohen included all homes regardless of income, and thus isn't relevant to the proposed condition.) > > [snip] > --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute www.1st-mile.org P. O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 rl at 1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From christopher at newrules.org Tue Feb 17 07:40:13 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:40:13 -0600 Subject: [Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/17 Message-ID: *Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom. Send feedback. Forward Widely.* Answering Questions About Title II and Munis - Community Broadband Bits Episode 138 Tue, February 17, 2015 | Posted by christopher As we near the FCC open meeting at the end of next week, when it will decide on both the Chattanooga and Wilson petitions regarding their wish to expand as well as a proposal to reclassify Internet access a Title II service in order to ensure it can maintain the same open Internet we have long loved. We have mostly focused on the muni petitions, but after hearing some concerns from some munis regarding Title II, we realized we have to delve into the Title II reclassification more deeply. Enter Chris Lewis, VP of Government of Affairs for Public Knowledge . I've always enjoyed talking with Chris on various issues around telecom policy and we asked him to come on and answer some of the questions we have heard. We talk about the prospects of rate regulation, unbundling, transparency requirements, and the process for filing complaints until Title II. Overall, our conclusion is that the rules as we understand them, are quite reasonable and should not pose a problem to munis that are already committed to providing a high quality service. You can read a Fact Sheet about the proposed rules here . ... Listen to the Show Here ... Time Warner Cable Successfully Blocks Funds for Community Network in Maine; Project to Continue Thu, February 12, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Time Warner Cable recently fought to prevent a collaborative project in Maine from receiving $125,000 in state broadband funding, reported the Bangor Daily News . We reported in December that Old Town, Orono, the University of Maine, and GWI had been awarded ConnectME funds. The collaborators earmarked the funding for a stretch of about 4 miles of fiber which could serve about 320 subscribers and would ultimately be integrated into a much larger network for businesses and residents. The network would connect to Maine's Three Ring Binder network. Old Town and Orono want to establish gigabit connectivity to a nearby industrial area to transform it into a technology park for economic development purposes. Several businesses, including a health clinic that, have expressed interest in setting up shop in the planned development. ... The Full Story Awaits Your Attention Here ... Rural Colorado Internet Access and Mountain Connect - Community Broadband Bits Episode 137 Tue, February 10, 2015 | Posted by christopher Last year was the first year I attended Mountain Connect , an event in the Rockies west of Denver that discusses approaches to improving Internet access. Historically, they focused on rural communities but as co-chair of the event Jeff Gavlinski notes in our discussion this week, they are expanding it to include more urban issues as well. Mountain Connect is growing in many ways and I am excited to return to it in early June. As Jeff and I discuss, it is focused on all solutions to expanding access - whether private sector, coop, muni, partnership, etc. Colorado has a lot of activity from munis and especially munis that are looking to partner, but also has a state law that requires a time-and-energy consuming referendum before the community can really do any planning or take action to improve its situation. ... Listen to the Show Here ... Local Communities Still Committed to RS Fiber Cooperative Mon, February 09, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Green Isle and nine other communities have reaffirmed their commitment to the RS Fiber Cooperative, reports the Belle Plain Herald . The project began in 2010 as a collaboration between a number of local county and municipal government entities in south central Minnesota. Local residents rallied behind the project, which was designed to connect both towns and surrounding farms. Unfortunately, the project faced difficulties due to incumbent intimidation and the high cost of deployment in such a large geographic area. Sibley County officials chose to back out of the project, requiring a business plan reboot. Locals, recognizing the critical need for better connectivity chose to instead form the RS Fiber Cooperative . ... Read the Full Story Here ... Want FTTH? Move to North Dakota, Reports USDA Sun, February 15, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez A recent USDA report reveals that fossil fuels are not the only thing booming in North Dakota. The state ranked 47 for population is ranked number 1 as having the highest percentage of people with access to FTTH . According to a Telecompetitor article , their status can be attributed to an abundance of rural cooperatives and small telecom companies. These local providers have made it their business to fill the gaps left behind by large corporate ISPs that cannot justify investing in rural deployment. Given that most of North Dakota is rural, approximately 96% of the state is served by these smaller providers. The State Broadband map shows a total of 41 providers, including 17 cooperatives and 24 privately owned providers of varying size. Another advantage to rural status? These cooperatives and small providers have qualified for USDA programs aimed at improving connectivity in sparsely populated regions. The report notes that the USDA has invested $338 million in grants and loans in North Dakota through its various telecommunications programs. ... Rest of the Story and Video Here ... Comcast Ghostwrites Letters From Elected Officials to FCC Tue, February 10, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez It is common knowledge that Comcast and a number of political leaders enjoy special relationships. Nevertheless, it was still a bit shocking to see the level at which Comcast's army has infiltrated the political process as uncovered in a recent Verge article. Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T, and CenturyLink lawyers and lobbyists often write legislation for lawmakers to introduce. This past summer, the puppetry went one step further when Comcast crafted letters supporting the Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger. Those letters were then submitted to the FCC from the offices of a number of politicians known to receive support from the cable giant. We applaud both Comcast and their pet lawmakers for their efficiency! The Verge was also able to obtain email threads that document how lobbyists drafted letters of support and sent them on to local elected officials, who then made insignificant changes in the signature line or transferred the exact language on to official stationery before sending it on to the FCC. ... Surprised? We Aren't - More Here ... Minnesota Border to Border Broadband Awards Announced Wed, February 11, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez The Minnesota Office of Broadband Development recently announced the recipients of the Border to Border Broadband grants, funding established by the state legislature in 2014 to facilitate rural broadband projects. Seventeen public and private entities will share a total of $19.4 million in Greater Minnesota. According the the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) press release , the projects will help bring better connectivity to 6,095 households, 83 community institutions, and 150 businesses in areas of the state considered unserved or underserved. This funding pays for up to 50 percent of the cost of each project. The need in rural areas of the state is intense; 40 projects submitted applications for a total of $44.2 million in requests. Among the recipients are some familiar projects. ... Read our Full Coverage Here ... 38 Next Century Cities Leaders Sign Letter to FCC Supporting Local Authority Fri, February 13, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez President Obama suggested restoring local telecommunications authority while visiting Cedar Falls in January and a number of local elected officials were ready to back him up. Leaders from 38 members of Next Century Cities recently submitted a public letter to the FCC urging commissioners to consider local autonomy as they consider the Chattanooga and Wilson, North Carolina, petitions. Last summer, both communities filed with the FCC seeking relief from restrictive state laws that prevent their broadband utilities from serving surrounding communities. FCC Chairman Wheeler hasspoken in support of local authority more than once. Next Century Cities, a coalition of communities that was formed specifically to advance better connectivity, writes: We write only to urge that, as you consider these petitions, you take proper account of the importance of local choice and autonomy. The benefits of high-quality broadband are now beyond dispute: these projects have stimulated local innovation and economic development, enhanced education, improved government services, and opened new worlds of opportunity to communities and citizens. It is our hope that federal policy will support the realization of these outcomes in our communities and in towns and cities across the country, by empowering every community to meet the needs of their residents. You can read the full letter [PDF] online to see if your elected officials signed on. The FCC's decision on the petitions is expected in February . Community Broadband Media Roundup - February 13, 2015 Tue, February 17, 2015 | Posted by rebecca The FCC?s decision to change the definition of broadband continues to make ripples in the muni broadband world. With the speed increased from 4 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, to 25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 75% of the country is now classified as having either no service, or no choices for their Internet connection. The change also means more underserved communities may be able to access to grant money to build networks, it also highlights a more realistic view of the importance of Internet speed for economic development: Shaming Cable Giants, FCC Demands Faster Internet Republicans complain that increasing the definition of "broadband" is meant to justify power grabs, by Brendan Sasso, National Journal. DSL The New Dialup? by Bernie Arneson, Telecompetitor ... Woof - Lots of Links Here ... -- You can always find our most recent stories and other resources at http://MuniNetworks.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Community Networks Weekly Updates" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to communitynetworks-weekly+unsubscribe at ilsr.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ilsr.org/d/optout. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From flcli at ucdavis.edu Wed Feb 18 10:08:41 2015 From: flcli at ucdavis.edu (Fei Li) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:08:41 +0000 Subject: [Davisgig] Website stuff Message-ID: <1424282920541.16507@UCDAVIS.EDU> @Rob: I'm ready for those 3 paragraphs now. I have some stuff built out. A little more to go. And since we're collecting personal info we may want to include a privacy policy. Any ideas? @Everyone else: Anyone know where we can get some cool photos or whatnot to pad out the web content with? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gary_darling at sbcglobal.net Wed Feb 18 13:33:40 2015 From: gary_darling at sbcglobal.net (Gary Darling) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:33:40 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] WSJ - Forget Net Neutrality, Focus on Fiber Message-ID: <2DCFFB70-012A-4174-BCC5-97E275E1E468@sbcglobal.net> http://www.wsj.com/articles/andy-kessler-forget-net-neut-focus-on-fiber-1423785125 Forget Net Neutrality, Focus on Fiber Thanks to regulation, we basically have an Internet duct-taped to infrastructure from the 1970s and ?80s. By ANDY KESSLER Feb. 12, 2015 6:52 p.m. ET 59 COMMENTS All eyes are on the Federal Communications Commission as the agency will vote on Feb. 26 to reclassify the Internet under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act. But in a less noticed, more amusing vote on Jan. 29 the FCC declared that a ?high-speed? Internet connection is defined as 25 megabits a second or faster?up from four megabits a second. What?s so funny? The commissioners are lowballing it, and they know it. Regulation has failed telecom; the numbers tell the story. In 1970 Intel? sold a 64-bit chip called the 3101 for $40, setting off a revolution in computer design. Rounding down, let?s call it a bit for a buck. I just went on Amazon and bought a 64-gigabit memory card for $40, and only because I paid $6 for overnight shipping. A billion bits for a buck?a whopping one billion times improvement. Even more if you adjusted the cost for inflation. A few years later IBM? came out with a 200-megabit hard drive known as the IBM 3330, or Merlin. For the equivalent of $1 million, you could configure eight of them into a 1.6 GB hard drive. Today you can buy a 2-terabit hard drive the size of a paperback book for $100. In other words, a 10 million times improvement. ENLARGE PHOTO: CORBIS In 1975 Kodak? employee Steven Sasson created a prototype of a digital camera. It boasted 0.01 megapixels, weighed 8 pounds and took 23 seconds to snap a black-and-white photo that it stored on a cassette tape. Digital cameras are now basically free with your cellphone. Here?s where the story gets weird. In the mid-1970s AT&T? offered the 212 modem, which allowed workers to sit at home and dial into their office computers at a speed of 1,200 bits per second. Very few did until AOL began offering dial-in services over rickety phone lines. Today, Comcast? and others provide Internet access at an average of 11.5 megabits per second speeds. The FCC calls that broadband, but it is still too slow. Unlike the billion-fold or even 10-million-fold improvements of silicon or storage, communications speeds have improved merely 10,000 times. That is pretty good compared with the pace of the post office, but not with the rest of technology. The technology exists to deliver gigabit?a billion bits per second?speeds. There is gigabit Ethernet inside our homes. Offices are increasingly wired with 10-gigabit Ethernet. Even Wi-Fi is approaching 100-megabit speeds. Data communications are capable of extremely high speeds at extremely low costs. What?s gone wrong? The answer is simple: Regulation has left U.S. infrastructure stuck in the past. It is almost as if we duct-taped the Internet onto infrastructure from the 1970s and 1980s. The regulatory scheme employed by the FCC was and is geared toward phone calls. Title II has 100 pages of arcane rules including one that requires operators to identify themselves ?audibly and distinctly.? Remember operators? We jam data down phone lines meant for voice calls and down coaxial cable meant for TV signals. Opinion Journal Video Assistant Editorial Page Editor James Freeman on Tom Wheeler?s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission will regulate the Internet like a public utility. Photo credit: Getty Images. This can change overnight. To get gigabit speeds, we need fiber running all over the place. Fortunately, fiber optics is glass, basically melted down sand. Plenty of that to go around. Instead of arguing about broadband speeds or invented problems like ?net neutrality,? we ought to be focused on the regulations and cronyism that impede running fiber on our poles and under our roads and lawns. It is time to adopt a Quick Dig doctrine. This is the Google? Fiber approach: Google only agrees to lay fiber in cities that agree to easy access to infrastructure and a quick permitting process. Though Google has agreed to expand in 34 cities in nine metro areas, it looks like only Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham will see fiber installed. Google is still haggling with the other locales over details. But Google can?t do it alone. The FCC can encourage the rollout by mandating that municipalities open up their infrastructure to all who wish to install fiber?instead of using access to extort money from would-be providers. New companies would show up to lay fiber. Wall Street would funnel capital to those with the best prospects. During the stimulus spending of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, we were all inconvenienced as roads were ripped to shreds under the auspices of Transportation Income Generating Economic Recovery, or so-called Tiger grants. There are still potholes. Instead, let?s get a real bang for our buck. I propose the DUMB Act: Dig Under My Block. Legions of workers will be hired to dig. The results?extremely fast, reliable Internet?will be worth the inconvenience. Some may ask: Do we really want the federal government changing local laws? It is a scary thought, but it is necessary: Web traffic crosses state lines. The FCC should stop quibbling over ?neutralizing? our slow Internet and encourage a real high-speed build out. Dig, baby, dig. Mr. Kessler, a former hedge-fund manager, is the author, most recently, of ?Eat People? (Portfolio, 2011) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BN-GY057_kessle_P_20150212130457.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 61942 bytes Desc: not available URL: From omrob at omsoft.com Thu Feb 19 22:16:16 2015 From: omrob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:16:16 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Meeting @ Sudwerk Message-ID: <54E6D130.6060901@omsoft.com> Hi Lets meet and have another discussion about this. I'll make an attempt to get out what minutes I have, as they are, from the last meeting beforehand. 02/25/15 Sudwerk 6pm Please drop me a note if you are planning to come, so I can get an idea of what to work out with Sudwerk. Or, maybe, I'll just make it a meetup @ meetup.com? Does anyone like to use that? Thanks -- Rob Nickerson CEO Om Networks UCD Class of 96 C: 530-848-3865 If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or yelp.com . Please like us on Facebook . and put us in your circle at Google+ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jraller at gmail.com Sat Feb 21 19:07:17 2015 From: jraller at gmail.com (Jason Aller) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:07:17 +0000 Subject: [Davisgig] New Davis Forum Message-ID: It looks like the City is trying http://cityofdavis.mindmixer.com/ and right now there aren't a lot of topics up there. 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Are we ready to introduce the issue of bringing fiber to Davis? > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig -- ?Sing the names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick by brick the glittering edifices they would then keep clean and work inside of.? -- Elizabeth Alexander Doug Walter ? dawalter at dcn.org ? (home address) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rob at omsoft.com Sun Feb 22 20:59:13 2015 From: rob at omsoft.com (rob) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:59:13 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Davisville & Meeting Postponed & Great Resource In-Reply-To: <261C032D-3DA2-4CCB-86EA-F17D1E26CC10@dcn.org> References: <261C032D-3DA2-4CCB-86EA-F17D1E26CC10@dcn.org> Message-ID: <4f781ac535259ecdee715eff8a0babe1@dcn.org> Hi All First off, Our interview is on Davisville tomorrow. https://kdrt.org/davisville Give it a listen on KDRT if you can. Next, We are delaying our meeting one week. This is due to scheduling conflicts for a major volunteer who is working on the webpage. We are also very close to getting the site online, so it would good to get a round of feedback from folks the first week of March and have everyone there. Since the webpage is to be our anchor page for our various social media properties, before we do other outreach activities, lets have that in place. So postponed to Wed Mar 4 6pm Sudwerk At which point we might be reviewing the webpage on phones. RAN P.S. Jason - Please keep that resource in mind, I'm sure we'll end up using it. On 21.02.2015 21:27, Douglas A. Walter wrote: > I'd say it's a tiny bit early, especially if a web site is likely to > be ready in four weeks. A timeline for introducing the subject might > be a good topic for the Wednesday meeting. (And I won't be away from > work on Wed. until close to 6:20 or 6:30.) > > On Feb 21, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Jason Aller wrote: > >> It looks like the City is trying http://cityofdavis.mindmixer.com/ >> [1] and right now there aren't a lot of topics up there. Are we >> ready to introduce the issue of bringing fiber to Davis? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: >> >> http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start [2] >> >> Davisgig mailing list >> Davisgig at list.omsoft.com [3] >> http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > -- > > ?Sing the names of the dead who brought us here, who laid the train > tracks, raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built > brick by brick the glittering edifices they would then keep clean and > work inside of.? -- Elizabeth Alexander > Doug Walter ? dawalter at dcn.org [4] ? (home address) > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://cityofdavis.mindmixer.com/ > [2] http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > [3] mailto:Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > [4] mailto:dawalter at dcn.org From christopher at newrules.org Tue Feb 24 10:01:38 2015 From: christopher at newrules.org (Christopher Mitchell) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:01:38 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 2/24 Message-ID: *Recent Stories from MuniNetworks.org - a project of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Instructions for unsubscribing appear at bottom. Send feedback. Forward Widely.* *I'll be on Reddit for an Ask Me Anything on Thursday at 6 PM ET - the evening after the FCC rules of Network Neutrality and the Muni Petitions from Chattanooga and Wilson. http://muninetworks.org/content/join-christopher-reddit-ask-him-anything-feb-26th-6-7-pm-est * USA Today Leadership Latest to Support Munis Fri, February 20, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez USA Today recently joined the growing list of national press to publicly support local telecommunications authority. In its February 16th opinion piece , the Editorial Board commented on the proposed rule being considered by the FCC that would allow local communities to chart their own course with no preemption from state legislatures: The FCC should stand up to the broadband lobby and approve the rule. The laws in question have not been passed in the name of limited government but rather in the name of limiting competition. USA Today recognizes that many of the communities that invest in infrastructure do so out of necessity when they cannot draw the interest of the big players that fight to limit their ability to make those investments. Whether or not a community decides to deploy a muni should always be left up to the people who live there, argues the Editorial Board : The question, however, is not whether these systems are good, but whether they should be quashed by acts of legislatures. The answer is no. Answering Questions About Title II and Munis - Community Broadband Bits Episode 138 Tue, February 17, 2015 | Posted by christopher As we near the FCC open meeting at the end of next week, when it will decide on both the Chattanooga and Wilson petitions regarding their wish to expand as well as a proposal to reclassify Internet access a Title II service in order to ensure it can maintain the same open Internet we have long loved. We have mostly focused on the muni petitions, but after hearing some concerns from some munis regarding Title II, we realized we have to delve into the Title II reclassification more deeply. Enter Chris Lewis, VP of Government of Affairs for Public Knowledge . I've always enjoyed talking with Chris on various issues around telecom policy and we asked him to come on and answer some of the questions we have heard. We talk about the prospects of rate regulation, unbundling, transparency requirements, and the process for filing complaints until Title II. Overall, our conclusion is that the rules as we understand them, are quite reasonable and should not pose a problem to munis that are already committed to providing a high quality service. You can read a Fact Sheet about the proposed rules here . ... Listen to our Discussion Here ... Grover Beach Chooses Local Partner to Improve Local Connectivity for Businesses Wed, February 18, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez After several years of considering options for a municipal network, the community of Grover Beach, California , is improving local connectivity options through a collaboration with private partner Digital West . According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune , the City struck a deal last fall with the local firm that will provide gigabit connectivity to local business customers. A city staff report states that Grover Beach will install and own a series of conduit that will house fiber owned by Digital West. The company, a data storage and web hosting firm located in nearby San Luis Obispo, will manage the fiber network. Digital West will lease conduit space from the city for 5.1% of its gross revenue from its operation of the private portion of the system. The initial lease is for a 10-year term. The company will also transfer ownership of some of the fiber to the city for public purposes. San Luis Obispo (SLO) County also wants to connect its facilities in the area and will contribute to the cost of the project. It appears as though SLO County will use the fiber provided to Grover Beach. ... Read More on Grover Beach Here ... Boulder Uses New Found Authority to Offer Free Wi-Fi Tue, February 17, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez Just two months after voters passed ballot measure 2C , the City of Boulder is solidifying plans to offer free Wi-Fi throughout the downtown Civic Area, reports the Boulder Daily Camera . Boulder was one of several Colorado communities that reclaimed local authority last fall. They had no specific project planned but knew they needed to create an environment rich in opportunity. Colorado's state law is so restrictive, there was little Boulder could do with the fiber resources they already have in place: "Before, we were technically breaking the law by having wi-fi at the library," [Boulder IT Director Don Ingle] said. ... Read our Coverage Here ... Christopher Mitchell discusses Net Neutrality on Minnesota Public Radio?s ?Daily Circuit.? Fri, February 20, 2015 | Posted by rebecca Last fall, MPR's "Daily Circuit" interviewed Chris regarding President Obama?s net neutrality plan and how it could shape the future of the Internet. Chris discussed why Obama?s request that Internet service be reclassified under Title II is necessary, but not sufficient to solve current market problems. Chris explained that right now consumers have very few choices, and big telecom is using its monopoly power to disadvantage competitors. Title II requires telecommunications companies to charge reasonable rates to everyone, rather than implementing ?fast lanes? for certain companies. Chris was joined by Chester Wisniewski, senior security advisor at Sophos. The interview was hosted by MPR?s Tom Crann. ... Listen to the interview ... Chris responds to President Obama?s endorsement of community networks on MPR's "Daily Circuit" Sat, February 21, 2015 | Posted by rebecca Minnesota Public Radio?s Daily Circuit (MPR) interviewed Chris about President Obama?s recent endorsment to end restrictions on states that limit local broadband authority. Chris and Danna Mackenzie, executive director of theMinnesota Office of Broadband Development , answered questions about what Obama?s announcement means for faster, cheaper, more reliable Internet for consumers. Chris explained that it?s great to see federal government ?getting it right? and championing the rights of local governments. He also discredits the argument about public money for Internet networks, and addresses why municipal approaches offer some of the wisest and most efficient use of taxpayer dollars. You can listen to a 3-minute clip in the audio player below, or click the link to hear the entire interview: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/11/13/daily-circuit-net-neutrality ... Listen to the Full Show Here ... Republican Rep. McMorris Rodgers on Broadband as Essential Infrastructure Fri, February 20, 2015 | Posted by lgonzalez President Obama is not the only Washington politician who is coming out to describe broadband networks as critical infrastructure. Cathy McMorris Rodgers , a Republican Representative for the 5th congressional district in the state of Washington recently said the same at the Internet Policy Conference, hosted by the Internet Education Foundation in Washington DC. C-SPAN televised the event and here is McMorris Rodgers as she addresses the question of how involved the federal government should be in developing rural networks. ... Watch the Clip Here ... Community Broadband Media Roundup - February 20 Sat, February 21, 2015 | Posted by rebecca Next week the FCC will make a landmark decision that will affect the future of community networks. Here's a roundup of stories. Hate Your Internet Service Provider? You Should Have Feb. 26 Circled on Your Calendar by Daniel B. Kline, Motley Fool The state of city-run Internet by Allan Holmes, Center for Public Integrity The Center and Reveal revisited Tullahoma, Tennessee and Fayetteville, North Carolina, where state laws restrict municipal broadband growth. How Will the Fight over Public ISPs and Net Neutrality Play Out? by Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American In an effort to sort through these and other issues impacting how people will access and use the Internet for years to come, Scientific American spoke with Lev Gonick, CEO of OneCommunity, an ISP for Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and another 1,800 public-benefit organizations in northeastern Ohio. ?The idea of local governments taking it upon themselves to improve community broadband speeds has caught on in recent years, particularly in towns and cities that host major universities craving greater network bandwidth .? ... Hey Pardner, the Rest of the Roundup Is Here ... -- You can always find our most recent stories and other resources at http://MuniNetworks.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Community Networks Weekly Updates" group. 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URL: From steve at dcn.org Thu Feb 26 15:57:25 2015 From: steve at dcn.org (Steve McMahon) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:57:25 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Meeting 3/4/15 6pm & CITY COUNCIL In-Reply-To: <54EFACDF.1060804@omsoft.com> References: <54EFACDF.1060804@omsoft.com> Message-ID: FYI, all, materials regarding the Yolo LAFCO broadband report are available at: http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/yolo-lafco/shared-services-initiative/yolo-broadband The report recommends -- with no ambivalence at all -- that the City of Davis "Adopt General Plan policies that incorporate broadband as a public utility and create a policy framework to promote its deployment in public and private projects as appropriate. " Their survey also does not report any percentage at all of residents with Internet speeds that would count as broadband under FCC definitions, though they did say that there were individual reports of speeds up-to 57mbps. Just a note on earlier discussions: I think the release of this report ends the period during which we might think the issue was under the radar. We're out, and we might as well get talking to the politicians. We can be sure that Comcast and AT&T will be. Steve On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > Hi > > So went to the Connected Capital Area Consortium meeting this week and > found out that Winters CA will invest in putting in Fiber. I really know no > more details than that, didn't get to talk with the mayor or anything. > > The Yolo LAFCO ED Christine Crawford will be at City Council on 3.3 to > present the "Yolo County Broadband Plan" recommendations for Davis. The > consultant from Magellan Advisors was with Christine at the CCAC meeting, > so, likely hes in town doing all the meetings with her. > > I do not know what time it will be at the city council, or if there will > be public comment or what, but should tomorrow. I'll plan on attending if > its reasonably timed, and they are looking for public input. Anyone else > would be welcome (especially since I have another committmetn that night > I'd like not to break) but I think it would be good for the council to hear > from citizens that we do not want, yet another monopoly. > > Thanks > > -- > Rob Nickerson > > CEO > Om Networks > UCD Class of 96 > C: 530-848-3865 > > If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good > recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or > yelp.com . > Please like us on Facebook > . and put us in your > circle at Google+ > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at dcn.org Fri Feb 27 08:26:47 2015 From: steve at dcn.org (Steve McMahon) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:26:47 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Meeting 3/4/15 6pm & CITY COUNCIL In-Reply-To: References: <54EFACDF.1060804@omsoft.com> Message-ID: The City has posted its agenda for the March 3 meeting, which includes the staff report on the Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. The staff report summarizes the broadband report and recommends actions. Oddly enough, the staff report omits community broadband from its listing of the broadband report recommendations. This is a bit disturbing, but we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that this is deliberate. Staff may be planning to highlight that in their presentation. If staff does not highlight the community broadband recommendation, anybody who speaks on Tuesday should be ready to note that omission. There will be at least some council members, and certainly much of the public, who will be relying on the staff report and will not have read they lengthy Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. Steve On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Steve McMahon wrote: > FYI, all, materials regarding the Yolo LAFCO broadband report are > available at: > http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/yolo-lafco/shared-services-initiative/yolo-broadband > > The report recommends -- with no ambivalence at all -- that the City of > Davis "Adopt General Plan policies that incorporate broadband as a public > utility and create a policy framework to promote its deployment in public > and private projects as appropriate. " > > Their survey also does not report any percentage at all of residents with > Internet speeds that would count as broadband under FCC definitions, though > they did say that there were individual reports of speeds up-to 57mbps. > > Just a note on earlier discussions: I think the release of this report > ends the period during which we might think the issue was under the radar. > We're out, and we might as well get talking to the politicians. We can be > sure that Comcast and AT&T will be. > > Steve > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > >> Hi >> >> So went to the Connected Capital Area Consortium meeting this week and >> found out that Winters CA will invest in putting in Fiber. I really know no >> more details than that, didn't get to talk with the mayor or anything. >> >> The Yolo LAFCO ED Christine Crawford will be at City Council on 3.3 to >> present the "Yolo County Broadband Plan" recommendations for Davis. The >> consultant from Magellan Advisors was with Christine at the CCAC meeting, >> so, likely hes in town doing all the meetings with her. >> >> I do not know what time it will be at the city council, or if there will >> be public comment or what, but should tomorrow. I'll plan on attending if >> its reasonably timed, and they are looking for public input. Anyone else >> would be welcome (especially since I have another committmetn that night >> I'd like not to break) but I think it would be good for the council to hear >> from citizens that we do not want, yet another monopoly. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Rob Nickerson >> >> CEO >> Om Networks >> UCD Class of 96 >> C: 530-848-3865 >> >> If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good >> recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or >> yelp.com . >> Please like us on Facebook >> . and put us in your >> circle at Google+ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: >> >> http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start >> >> Davisgig mailing list >> Davisgig at list.omsoft.com >> http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From omrob at omsoft.com Fri Feb 27 10:25:43 2015 From: omrob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:25:43 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Meeting 3/4/15 6pm & CITY COUNCIL In-Reply-To: References: <54EFACDF.1060804@omsoft.com> Message-ID: <54F0B6A7.2080808@omsoft.com> Hi Does anyone know when the public could make comments on this issue? Would it be at the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting? Or would it be during the issue's presentation at say 8:30pm-8:45 pm ? Thx RAN On 2/27/2015 8:26 AM, Steve McMahon wrote: > The City has posted its agenda for the March 3 meeting, which includes > the staff report on the Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. The staff > report > > summarizes the broadband report and recommends actions. > > Oddly enough, the staff report omits community broadband from its > listing of the broadband report recommendations. This is a bit > disturbing, but we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that this is > deliberate. Staff may be planning to highlight that in their presentation. > > If staff does not highlight the community broadband recommendation, > anybody who speaks on Tuesday should be ready to note that omission. > There will be at least some council members, and certainly much of the > public, who will be relying on the staff report and will not have read > they lengthy Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. > > Steve > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Steve McMahon > wrote: > > FYI, all, materials regarding the Yolo LAFCO broadband report are > available at: > http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/yolo-lafco/shared-services-initiative/yolo-broadband > > > The report recommends -- with no ambivalence at all -- that the > City of Davis "Adopt General Plan policies that incorporate > broadband as a public utility and create a policy framework to > promote its deployment in public and private projects as > appropriate. " > > Their survey also does not report any percentage at all of > residents with Internet speeds that would count as broadband under > FCC definitions, though they did say that there were individual > reports of speeds up-to 57mbps. > > Just a note on earlier discussions: I think the release of this > report ends the period during which we might think the issue was > under the radar. We're out, and we might as well get talking to > the politicians. We can be sure that Comcast and AT&T will be. > > Steve > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Robert Nickerson > wrote: > > Hi > > So went to the Connected Capital Area Consortium meeting this > week and found out that Winters CA will invest in putting in > Fiber. I really know no more details than that, didn't get to > talk with the mayor or anything. > > The Yolo LAFCO ED Christine Crawford will be at City Council > on 3.3 to present the "Yolo County Broadband Plan" > recommendations for Davis. The consultant from Magellan > Advisors was with Christine at the CCAC meeting, so, likely > hes in town doing all the meetings with her. > > I do not know what time it will be at the city council, or if > there will be public comment or what, but should tomorrow. > I'll plan on attending if its reasonably timed, and they are > looking for public input. Anyone else would be welcome > (especially since I have another committmetn that night I'd > like not to break) but I think it would be good for the > council to hear from citizens that we do not want, yet another > monopoly. > > Thanks > > -- > Rob Nickerson > > CEO > Om Networks > UCD Class of 96 > C: 530-848-3865 > > If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good > recommendation at daviswiki.org , > and/or yelp.com > . > Please like us on Facebook > . and put us > in your circle at Google+ > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig -- Rob Nickerson CEO Om Networks UCD Class of 96 C: 530-848-3865 If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or yelp.com . Please like us on Facebook . and put us in your circle at Google+ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at dcn.org Fri Feb 27 10:36:47 2015 From: steve at dcn.org (Steve McMahon) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 10:36:47 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Meeting 3/4/15 6pm & CITY COUNCIL In-Reply-To: <54F0B6A7.2080808@omsoft.com> References: <54EFACDF.1060804@omsoft.com> <54F0B6A7.2080808@omsoft.com> Message-ID: The Council's general method of operation is to take comments on agenda items during the agenda item. They discourage comments on agenda items during the general comment period at the beginning of the meeting. However, if you state at the beginning of your comments that you have a schedule conflict, they'll usually allow the comment during the general period. On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know when the public could make comments on this issue? > > Would it be at the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting? > > Or would it be during the issue's presentation at say 8:30pm-8:45 pm ? > > Thx > RAN > > > > > > On 2/27/2015 8:26 AM, Steve McMahon wrote: > > The City has posted its agenda for the March 3 meeting, which includes the > staff report on the Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. The staff report > > summarizes the broadband report and recommends actions. > > Oddly enough, the staff report omits community broadband from its > listing of the broadband report recommendations. This is a bit disturbing, > but we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that this is deliberate. Staff may > be planning to highlight that in their presentation. > > If staff does not highlight the community broadband recommendation, > anybody who speaks on Tuesday should be ready to note that omission. There > will be at least some council members, and certainly much of the public, > who will be relying on the staff report and will not have read they lengthy > Yolo Broadband Strategic Plan. > > Steve > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Steve McMahon wrote: > >> FYI, all, materials regarding the Yolo LAFCO broadband report are >> available at: >> http://www.yolocounty.org/general-government/yolo-lafco/shared-services-initiative/yolo-broadband >> >> The report recommends -- with no ambivalence at all -- that the City of >> Davis "Adopt General Plan policies that incorporate broadband as a >> public utility and create a policy framework to promote its deployment in >> public and private projects as appropriate. " >> >> Their survey also does not report any percentage at all of residents >> with Internet speeds that would count as broadband under FCC definitions, >> though they did say that there were individual reports of speeds up-to >> 57mbps. >> >> Just a note on earlier discussions: I think the release of this report >> ends the period during which we might think the issue was under the radar. >> We're out, and we might as well get talking to the politicians. We can be >> sure that Comcast and AT&T will be. >> >> Steve >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Robert Nickerson >> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> So went to the Connected Capital Area Consortium meeting this week and >>> found out that Winters CA will invest in putting in Fiber. I really know no >>> more details than that, didn't get to talk with the mayor or anything. >>> >>> The Yolo LAFCO ED Christine Crawford will be at City Council on 3.3 to >>> present the "Yolo County Broadband Plan" recommendations for Davis. The >>> consultant from Magellan Advisors was with Christine at the CCAC meeting, >>> so, likely hes in town doing all the meetings with her. >>> >>> I do not know what time it will be at the city council, or if there will >>> be public comment or what, but should tomorrow. I'll plan on attending if >>> its reasonably timed, and they are looking for public input. Anyone else >>> would be welcome (especially since I have another committmetn that night >>> I'd like not to break) but I think it would be good for the council to hear >>> from citizens that we do not want, yet another monopoly. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> Rob Nickerson >>> >>> CEO >>> Om Networks >>> UCD Class of 96 >>> C: 530-848-3865 >>> >>> If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good >>> recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or >>> yelp.com . >>> Please like us on Facebook >>> . and put us in your >>> circle at Google+ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: >>> >>> http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start >>> >>> Davisgig mailing list >>> Davisgig at list.omsoft.com >>> http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig >>> >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing listDavisgig at list.omsoft.comhttp://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > > -- > Rob Nickerson > > CEO > Om Networks > UCD Class of 96 > C: 530-848-3865 > > If we have helped you in a positive way, please give us a good > recommendation at daviswiki.org , and/or > yelp.com . > Please like us on Facebook > . and put us in your > circle at Google+ > > _______________________________________________ > > Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts: > > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start > > Davisgig mailing list > Davisgig at list.omsoft.com > http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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