[Davisgig] City of Palo Alto I-NET Agreement post DIVCA

[Steve McMahon]

Just to add another thought: we can expect that Comcast will make a very
reasonable bid (for the Davis INET continuation) if they think municipal
fiber is likely or even possible. That's the way they roll. They behave as
a competitor when there's competition and act to prevent development of
competition where there is little or none.

I'd really like us to be pushing the idea that competitive pricing from the
incumbents is the first benefit of municipal fiber.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Steve McMahon <steve at dcn.org> wrote:

> Palo Alto is on the Google Fiber list. That could be a resource that would
> affect bidding :) They've also laid a lot of their own fiber over the years.
>
> And ... this covers surprisingly little fiber to nodes. Most is between
> hubs. And the nodes for the primary user, the schools, aren't included.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Robert Nickerson <rob at omsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi
>>
>> One of our Arguments for DavisGIG has to do with the Comcast Cable
>> Franchise expiration, renewal through DIVCA (state franchise)  and the city
>> having to pay for its Inet fiber access.
>>
>> Looks like Palo Alto just went through that recently.
>>
>> So these are very generous terms compared to what I've seen in the market
>> place.
>> I bet city of Davis is going to use at least some of its 1.3 Million
>> telecom funds to address
>>  and fund a renewal of Inet Leases with Comcast.
>>
>> I wonder if Palo Alto  had any alternative to get them such a good rate.
>>
>> http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/31772
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
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