[Davisgig] Recently in Community Networks... Week of 7/5

Christopher Mitchell christopher at newrules.org
Tue Jul 5 09:02:01 PDT 2016 

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CityLink Telecommunications in Albuquerque Prefers Open Access - Community
Broadband Bits Podcast 208
<https://muninetworks.org/content/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast>
Tue, June 28, 2016 | Posted by christopher
<https://muninetworks.org/users/christopher>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast>

A small telecommunications company in Albuquerque embodies much of the
philosophy that has powered the Internet. And CityLink Telecommunications
President John Brown credits Vint Cerf for some of that inspiration.

John Brown joins us for episode 208 of the Community Broadband Bits
podcast, where we talk not just about how enthusiastic he is for open access
<https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term625>, but how he writes open
access requirements into contracts to ensure CityLink would continue to
operate on an open access basis even if he were struck down by an errant
backhoe.

We also discuss the Internet of Things and security before finishing with a
discussion of how he thinks the city of Albuquerque should move forward
with his firm to save money and improve Internet access across the
community. We also touch on Santa Fe's decision to work with a different
company in building their short spur to bypass a CenturyLink bottleneck.

... Listen to the Show Here
<https://muninetworks.org/content/citylink-telecommunications-albuquerque-prefers-open-access-community-broadband-bits-podcast>
... Read the transcript from this show here
<https://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-208>
 ...

Colorado Communities Opting Out: The List Grows...and Grows...and Grows
<https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows>
Mon, June 27, 2016 | Posted by lgonzalez
<https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows>

Recently, Christopher spoke with Glenwood Springs, Colorado
<https://muninetworks.org/content/glenwood-springs-shares-lessons-learned-community-broadband-bits-podcast-206>,
about their venture into providing high-quality Internet access for the
community. They were, to our knowledge, the first Colorado community to
pass a referendum reclaiming local telecommunications authority. The voters
in Glenwood Springs chose to opt out of SB 152 and reclaim that authority
in 2008.

Last fall was a banner season
<https://muninetworks.org/content/voters-quiet-drums-polls-colorado> for
local communities deciding to no longer be limited by the state
restrictions borne out of big cable lobbying. More than four dozen
municipalities and counties voted on the issue and all of them passed, many
with huge margins. In the spring of this year, nine more towns joined the
fray
<https://muninetworks.org/content/more-colorado-communities-shut-out-state-barriers-voting-booth>,
includingMancos
<https://muninetworks.org/content/mancos-voters-latest-decide-local-authority-colorado>,
Fruita, and Orchard City. There are also over 20 counties and number of
school districts that have taken the issue to voters and voters responded
overwhelmingly saying, “*YES! WE WANT LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY*!”

... See our List of Opt-Out Counties and More Information About the
Colorado Law ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/colorado-communities-opting-out-list-growsand-growsand-grows>

Soon, Faster Internet Service For Santa Cruz's Small Businesses
<https://muninetworks.org/content/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses>
Wed, June 29, 2016 | Posted by hannah
<https://muninetworks.org/users/hannah>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses>

As the city of Santa Cruz <http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/> and local Internet
service provider Cruzio <http://cruzio.com/> bring their negotiations to a
close, the parties have been working diligently to dot all the *i's*and
cross all the *t's*. Announced in June 2015
<https://muninetworks.org/content/santa-cruz-fiber-project-cruzio>, this
public private partnership intends to build a multi-million dollar fiber
network throughout the city.

According to Cruzio's most recent blog update
<http://cruzio.com/2016/04/look-going-santa-cruz-fiber-project-year/>:

[W]e’ve been locked away in our Santa Cruz Fiber Project underground bunker
with our partners at the City, engaging in high-level cogitation, extreme
fine-tuning and the general hashing out of every little detail of the
project and the agreement.

Local news station KION covered the benefits of faster Internet service
<http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/faster-internet-speeds-to-help-businesses-in-santa-cruz/39859714>,
especially for the small business community in Santa Cruz. The news station
also includes a clip from a recent “City Hall to You
<http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/what-s-new/city-hall-to-you>” community
meeting where people learned more about the network.

... Read the Rest of the Story Here ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/soon-faster-internet-service-santa-cruzs-small-businesses>

The Tacoma Click Saga of 2015: Part 4: Accumulating Spillover Effects
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-4-accumulating-spillover-effects>
Tue, June 28, 2016 | Posted by ternste
<https://muninetworks.org/users/ternste>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-4-accumulating-spillover-effects>

*This is the last in a four part series about the Click network in Tacoma,
Washington, where city leaders spent most of 2015 considering a plan to
lease out all operations of this municipal network to a private company.
Part 4 highlights Click’s often unseen “spillover effects” on the City of
Tacoma’s economy and telecom marketplace over the network’s nearly 2
decades in operation, contributions that Tacoma should expect to persist
and even expand in the future.*

*We published Part 3
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-3>, an
analysis of why the municipal network is positioned to thrive in the years
ahead within the modern telecommunications marketplace on June 21st.
In Part 2 <https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2>,
published on June 7, we reviewed why Tacoma Public Utilities considered the
possibility of leasing out all of the Click operations. On May 31, we
published Part 1
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-1>, which
reviewed the community's plans for the network.*

*Part 4: Click’s Accumulating “Spillover Effects”*

Regardless of any impending changes with Tacoma Click’s operations, it’s
clear that the network has and will continue to support and enhance the
overall economic interests and the public good in the City of Tacoma.
“Spillover
effects <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillover_effect>” - the benefits to
the community that don’t show up clearly in any financial statements - tend
to appear after communities developing their own municipal broadband
networks.

... Read our Final Installment Here
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-4-accumulating-spillover-effects>
... Or Start at the Beginning Here
<https://muninetworks.org/content/tacoma-click-saga-2015-part-2> ...

Liberty and the Farm: Internet Access
<https://muninetworks.org/content/liberty-and-farm-internet-access>
Sat, July 02, 2016 | Posted by hannah
<https://muninetworks.org/users/hannah>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/liberty-and-farm-internet-access>

This 4th of July weekend invites us to celebrate the accomplishments of our
country. But, 23 million people in rural areas
<https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/2016-broadband-progress-report>
remain
without high-speed Internet access.

Rural areas cannot stay unconnected. Agriculture has become a high-tech
endeavor, and high-speed Internet access is necessary. Cooperatives, those
democratic institutions formed by rural farmers years ago, are becoming an
answer.

The Founding Fathers considered rural communities the life-blood of the
country. In 1785, Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Jay
<http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/69>, stated that:

“[C]ultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. they are the
most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, & they are tied to
their country & wedded to it’s liberty & interests by the most lasting
bands.”

... Read More About Rural Connectivity and Independence ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/liberty-and-farm-internet-access>

Saratoga Springs Launches Smart City Commission
<https://muninetworks.org/content/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission>
Thu, June 30, 2016 | Posted by Scott <https://muninetworks.org/users/scott>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission>

Saratoga Springs, New York  <http://www.saratoga-springs.org/>(pop. 5,600),
has launched a Smart City Commission, whose mission is to enhance
telecommunications and help the city become a leader in high-speed Internet
service.

The startup of the Smart City Commission, which held its first meeting in
March, comes as Saratoga Springs pursues becoming a model Intelligent
Community. City leaders have determined that the best way to acheive
Intelligent Community status, is to join Next Century Cities
<http://nextcenturycities.org/about-ncc/>(NCC), and to adopt the
organization's six guiding principles
<http://nextcenturycities.org/about-ncc/>:

   1. High-speed Internet is necessary infrastructure.
   2. The Internet is nonpartisan.
   3. Communities must enjoy self-determination.

... Read the Rest of the Principles and More Information Here (borrowed
from Next Century Cities) ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/saratoga-springs-launches-smart-city-commission>

Warren County, KY, RFI: Responses Due July 8th
<https://muninetworks.org/content/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th>
Mon, June 27, 2016 | Posted by lgonzalez
<https://muninetworks.org/users/lgonzalez>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th>

Warren County, Kentucky <http://www.warrencountyky.gov/>, issued a Request
for Information
<https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?eid=b2YwMjlxYjFlMmMwM2gzMGg4dmF1OThqNTQgd2FycmVuY291bnR5Ymlkc0Bt&ctz=America/Chicago&sf=true&output=xml#eventpage_6>
(RFI)
in June to find partners in order to improve connectivity for local
businesses and residents. County officials want to develop a
Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network and are willing to consider both
publicly owned and privately owned options. RFI responses are *due July 8th*
.

The community has prioritized the following in its RFI:

   1. A community-wide FTTP work to serve both businesses and homes
   2. An open access <https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term625> model to
   encourage competition
   3. A financially sustainable network
   4. A network that provides affordable base-level service for everyone

... More Details about the Warren County Here ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/warren-county-ky-rfi-responses-due-july-8th>

Bar Harbor Votes Down Funding For Study...This Time
<https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time>
Fri, July 01, 2016 | Posted by alexander
<https://muninetworks.org/users/alexander>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time>

On June 7th, Bar Harbor residents voted against funding
<http://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/broadband-funds-cut-2> the first
$50,000 of a $100,000 engineering study for a fiber network to connect
municipal facilities. A contentious 47-57 vote at the annual town meeting
erased the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) from the annual budget,
postponing progress on potential publicly owned Internet infrastructure.

*Decision Leaves Locals Stranded*

The town is still clinging to hopes that it can arrange a new agreement
with incumbent provider Charter Communications, who owns the majority of
fiber on Mount Desert Island, where the city is located. The franchise
<https://muninetworks.org/glossary/1#term12> agreement, inherited by
Charter Communications when it merged with Time Warner Cable, expired in
2014. Negotiations on a new agreement appeared to have stalled
<https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-maine-studies-muni-fiber-replace-time-warner-cable-franchise>
when
the incumbent wanted to begin charging the town access to its fiber. In the
prior agreement, municipal use of fiber o municipal facilities was a
service included without an additional fee.

... The Rest of the Story Here ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/bar-harbor-votes-down-funding-studythis-time>

Community Broadband Media Roundup - July 5
<https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5>
Tue, July 05, 2016 | Posted by Nick <https://muninetworks.org/users/nick>
<https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5>

*California*

Bill to shift how Calif. manages broadaband fund moves ahead
<http://statescoop.com/bill-to-shift-how-california-funds-broadband-adoption-studies-projects-in-public-housing-moves-ahead?mc_cid=2e0c7199fe&mc_eid=2910c7b52b>
by
Alex Koma, StateScoop



*Connecticut*

Utility pole rules could help high-speed Internet access
<http://www.courant.com/business/hc-utility-poles-broadband-20160624-story.html?mc_cid=c2f75e2462&mc_eid=2910c7b52b>
by
Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant

... Read the Rest of the Community Network Media Roundup Here ...
<https://muninetworks.org/content/community-broadband-media-roundup-july-5>

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