From rob at omsoft.com Thu Jun 1 10:11:41 2017 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 10:11:41 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] 5G coming to Sacramento big Verizon fiber build Message-ID: <6d7daa0d-f0d5-750a-1ad4-9fecd79ce520@omsoft.com> HI Folks - Looks like a big collaboration between Verizon and City of Sacramento getting access to municipal conduit and facilities for 5G. I see a lot of our DavisGIG economic development and usage language here. Boy it would be great if the City owned the fiber, conduit and everything to be able to provide a cell phone company light pole access. Here is a letter I just sent to Robb and Brett - if you all know the other council members please share. Hi Robb and Brett If we can get a DavisGIG style fiber network, the City will be in a great position to lease conduit, and dark fiber! to cell phone providers that want to deploy 5G. I think it will be a great, long term revenue source for the City. See this: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article153716914.html "According to the memo, the deal could bring residents free wifi in 27 parks for five years; digital kiosks with free lightning-fast service; traffic signals connected and controlled by a main city brain; and police cameras that can follow subjects. Verizon would build a fiber-optic backbone capable of supporting bandwidth-hungry new technologies. Steinberg said that would boost economic development by attracting companies eager to test products that rely on fast wireless connections ? such as self-driving cars." I'm encouraging you both to have the city invest in and own these fiber assets, that is where the long term value is. Community builds it, revenues stay with the community, Verizon builds it, you get great facilities, but all the revenue goes to Verizon. The Feasibility Study might not examine this particular model directly, DavisGIG, because its something locally developed, but please trust in your community members! If you want to discuss or meet let me know. Thx RAN -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com From steve at dcn.org Fri Jun 2 15:10:57 2017 From: steve at dcn.org (Steve McMahon) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 15:10:57 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Municipal Fiber Feasibility Study Update Message-ID: Hi DavisGIG folks, As part of the City of Davis' municipal fiber feasibility study, a pre-engineering survey is being conducted to get a ballpark figure for the cost of building the network. Yesterday, the Finley Engineering team for that survey met with a room full of COD folks as part of a site visit. I attended as an observer for the Broadband Advisory Task Force and wanted to let you know some of what I learned. The meeting was attended by representatives of Public Works, the City Manager's office, City IT and the City's Innovation Officer and vice-officer. Finley's two engineers reported that they're getting great assistance from the COD folks and are enthusiastic about their findings to-date. They expect to recommend that the project be entirely undergrounded (not on poles, even in neighborhoods that have them), using directional boring. The effect on streets should be minimal. They anticipate that there will be no above-ground "lawn furniture" (pedestals), instead using small underground vaults similar to (and possibly often next to) the vaults used for water meters. They're looking at a major backbone loop through the contiguous part of the city with extension loops crossing 113 and 80 to West and South Davis. Distribution nodes of the backbone would be located in 4-5 locations. It looks like the city already owns all the locations we should need for that. De-commissioned wells are a particularly good possibility. Individual fibers would run from those locations to each premises. Distribution would probably be a mix of GPON and active, depending on the needs of the consumer/business at the end of the line. Switching from one to another would be as easy as switching electronic cards. The engineers are including residential areas that adjoin the city, but aren't part of it (El Macero excluded as they're doing their own with Comcast). Individual units in Multi-Dwelling Units (aka apartment buildings) may be connected in many ways (or not connected at all if landlords don't do it), ranging from fiber in the walls to forms of ultra-fast DSL on pre-existing copper lines. That will largely be the responsibility of the owners. Connections to single-family homes and businesses will go to network demarcation boxes, like those we already have for telephone, typically on the side of houses. Let me emphasize that this is just some early information from the people doing the feasibility study. It is not complete engineering and it tells us little about whether or not we'll be able to come up with a business plan that works for Davis. But if you're like me, the details of possibilities are still exciting! Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve at dcn.org Sat Jun 3 09:15:30 2017 From: steve at dcn.org (Steve McMahon) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 09:15:30 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Ars Technica Article on FCC rules on apartment buildings Message-ID: A fascinating article on FCC rules on apartment buildings: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/exclusive-broadband-deals-between-isps-and-landlords-face-scrutiny-at-fcc/ Access to Multi-Dwelling Units will be a big economic issue for municipal fiber. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rob at omsoft.com Tue Jun 6 09:19:50 2017 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 09:19:50 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Fwd: Municipal Fiber Feasibility Study Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5df1e097-41dc-5c37-0fa6-38a987d4e3e6@omsoft.com> Hi folks, I put on emergency list moderation so this did not go out in a timely way. I'm resending it now so its at the top of your inbox Thx RAN -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Davisgig] Municipal Fiber Feasibility Study Update Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 15:10:57 -0700 From: Steve McMahon To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com Hi DavisGIG folks, As part of the City of Davis' municipal fiber feasibility study, a pre-engineering survey is being conducted to get a ballpark figure for the cost of building the network. Yesterday, the Finley Engineering team for that survey met with a room full of COD folks as part of a site visit. I attended as an observer for the Broadband Advisory Task Force and wanted to let you know some of what I learned. The meeting was attended by representatives of Public Works, the City Manager's office, City IT and the City's Innovation Officer and vice-officer. Finley's two engineers reported that they're getting great assistance from the COD folks and are enthusiastic about their findings to-date. They expect to recommend that the project be entirely undergrounded (not on poles, even in neighborhoods that have them), using directional boring. The effect on streets should be minimal. They anticipate that there will be no above-ground "lawn furniture" (pedestals), instead using small underground vaults similar to (and possibly often next to) the vaults used for water meters. They're looking at a major backbone loop through the contiguous part of the city with extension loops crossing 113 and 80 to West and South Davis. Distribution nodes of the backbone would be located in 4-5 locations. It looks like the city already owns all the locations we should need for that. De-commissioned wells are a particularly good possibility. Individual fibers would run from those locations to each premises. Distribution would probably be a mix of GPON and active, depending on the needs of the consumer/business at the end of the line. Switching from one to another would be as easy as switching electronic cards. The engineers are including residential areas that adjoin the city, but aren't part of it (El Macero excluded as they're doing their own with Comcast). Individual units in Multi-Dwelling Units (aka apartment buildings) may be connected in many ways (or not connected at all if landlords don't do it), ranging from fiber in the walls to forms of ultra-fast DSL on pre-existing copper lines. That will largely be the responsibility of the owners. Connections to single-family homes and businesses will go to network demarcation boxes, like those we already have for telephone, typically on the side of houses. Let me emphasize that this is just some early information from the people doing the feasibility study. It is not complete engineering and it tells us little about whether or not we'll be able to come up with a business plan that works for Davis. But if you're like me, the details of possibilities are still exciting! Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ 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 omrob at omsoft.com Thu Jun 29 15:34:00 2017 From: omrob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:34:00 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Clearfield Roadshow In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <958ee12d-7924-50d8-3790-3f1e3101310f@omsoft.com> Hi There is a Clearfield Roadshow event in Santa Cruz coming up. I'm going if anyone wants to ride... Clearfield is from MN, and they have great connectorized fiber products to look at, and you really get a sense of how everything works together. Plus you get to visit with the guys at CruzIO who are fantastic, and working a FTTH project in Santa Cruz. . Take Care RAN -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: CISPA-LIST-SERVER: Clearfield Roadshow and CISPA quarterly call July 18th Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:26:23 -0700 From: Frost Reply-To: members at cispa.org To: members at cispa.org Hi all, on July 18th at 2pm we have our first quarterly CISPA call of 2017. I?ll be leading this first call in an open discussion including an element on membership. I?d like to take this opportunity to invite anyone who?s within striking distance to sit in on the call here at Cruzio. The reasoning is twofold. First, we?d all get to see our fellow members? smiling faces. Second, Cruzio is hosting a fiber roadshow that day, info below: ----- July 18th at 11:30am we will be hosting the Clearfield Fiber roadshow truck. They?ll be showing all their tech, giving hands-on experience with all the things you will want to check out if you?re thinking about fiber. On top of that they?ll be serving a BBQ lunch. as before we?ll have some meeting space set aside for more sit-down chats with other folks doing what you?re doing. If you?re able please come visit and check out the Clearfield truck, it?s pretty valuable hands on experience. ----- Chris Frost Director of Technology and Infrastructure, Cruzio Internet President, California Internet Solution Provider Association 831.459.6301 x235 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: