From rob at omsoft.com Fri Mar 9 15:44:08 2018 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 15:44:08 -0800 Subject: [Davisgig] Feasibility Study is done and OUT - Presented at City Council SOON Message-ID: <0cd75644-60c8-ffdf-4d5b-cc7a42b44623@omsoft.com> Hi Y'all So finally have a complete Feasibility Study in regards to municipal broadband for Davis. We got a great report from an excellent consultant. The Broadband Advisory Task Force and City staff did a great job reading and checking the report, and requesting pertinent changes, which were completely addressed by the Consultant. I'm very proud of everyone's effort to get this far. Tentatively this report will be presented to City Council on April 3rd, but that is not yet definite. We will email again about that at a closer date, and its very important that people that support this effort come and give public comment. The charter of the Broadband Task Force is now completed, yet the Task Force members feel the project requires more analysis in an effort to hopefully continue it forward. Please let City council know you appreciate their effort, and you want to see this continue. I'll also be starting a letter on Google Docs that I would like some help with. We'd be looking to get this letter, from DavisGIG,? to city staff by March 19th so it can be included in the packet that goes to City council along with the study, and other letters of support from other entities. Here is a link to the Study: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=att_3_davis_report_021918_final_draft.pdf Here are some thoughts: ??? 1. The network design is about twice the cost we were considering in 2016. There are a couple of reasons for this. ??? ??? - The network design is all Active Ethernet, not Passive Optical Network. This means 2 lasers for every user. It is very expensive, but it is very easily upgrade able and expandable in the ??? ????????? future. Its a 99.999% uptime design. Major distribution ring, 100 Gbps, between 6 well sites around town. 10 Gbps sub rings to neighborhood fiber huts with electronics at most??????? ??? arterial? roads feeding neighborhoods. PON would have less electronics and less fiber. ??? ??? - All labor is at California Prevailing Wage. ??? ??? - Its assumed purchase of all new buildings for the CO, all new vehicles, ??? ??? - There is a 10% construction contingency which can be eliminated with good work by the BATF going forward and hard numbers and bids are delivered. ??? 2. The Construction and Operation of a municipal Fiber network will not "pay for itself" with revenue bonds, at the pricing that is established. If there is some other form of public support from a parcel tax or utility fee it is cash positive. This study is very very conservative, and really only looks at residential and business parcel revenues solely at a very middle/low retail rate. ??? ??? - There are no revenues included from leasing fiber for 5G cell phone networks ??? ??? - There are no revenues included from general "economic development" that comes along with having an innovative Internet platform in the community. ??? ??? - There are no revenues from potential institutional partners UCD, and DJUSD ??? ??? - The revenues from Apartment Complexes are uncertain, and low due to the uncertain nature of operating in MDUs ??? ??? - There are no comparative costs and benefits for any Smart City type applications or benefits the City might see. ??? 3. The most feasible model of all is a RETAIL model, where the City works with one entity or vendor, could be a local ISP, co-op,? or not for profit to operate and manage the network on behalf of the City, which would retain all revenues. The DavisGIG OPEN access model, with one wholesaler concessionaire "operating and maintaining the network" and multiple ISPs selling services is NOT as feasible because the city would only get wholesale revenues, versus full retail revenues. The consultant also feels smaller ISPs are under capitalized and not as successful populating the network with users.? This is just based on other communities doing this in the US, not Europe, and not here in California. ??? What is really important from my Point of View, is that the Broadband Advisory Task Force, as a whole, thinks that some sort of publicly owned fiber network is good for Davis. It is interested in continuing its effort to try and make it happen by working closely with Apartment Complex owners, surveying residents for interest, getting commitments from institutional partners, and hard costs from vendors. ??? This effort is very much still dynamic, alive and moving forward. Please tell your neighbors, and keep your eye on the Council agenda to come and speak in support. ALSO - READ The study we all had a hand in getting DONE! ??? Take Care ??? RAN -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com From rob at omsoft.com Mon Mar 19 16:12:02 2018 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:12:02 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Letter of Support for Municipal Broadband from DavisGIG Message-ID: <02c7d92f-21b9-9641-92cf-19a79308a275@omsoft.com> Hi Here is a letter I started putting together. REALLY need some ancillary good benefits of what the fiber might bring to the town, but any criticism is helpful.? Please put in on the bulleted list. This is just a draft, and has not really been closely edited. I will need to get it to city staff by Friday at the latest. Looks like according to Sarah Worley things are still good for April 3rd. We'll see what time it comes in at. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u0lVhRTWZHn07M4qUXNbbV11cOE6EYE-Z1qAbLIZFi4/edit?usp=sharing Any and all help is appreciated. Take Care -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com From flcli at ucdavis.edu Mon Mar 19 16:29:25 2018 From: flcli at ucdavis.edu (Fei Li) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:29:25 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Letter of Support for Municipal Broadband from DavisGIG In-Reply-To: <02c7d92f-21b9-9641-92cf-19a79308a275@omsoft.com> References: <02c7d92f-21b9-9641-92cf-19a79308a275@omsoft.com> Message-ID: I wonder if we can collect pledges from companies that would come to Davis once they get access to municpal fiber? > On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:12 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote: > > Hi > > > Here is a letter I started putting together. REALLY need some ancillary good benefits of what the fiber might bring to the town, but any criticism is helpful. Please put in on the bulleted list. This is just a draft, and has not really been closely edited. > > I will need to get it to city staff by Friday at the latest. > > Looks like according to Sarah Worley things are still good for April 3rd. We'll see what time it comes in at. > > Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u0lVhRTWZHn07M4qUXNbbV11cOE6EYE-Z1qAbLIZFi4/edit?usp=sharing > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > Take Care > > -- > Robert Nickerson > UCD Class of 1996 > CEO, Om Networks > > cell: 5308483865 > www.omsoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 rob at omsoft.com Fri Mar 23 14:05:28 2018 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:05:28 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Fwd: DavisGIG Letter of support for Council Packet around Feasibility Study In-Reply-To: <6f227c62-2868-3f8e-867d-cd57843f8b9b@omsoft.com> References: <6f227c62-2868-3f8e-867d-cd57843f8b9b@omsoft.com> Message-ID: Hi Everyone Thanks for helping get this document together, it has been sent today for inclusion in the packet that goes to council. Thanks RAN -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: DavisGIG Letter of support for Council Packet around Feasibility Study Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:04:11 -0700 From: Robert Nickerson To: sworley at cityofdavis.org , dparro at cityofdavis.org , Christopher Clements Hi Folks Please make sure this gets included in the City Council packet around the 4/3/2018 Feasibility Study Acceptance item. IT was composed and edited by DavisGIG volunteers. Thanks RAN -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DavisGIG _Council_03232018.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 134492 bytes Desc: not available URL: From omrob at omsoft.com Fri Mar 30 13:12:17 2018 From: omrob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:12:17 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Ok Folks Time to come speak up Message-ID: <7fb66d23-26cd-ca40-6484-5552206cea0f@omsoft.com> Hi Council item is at 8:30 pm on 4/2/2018 and there is an hour allocated. They want to hear from the public on this, and those of you that have been patiently waiting for 3 years, please come speak up. Oh, and now there is this... https://www.aclu.org/report/public-internet-option Take Care RAN -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com