[Davisgig] Orbital Angular Momentum for Light + More ATT FTTH construction in Davis + Pessimism

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Hi

1) This is great news for fiber optic!

"It fits the scale of existing fiber technology and could be applied to 
increase the bandwidth, or potentially the processing speed, of that 
fiber by over 100 times within the next couple of years. This easy 
scalability and the massive impact it will have on telecommunications is 
what's so exciting."

Read more at: 
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-groundbreaking-technology-times-faster-internet-harnessing.html#jCp

  "It fits the scale of existing fiber technology and could be applied 
to increase the bandwidth, or potentially the processing speed, of that 
fiber by over 100 times within the next couple of years. This easy 
scalability and the massive impact it will have on telecommunications is 
what's so exciting."

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-groundbreaking-technology-times-faster-internet-harnessing.html

2)  ATT is now deploying Fiber to the Home in other parts of Davis. 
Notably Sycamore and 8th, perhaps others. If anyone has any intel on 
neighborhoods let us know. This is good for our community and  we 
welcome it. However, a community owned fiber optic network is still 
preferable for a variety of reasons. We now have better broadband 
options coming, which is somethign we set out to do in 2015.

3) A phone survey is forthcoming to asses interest among the community 
for investing in community owned and operated telecommunications 
infrastructure.  This will be a somewhat complicated survey, and we hope 
that consumer response is genuine and constructive.  Does anyone have 
any specific thoughts for or against sending out a postal flat to all 
the residents of Davis, educating  about the possibility of having 
community fiber and to be ready for this survey ? DavisGIG could use 
some of its collected funds to raise awareness, and it could be timed 
with the phone survey.

I will try and find out from City staff when the survey will take place. 
Its unclear to me if the canceled BATF meeting means the survey will be 
postponed.


Take Care

RAN





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