From steggall at dcn.org Sat Jul 17 15:05:51 2021 From: steggall at dcn.org (John Steggall) Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 15:05:51 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] =?utf-8?Q?California=E2=80=99s_?=ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature Message-ID: Would be curious to hear people's thoughts on this... California?s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in last-mile grants. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/california-passes-historic-plan-for-statewide-open-access-fiber-network/ -js -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rl at 1st-mile.org Sat Jul 17 20:45:58 2021 From: rl at 1st-mile.org (Richard Lowenberg) Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 21:45:58 -0600 Subject: [Davisgig] =?utf-8?q?California=E2=80=99s_ambitious_fiber-Interne?= =?utf-8?q?t_plan_approved_unanimously_by_legislature?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2e7acdf17c1fbae3cc4f9c5c049fbeeb@1st-mile.org> I should wait for Davisites to respond, but I am compelled to say that this is excellent news, including the unanimous legislative vote. Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), has been at this for almost 15 years. She formerly headed the Bay Area Council. I met and briefly worked with her back in 2005, and recognized her as among the most capable people I'd ever worked with. I suspect that she played a major behind-the- scenes role in shaping this initiative, with close ties to the Biden Administration. I left Davis and DCN 15 years ago, to attempt this model in New Mexico. An open fiber middle-mile network, available to be transport for any service provider, connecting to a variety of 'first mile' networks and providers (landline and wireless). Public-private partnering and community ownership of local infrastructure, helps to make the economic model work for all. Bottom-up meets top-down. Win-win. Well, not quite that easy. All network best, RL On 2021-07-17 16:05, John Steggall wrote: > Would be curious to hear people's thoughts on this... > California?s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by > legislature > CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in > last-mile grants. > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/california-passes-historic-plan-for-statewide-open-access-fiber-network/ > > -js > -------------------------- Richard Lowenberg P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504 505-603-5200 www.richardlowenberg.com -------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director 1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200 Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504, rl at 1st-mile.org www.1st-mile.org --------------------------------------------------------------- From rob at omsoft.com Mon Jul 19 20:49:43 2021 From: rob at omsoft.com (Robert Nickerson) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:49:43 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] =?utf-8?q?California=E2=80=99s_ambitious_fiber-Interne?= =?utf-8?q?t_plan_approved_unanimously_by_legislature?= In-Reply-To: <2e7acdf17c1fbae3cc4f9c5c049fbeeb@1st-mile.org> References: <2e7acdf17c1fbae3cc4f9c5c049fbeeb@1st-mile.org> Message-ID: Hi? Davisites and Netizens Thanks for sharing this link.? Been waiting for a good time to see about this list and the DavisGIG effort as a whole. It is gratifying to see the state legislature wholeheartedly back open access fiber networks. Feel vindicated that we were on the right track with this type of deployment being of considerable benefit to our cities and economy.? Not everyone saw it that way, but leadership takes risks. Ernesto from EFF, one of the advocating orgs on this measure,? was one of the folks I talked to quite a bit about open access fiber networks while the City BATF process was ongoing. Its going to take some real grant writing and collaboration to receive these grants, or the current CASF ones,? but perhaps there is enough time to pull that together as it will take time to implement this program. 5 years ago community-owned open access fiber optic was a good idea and based on everything that has happened, still is. Having designed, built, and operated an underground FO network now over the last? years, we have some more insights and expertise to assist the community with this worthwhile goal. The construction company partner we work with seems to be pretty solid, and we are looking to help our community and County with the development of this critical infrastructure. Our financial model is asking for homeowners to cover our neighborhood install cost on a pro-rata share basis with monthly payments? up to 6 years Interest free. So it's a quick step from there to homeowners' owning the network. Perhaps our city wouldn't be a direct financial participant, but it could help a community owned 509c12 telecom coop in many non financial ways like conduit access, and site leases. DCN is holding onto enough collected DavisGIG money from 2016-2018 which could likely be used to help stand up a telecom coop here. Funds might be used either for moderate legal fees to create the legal structure of the coop (Articles, Bylaws, other organizing docs) or organizational assistance from NRTC.coop,? but I don't think the board in its current state has too much if any interest in running the coop, or tin the amount of effort it would take to make this happen. So we'd need to look to others in the community that feel this is an important issue. I'd think more people would need to be interested and involved to move that forward. Any interest to have some sort of in person or Zoom meeting to share ideas and explore feasibility? Alternately, if this moment is past, and we want to shut down the list and disburse the collected DavisGIG funds to another like minded non profit, we should deliberate and do? so. Thanks all and appreciate any thoughts you might have on the matter even if you love Comcast, Wave, and ATT. RAN > On 2021-07-17 16:05, John Steggall wrote: >> Would be curious to hear people's thoughts on this... >> California?s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by >> legislature >> CA to build middle-mile network open to all ISPs and give $2B in >> last-mile grants. >> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/07/california-passes-historic-plan-for-statewide-open-access-fiber-network/ >> >> >> -js >> > > -------------------------- > Richard Lowenberg > P.O.Box 8001, > Santa Fe, NM 87504 > 505-603-5200 > www.richardlowenberg.com > -------------------------- > -- Robert Nickerson UCD Class of 1996 CEO, Om Networks cell: 5308483865 www.omsoft.com From tech_dev at wildintellect.com Wed Jul 21 09:43:58 2021 From: tech_dev at wildintellect.com (Alex Mandel) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:43:58 -0700 Subject: [Davisgig] Fwd: Closing the Digital Divide: A Broadband Town Hall 7/22/21 In-Reply-To: <11213732.102704.1626884293823.JavaMail.root@lisapp2> References: <11213732.102704.1626884293823.JavaMail.root@lisapp2> Message-ID: Our local assembly member sent this invite, related to the bill that just passed, that we were discussing. Thought some of you might be interested. Thanks, Alex -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Closing the Digital Divide: A Broadband Town Hall 7/22/21 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:18:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Assemblymember.Aguiar-Curry at Outreach.assembly.ca.gov Reply-To: Assemblymember.Aguiar-Curry at assembly.ca.gov Narrowing the Digital Divide From Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry Broadband Town Hall Hero Graphic Narrowing the Digital Divide Para Espanol Button High-speed internet is as essential as electricity and running water, and everyone deserves affordable access to this utility. Especially in our rural areas, broadband access is a vital resource for schools, businesses, healthcare, and more. Bridging the digital divide is a legislative priority, and as your representative in the State Assembly, I am working hard to ensure all Californians are connected to the virtual world. The Legislature recently allocated $6 billion in a budget deal toward expanding internet access in California, which is a great victory. To talk about this latest effort and more, I will be taking part in a virtual town hall on broadband access, hosted by my colleague Assemblymember Robert Rivas, in partnership with local leaders that have been at the forefront of the fight for Internet for all. This event is an opportunity to hear about new state legislation and local initiatives currently underway to narrow the digital divide. We will also include a live Q&A session so we can hear from you about how the digital divide has affected you or your family. *Thursday, July 22 1 - 2 p.m.* Register to watch via Zoom or watch live on Facebook . I am honored to be speaking alongside: * Asm. Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) * Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) * Supervisor Luis Alejo (Monterey County, Dist. 1) * Supervisor Chris Lopez (Monterey County, Dist. 3) * Provost Vincent Del Casino, Jr. (San Jos? State University) * Dr. Carissa Purnell (Alisal Family Resource Center) Before you join the town hall, you can also learn about The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to temporarily reduce the cost of your internet if you fit into one of these categories: * Significant loss of income since February 29, 2020. * Income of less than 135% of the federal poverty line . * Qualify for certain federal or Tribal benefit programs. * Already qualify for an internet service provider's discount program. Visit the program's qualification guidelines for more information about your eligibility. Funds are only available until they run out, so apply today if you qualify! If you have any questions or concerns, my office is here to help. You can reach us at (530) 757-1034 in Davis or (707) 224-0440 in Napa. Get the Vaccine Stamp Graphic As always, stay safe and stay healthy. 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