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Hi Netizens of Davis<br>
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So over the past week, I've had a chance to meet with a city council
member, and have a phone call with Richard Lowenberg of Design Nine
and the 1st-mile Institute. These have been great experiences, and
I have the following items to share as it pertains to this effort.
In no particular order. <br>
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1) To move this into the political realm we can do one of two
things. WE can take a city task force approach where the city uses
informed citizens to study and evaluate different models and make
recommendations to city council, or we can do a community driven
effort, that aims to inform the public and the council and bring it
that way. In either case, we need to develop an actionable, voteable
proposition, to deliver to the voters to authorize the city to pass
a bond or whatever financing mechanism is utilized. I was informed
more of efforts from the POU community in Davis are using the
community driven approach and are having good success informing
council members, by hosting education style events, and doing most
of the planning work themselves making things happen with City of
Davis and PGE and Community Choice Aggregation <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/customerservice/energychoice/communitychoiceaggregation/index.page">http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/customerservice/energychoice/communitychoiceaggregation/index.page</a>.
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2) Any proposal that is to be put forward must have all other
options presented alongside so that the councilmembers can "choose"
between proposals. <br>
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3) The Muni Networks list and website is a good resource for
communitites that have implemented or are implementing communtiy
broadband. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.muninetworks.org/">http://www.muninetworks.org/</a><br>
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There is a conference on this in Austin in April. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bbcmag.com/2015s/">http://www.bbcmag.com/2015s/</a><br>
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If anyone wants to send me I'd be happy to go, perhaps with someone
who is also a better schmoozer. <br>
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4) With the assistance of Design Nine, we can leverage some of the
best financial and deployment planning available for these types of
projects. <br>
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5) Our plan (muni owned Layer 1+2) Retail (Layer 3 and up) is a good
model. Public private partnership is one of the preffered models
available for a community fiber deployment.<br>
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6) an investment firm in Australia is funding these projects in
communities around the world already, and would efinitley be
interested in our rollout. They have US offices. <br>
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See -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.macquarie.com/mgl/com/globalcapabilities/corporate/industry-specialisations/telecom-media-entertainment-technology">http://www.macquarie.com/mgl/com/globalcapabilities/corporate/industry-specialisations/telecom-media-entertainment-technology</a><br>
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They have financed the UTOPIA network in Utah. I just read their
page more closely and this is almost exactly the type of structure
described in the paper. <br>
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More at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.utopiaplanet.com">www.utopiaplanet.com</a> <br>
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However, I'd much rather we finance it ourselves, through a bond at
the State of California, or infrsatructure bank, or Department of
Commerce, than be operated and run by a private equity firm, as
forward looking as it is.<br>
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7) Davis could potentially aim high, perhaps get the university
involved in a symposium with the city, Davis Community Network, the
Davis Gig effort, and get national expertise and input on making
the best network. While we do this we are showcasing this model,
getting it implemented in Davis, and be an example for deployments
in other citiies.<br>
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Here's some next steps.<br>
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I'll talk to Richard McCann - a professional aquaintance, who is
working on CCA for Davis power needs, learn more about their
approach.<br>
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And, its time to meet at Sudwerk and see who can do what and get
down to some community networking, does next Wed, the 21st at like
6:30 or so seem a good date/time?<br>
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And, We need a webpage<br>
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Rob Nickerson <br>
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CEO<br>
Om Networks<br>
UCD Class of 96<br>
C: 530-848-3865<br>
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