<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50227">One of the key issues that affects our whole community is the antiquated state of our telecommunications infrastructure.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50228"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50257">To address both quality of life and an economic development issues,
Davis needs to build take proactive steps to upgrade its
telecommunications/broadband network, replacing the current
Comcast-provided network (predominantly coaxial cable, with some fiber)
with an all-fiber to the premises (“FTTP”) <em id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50229"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50230">DavisGIG</strong></em>
network. Why DavisGIG? Because every home and business in Davis would
have lightning fast Internet speeds of up to one Gigabit (1000
Megabits) per second.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50235"><br></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50231">To accomplish that, the City has chartered a Broadband Advisory Task
Force (“BATF”) to study options for improved broadband access for the
City, and make recommendations of future courses of action to the City
Council. </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50232"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50259">The BATF in conjunction with Davis Community Network (“DCN”) is
currently seeking proposals for a FTTP Feasibility Study that will
present the recommended business direction and operating principles for
municipal delivery of fiber optic broadband services to every home and
business in Davis. </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50233"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50261">The Feasibility Study’s business plan, analysis and strategies will
focus on how the Davis FTTP market opportunity should be approached from
a range of business dimensions including marketing, product design and
pricing, organization structure, financial planning, and considerations
of risk and competitive behavior.</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50234" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50263" dir="ltr">Improving our telecommunications infrastructure will not only support
our community’s economic sustainability, it will also open up
opportunities for students in the DJUSD system as they think about their
career choices and electronically network/collaborate with people with
similar interests. The DJUSD robotics team CitrusCircuits is a perfect
example of how exciting that kind of collaboration can be.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50105" class="yahoo_quoted"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50104" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461343795043_50103" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>