<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>I would like to be involved during this city council meeting if possible and share my perspective as a business owner in Davis. I also own 502 Mace Blvd Building representing more than 8 businesses including Yolo First 5. </div><div>It is critical that we be less dependent on comcast's unreliable Internet service. I feel that we are a decade behind countries like South Korea and France when they get 100 MB starting effective speed for less than $40 Euros per month. Here we pay at least $120 per month for a mere effective 30MB best case scenario. </div><div>This is unreal for a nation that claims technology leadership in the world and when you think that we are only 70 miles away from Silicon Valley. </div><div>I am willing to offer at least $1,000 donation provided this guarantees access to a FAST speed and reliable internet alternative to this town – I know many businesses who would donate more. Indeed having an independent alternative to reliable and fast speed internet is a smart investment in our community's future for residents AND supporting businesses. </div><div><br></div><div>Christian Renaudin </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">De : </span> Davisgig-announce <<a href="mailto:davisgig-announce-bounces@list.davisgig.org">davisgig-announce-bounces@list.davisgig.org</a>> on behalf of Robert Nickerson via Davisgig-announce <<a href="mailto:davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org">davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Répondre à : </span> <<a href="mailto:davisgig@list.omsoft.com">davisgig@list.omsoft.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date : </span> Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 11:57 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">À : </span> <<a href="mailto:davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org">davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc : </span> Robert Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob@omsoft.com">rob@omsoft.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Objet : </span> [Davisgig-announce] Moving the Project Forward<br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Hello Davisites </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Please READ – TLDR
– Make the City Council Meeting on Tues.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Our City Council
will take its first important step toward realizing our goal of a
community owned fiber optic network! Next Tuesday's 8/30/16 City
Council meeting will feature a report by the Broadband Advisory
Task Force, and a vote of affirmation in support of our important
work in procuring a feasibility study for fiber optic cable
deployment for all the homes and businesses in Davis. Assuming
this carries, the RFP will go forward as a request from, and
funded by, City of Davis. City council members will receive the
draft RFP in their materials packets and will vote on approval of
it for publishing. <br>
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This RFP is based on the one we DavisGIG developed some months back,
with some small changes.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">This is the
important first step. DavisGIG has raised funds for the study, and
building on that success, now the City Council will be stepping in
to fully fund this study, as well as the essential conduit and
infrastructure mapping, and code changes to implement a Dig Once
policy. DavisGIG and DCN will use your generously contributed
funds to support and sustain this effort through community
outreach efforts while this study, and others, like engineering,
and demand aggregation efforts, go forward. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">All of you,
DavisGIG, and the BATF, are about to take the very important step
of reclaiming network access from big investor owned entities, and
managing this ourselves, locally, in our own community. Lets work
together, if you think you have a worthwhile perspective to share,
come down, and give 3 minutes to tell the council members. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">This is a
milestone, and its important for citizens to come and speak at
public comment in support of this item, which will feature
presentations from Diane Parro, CIO City of Davis, and Chris
Clements, BATF Chair. This is the first meeting of the new City
Council, a new group of leaders, with an important agenda, and its
imperative they know how important a fiber optic deployment is to
our residents and businesses. They want to know the considered
opinion of citizens on this matter, and not just "X Company
sucks!!" or "I need more speeds.." <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">It will also be
great for them to see some more people supporting and working on,
DavisGIG, aside from Jeff M and I. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">A community owned
fiber optic network is an investment in our future. Not only will
it provide very reliable and cheaper Internet connections to
everyone now, we will help fund our city through our monthly
broadband payments, and get better service without the constant
worry of ever increasing Internet access bills. Furthermore,
building out our own telecommunications plant gives us lots of
options. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Our city will be
able to implement real time telemetry throughout its utility
operations, and realize lots of benefits unbounded network access
has to offer. See some of the exciting applications being
sponsored by US-Ignite at <a href="http://www.ignite.org/">www.us-ignite.org</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">So good job, as has
been told again and often, this is a multi year process, but our
work so far is starting to bear significant results. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">Thank you for your
continued interest and engagement.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">RAN<br>
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