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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">So I just sent this out to the
davisgig-announce, and the dcn-announce list. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Survey in final form. If someone
wants to post this to their neighborhood nextdoor.com or on
facebook, that would be appreciated. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Ill get the East Davis one now.
Maybe we can encourage people to post in the thread if they took
the survey . <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Thanks</div>
<div class="moz-forward-container">RAN<br>
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<td>Municipal Broadband Phone Survey Happening Now</td>
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<td>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:10:19 -0800</td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:help@dcn.org">help@dcn.org</a></td>
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<td>DavisGIG Committee of DCN</td>
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<td>Robert Nickerson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:omrob@dcn.org"><omrob@dcn.org></a></td>
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<p>Hello Davisites,</p>
<p>DavisGIG is pleased to report the City is conducting a phone
survey about city owned fiber optic broadband that is now under
way. We are also conducting a web version of the survey at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.davisgig.org/survey" moz-do-not-send="true">www.davisgig.org/survey</a>.
Please see this letter below that is being sent to 20000
households and business in Davis, thanks to your support and
donations. <br>
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Thanks for your time, and as we have said multiple times in the
past. Brand new, publicly owned telecommunications
infrastructure, is worthwhile, will last decades, and takes time
to implement!</p>
<p><b>Davis, CA</b> has a Task Force evaluating municipal
ownership of Fiber Optic Internet Infrastructure. This would
mean our community would invest in the construction of
publicly-owned "tubes" to the Internet. Fiber Optic is the
single best, most reliable Internet carrier cable. It lasts
decades, and the lasers used to send Internet packets down the
thin glass tubes are easy, and inexpensive to upgrade, and
continuously improved.<br>
<br>
As an important part of its process for evaluating community
fiber for Davis, the City's Task Force wants to hear your
opinion. The Broadband Advisory Task Force has commissioned a
phone survey to help it assess interest in a municipal broadband
network for Davis.<br>
<br>
The survey begins 11/13 and lasts for a few weeks. In addition,
DavisGIG has a short form survey at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.davisgig.org/survey" moz-do-not-send="true">www.davisgig.org/survey</a>.
We strongly encourage you to prepare and respond to this phone
survey as well as the web-based one. Please have your broadband
bill and speeds at hand in order to respond to the interviewer.<br>
<br>
Make your City more resilient, see to its long term fiscal
solvency, and reduce your monthly broadband bills with community
fiber.<br>
<br>
<b>Unleash the talent.</b><br>
<br>
Municipal broadband disrupts the market dominance of the 2 main
carriers. A community-owned open fiber network would unleash
Internet R&D activity in Davis as citizens and entrepreneurs
use it for superior Internet access, reliability and
performance. In addition to super-fast Internet access, a
municipal broadband network will bring new opportunities<br>
<br>
New businesses and entrepreneurs will be able to use this fiber
network, managed and operated by a local non-profit, to develop
the next wave of Internet Apps, Tools and Protocols.<br>
<br>
Residents and businesses will be able to make high-speed, secure
and private Internet connections between home and office, or
school and home, home and home, or two branches of an office,
through a web based software tool.<br>
<br>
Community Ownership and management means smart network growth
planning, and an economic development toolbox, delivering highly
available roaring fast network capacity and infrastructure for
community members, entrepreneurs and businesses. Davis Community
Network (DCN), a long time local non profit, is ready to play a
key role in managing these infrastructure assets to benefit the
community<br>
<br>
<b>Secure the Future.</b><br>
<br>
In addition to a huge economic development driver and tool for
entrepreneurs, a community network could be open to multiple
competitors ending the lock big Telecoms have. More competition
will generate lower prices.<br>
<br>
Telecom companies are charging monopoly prices because they
control the delivery of Internet access to your property. Our
town can disrupt the current Internet access market in Davis
with its own community-owned delivery system, leased to multiple
ISP companies, creating competition. Walk away from the no-win
situation and its ever-increasing pricing, which regularly sees
Internet bundle bills of $150 and UP for a typical family.<br>
<br>
More important, though, is the fact that community ownership
means that a new source of monthly recurring revenue will come
to the City in the form of lease fees paid by providers to use
its municipally-owned fiber network.<br>
<br>
This means that community-owned fiber is an opportunity for all
our citizens to REDIRECT their monthly telecommunications budget
away from Telecom Giants, and directly back into Davis.<br>
<br>
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<b>Every kid and senior on the Network.</b><br>
<br>
A community network can make sure that all homes in Davis,
regardless of income level or opportunities, have equal access
to the single most important infrastructure of the 21st century.
Through this network we can ensure that all the students
enrolled in our schools have access to the best Internet Access
available anywhere. World Class Internet Facilities for every
home and business parcel will address the digital divide and
provide education opportunities for students and Telehealth
options for seniors.<br>
<br>
<b>Build the Smarter City.</b><br>
<br>
Having a community-owned network means having the necessary
asset to build a smart city. Ubiquitous Fiber Optic
infrastructure is the single most important asset to have in
place for the development of Smart City strategies which are
needed NOW to cope with climate change, population, and quality
of life issues.<br>
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<b>ACTION</b><br>
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A phone survey will be conducted starting 11/13/18 and
continuing for a few weeks. Please make sure you are prepared
with your broadband bill, any comments, and your service speeds.
Please provide the time to take the phone survey and respond to
all of its questions. So that you don't hang up right away, the
interviewer will lead with "The City of Davis is asking citizens
to participate in this survey that looks at high speed Internet
in the City."<br>
<br>
<br>
This flier was produced by Davis GIG and Davis Community
Network, and paid for by donations to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.davisgig.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.davisgig.org</a>
by Citizens of Davis over the past 3 years.<br>
<br>
Davis Community Network, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.dcn.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.dcn.org</a>,
is a 501c3 non profit which was started in 1993 to bring Dial Up
Internet Access to City of Davis. It has supported a wide
variety of community organizations since then with free Internet
resources, and for the last 2 years has been focused on
municipal broadband. We encourage anyone interested in joining
the organization to contact us by email at <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:help@dcn.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">help@dcn.org</a><br>
<br>
DavisGIG, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.davisgig.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.davisgig.org</a>,
was started as a citizen group in 2015 to advocate for better
Internet Access for Davis in the form of a city-owned,
community-operated Fiber Optic Network that would be leased to
ISPs on an open access basis. Since then it has seen success
with improved options for broadband from the Telco Giants, but
continues to advocate for the community to ensure its digital
future by owning and operating its own internet infrastructure.<br>
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