<div><div dir="auto">I think you’re missing an option for North Davis as a location? </div></div><div dir="auto">I’m east of 113 but west of railroad off Catalina Dr. </div><div dir="auto">Or am I reading it wrong?</div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div><div dir="auto">B</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 18:14 help--- via Davisgig-announce <<a href="mailto:davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org">davisgig-announce@list.davisgig.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davisgig.org/survey" target="_blank">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>
<br>
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="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davisgig.org/survey" target="_blank">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>
<br>
<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>
<br>
<br>
<b>ACTION</b><br>
<br>
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="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davisgig.org" target="_blank">www.davisgig.org</a>
by Citizens of Davis over the past 3 years.<br>
<br>
Davis Community Network, <a class="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dcn.org" target="_blank">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="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:help@dcn.org" target="_blank">help@dcn.org</a><br>
<br>
DavisGIG, <a class="m_2444887137023969926moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davisgig.org" target="_blank">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>
<br>
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