<div dir="ltr"><div>I would be glad to send an email to the addresses listed. Can you please provide some sample text that i might use? Not enough time to study proposal right now.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mike<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 5:20 PM Omsoft Systems Administration 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi All<br>
<br>
Specifically, some City Staff have invited a MAJOR private Fiber carrier <br>
into town, and giving them free use of city conduit to build out in <br>
exchange for 12 fibers between some city buildings. . the justification <br>
is comcast will start charging now that the inet is overand the comcast <br>
franchise is expired. This will serve as a basis for a residential build <br>
out by wave, generating another physical monopoly on internet, the fiber <br>
based kind. Comcast has a cable infrastructure monopoly, att has a phone <br>
one.<br>
<br>
<br>
This does not pump broadband money back into the city.<br>
<br>
this does not provide lower pricing through competition.<br>
<br>
This does not allow business and homes to be securely and privately <br>
connected<br>
<br>
this does not give our major School, City, and Public facilities <br>
Internet access for a one time cost.<br>
<br>
It does not allow for an entrepreneur to come along and sell a new <br>
product to our marketplace.<br>
<br>
this does not see to privacy, net neutrality or digital divide.<br>
<br>
Check out this video from a company that makes a software product that <br>
could be one of the ones to run our network.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC-eqnU_eL8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC-eqnU_eL8</a><br>
<br>
In Ammon Id right now, 100 MBps is $10 per month. Why ? Competition on a <br>
municipal owned fiber plant.<br>
<br>
This does not do anything innovative or interesting with a Davis fiber <br>
ecosystem, as it will be under lock and key. Don't get me wrong, I'm <br>
happy to have wave come and compete on community owned fiber, and <br>
others of course as well .just Not on an exclusive basis. Once this is <br>
done, there is no other physical infrastructure coming that replaces <br>
fiber. once fiber is built out with a private company, its just all <br>
locked up with them.<br>
<br>
This meeting is the MOST IMPORTANT MEETING of this entire process. If <br>
you still care or do care about making this, please come and give a <br>
public comment. Or mail one to<br>
<br>
<a href="mailto:sworley@cityofdavis.org" target="_blank">sworley@cityofdavis.org</a> and <a href="mailto:clements@ucdavis.edu" target="_blank">clements@ucdavis.edu</a><br>
<br>
Make no mistake, if this is allowed to proceed, DavisGIG, a community <br>
fiber plant that could unleash all sorts of good things, is dead.<br>
<br>
Sorry to be grim, but that is what is going on.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
RAN<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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