<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Jim,<div class="">Can you say a little more? I’m a loyal Omsoft customer, inside the western edge of Davis. Omsoft’s signal is on AT&T’s UVerse copper wires, AFAIK, and since we’re at the hairy edge of the exchange distance, our bandwidth and reliability aren’t great.</div><div class="">“Fiber to the Om” <a href="https://www.omsoft.com/om-ftth/" class="">https://www.omsoft.com/om-ftth/</a> seems to be offered in spots in Davis, and is a collaboration with AT&T. From that page, it’s not clear why it’s only available in those spots, and whether they have plans to expand it.</div><div class="">-Ted<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 16, 2022, at 9:04 PM, Jim Frame <<a href="mailto:jhframe@dcn.org" class="">jhframe@dcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">It's kind of like what Omsoft has been doing in unincorporated Yolo County, except for the co-op part: sign up customers until commitments reach feasibility threshold, then build and service.<br class=""><br class="">On 11/16/2022 11:38 AM, John Steggall wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Interesting development...<br class="">ISP deploys fiber service with a wrinkle—the users themselves own each network<br class="">Despite costly Silicon Valley project, CEO says this isn't just for wealthy<br class=""><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/isp-deploys-fiber-service-with-a-wrinkle-the-users-themselves-own-each-network/" class="">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/isp-deploys-fiber-service-with-a-wrinkle-the-users-themselves-own-each-network/</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts:<br class="">http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start<br class="">Davisgig mailing list<br class="">Davisgig@list.omsoft.com<br class="">http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">-- <br class="">---------------------------------------------------------------------<br class="">Jim Frame <a href="mailto:jhframe@dcn.org" class="">jhframe@dcn.org</a> 530.756.8584<br class="">Frame Surveying & Mapping 609 A Street Davis, CA 95616<br class="">-----------------------< Davis Community Network >-------------------<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Please ref our wiki for details, documents and contacts:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start" class="">http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~help/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start</a><br class=""><br class="">Davisgig mailing list<br class="">Davisgig@list.omsoft.com<br class="">http://list.omsoft.com/mailman/listinfo/davisgig<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>