[1st-mile-nm] Colorado (Broadband) Innovation Initiative
Andrew Cohill
cohill at designnine.com
Mon Dec 10 05:52:36 PST 2007
> Gov. Bill Ritter today launched a comprehensive high-tech
> initiative that
> will consolidate and reform state government's fractured Information
> Technology operations and establish the state's first Innovation
> Council
> to spur advances in Colorado's technology sector.
>
The Governor's Innovation Council seems to lack any community or
regional representation, and most members seem to represent incumbent
providers. Certainly they should be involved (the incumbents), but
without community representation, some "innovative" public/private
partnership opportunities are likely to be missed.
Community broadband is fundamentally a different beast from
traditional networks. Different equipment is needed, different
architectures are needed, and different business models are needed.
Andrew
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