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[Tom Johnson]

Gee, Santa Fe needs better broadband.  Who would have thought?

-tj

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FYI
Dena

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From: City of Santa Fe Economic Development Division <
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Subject: News from City of Santa Fe Economic Development Division
To: dena400 at yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 11:15 AM

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While we continue to sift through the many comments and responses received
so far from the Roundtable event held in January, one item of interest that
came up in a number of comments was the question: what is the City doing to
increase the access to broadband in our community? We felt that we could
address this question directly by providing some background information,
current activities and next steps.



The City has been and continues to work toward providing access to
broadband.  To date the City has commissioned a number of studies which
provided a better perspective on the existing availability and pricing of
broadband services in the region. The results indicate that the lack of
adequate broadband infrastructure and affordable telecommunications services
has inhibited our overall economic growth potential as well as placed
roadblocks to our ability to provide for our public safety, health and
education.



The City has used these findings to seek private sector partnerships as well
as funding to build a municipal broadband network, the technical
specifications of which would put us in the top ten American cities for such
technology.. In the past two years the City has applied to a number of
private and public funding sources such as the Google Wired Cities
initiatives and the federal Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program
(BTOP). While these efforts have so far not yielded any funding allocations,
we continue to pursue other avenues, including public private partnerships
through a request for proposals (RFP) process. Discussions with several
potential private sector partners have been ongoing and we hope to be able
to issue an RFP by early summer. Rest assured that we will not stop until we
are able to find a way to fund this absolutely critical infrastructure. In
the coming months we plan to have more public discussion and forums on this
topic.  In the meantime, if you would like more information on the City's
Broadband plan, you can find it at
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