[1st-mile-nm] Friedman on Chattanooga's fiber network

[Owen Densmore]

I agree with Ed .. that's a pretty big hill to climb.  I'm dumbfounded at
the lack of understanding of our "leaders" .. just what the magic of fast
broadband can bring.

Possibly the competition between the providers could help?

   -- Owen


On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Edward Angel <angel at cs.unm.edu> wrote:

> The answer is easy to write down; not easy to carry out.
>
> As you know, we did part 1 with the City's Communication Advisory
> Committee. We did a lot of work and gave the results to all the
> people on the list. They didnt like what we had to say so we were
> immediately replaced by a new committee that seems more willing to tell
> them what they want to hear
> or to not do much.
>
> I have no idea of how you would get the message to the people who vote in
> a way that would get them to either put pressure on
> their elected and appointed officials or get rid of them.
>
> Ed
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> On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:30 PM, John Brown wrote:
>
> The answer is easy.
> Mayor
> City Manager
> City Attorney (who doesn't get it)
> Everyone on the City Council.
>
> Then get the people that vote and elect the above to inform them you want
> change.
>
> Then maybe Santa Fe can have speedtest results like this
>
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/2235604559.png
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-
>
> bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:51 PM
>
> To: David Breecker (dba)
>
> Cc: Complexity Coffee Group; 1st-Mile-NM
>
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Friedman on Chattanooga's fiber network
>
>
> I sure wish I know who in Santa Fe to send this to:
>
>
> And that brings me back to Chattanooga, where, Mayor Ron
>
> Littlefield says, city elders looked themselves in the eyes 15 years ago
> and
>
> realized that "we were a dilapidated city going the way of the Rust Belt."
> But,
>
> by coming together to make the city an attractive place to live and getting
>
> both parties to agree to invest in a fiber-to-every-home-and-business
>
> network in a 600-square-mile area, Chattanooga replaced its belching
>
> smokestacks with an Amazon.com fulfillment center, major health care and
>
> insurance companies and a beehive of tech start-ups that all thrive on big
>
> data and super-high-speed Internet
>
>
>
>
> This is amazing:
>
>
> How fast is that Chattanooga choo-choo? The majority of
>
> Chattanooga homes and businesses get 50 megabits per second, some 100
>
> megabits, a few 250 and those with big needs opt for a full gigabit per
> second
>
>
>
>
> I'm lucky to get 1.5 down, .5 up.
>
>
>
>   -- Owen
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:57 PM, David Breecker (dba)
>
> <david at breeckerassociates.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> And related economic points of interest:
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/opinion/friedman-obamas-
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> moment.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121121
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