That sounds like a utility that wants to spend money (Loads of money), but has no clue on how the technology works. Or how the end user is going to use the service / technology. If EWEB said, we need to dig up the streets to install pipes for water. Then they had public forum meetings to talk about public concerns / potential problems. An I hard the same dial log when some one asked the same questions. How will the end user connect to your water system. How will you be billing me for my used etc, and they replied with "You're just not getting into the spirit of this.." I think every one would still have well water.
Since I am new to Eugene is EWEB serious about providing Internet service to the public. What did USWest/Qwest say about that? I know Verizon (The Evil Empire) has had issue with companies and city governments starting up there own fiber networks with out having to pay LATA charges. The other reasons Verizon has issues with this are said companies / city governments doing this. Is they do not have to collect or charge the same taxes or rates as Verizon or any other tel-co, because there not a tel-co. (Term Note) The term "tel-co" in this context is being used to refer to LECs, CLECs and RBOCs. Use Google if you do not know tel-co lingo. Mike Miller On 1/21/06, Patrick R. Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edward Craig wrote: > > > EWEB laid the fiber down, now to get them to provide service from the curb. > > That was always the Achilles' heel of EWEB's fiber plan. Shava Nerad, > when she was EFN's General Manager, nigh on a decade ago, would go to > EWEB meetings on the fiber plan that typically went like this: > > EWEB: We'll run fiber right to the house! > Shava: Sounds dandy! How will the end user connect? > EWEB: Eh? > Shava: Will there be an Ethernet jack? > EWEB: Uh... > Shava: Maybe the user will need some sort of endpoint? > EWEB: It'll be fiber! To the house! > Shava: Will the user get ISP service from EWEB? > EWEB: You're just not getting into the spirit of this... > > -- > On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament!], 'Pray, > Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right > answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of > confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. > -- Charles Babbage > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
