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 __________ Ed Angel Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico 1017 Sierra Pinon Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-984-0136 (home) [email protected] 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel 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: [email protected] [mailto:1st-mile-nm- >> [email protected]] 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) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> And related economic points of interest: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/opinion/friedman-obamas- >> moment.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121121 >> >> dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc. >> Santa Fe: 505-690-2335 >> Abiquiu: 505-685-4891 >> www.BreeckerAssociates.com >> <http://www.breeckerassociates.com/> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 1st-mile-nm mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 1st-mile-nm mailing list > [email protected] > http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm
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