> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Dan > > California Budget Summary, pg. 165 (p. 169 in pdf page numbering) > http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf > <http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf> > > Link to EFF report > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/governor-newsoms-budget-proposes-historic-investment-public-fiber-broadband > > <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/governor-newsoms-budget-proposes-historic-investment-public-fiber-broadband> > > Cory Doctorow summary > https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1393272080989233156 > <https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1393272080989233156> > > This morning, California Governor @GavinNewsom unveiled an audacious budget > whose crown jewel is a plan to pump $7B into medium-haul fiber links that > will link every community in the state, no matter how remote or rural. If > passed - it needs a simple majority in the legislature - this will make > California home to America's most extensive state broadband network, and > reverse decades of ISP lobbying against the provision of modern telcoms > infrastructure to replace 20th century copper lines. The plan uses state > money to bring fiber to the town limits, then creates a pool of low- cost, > long-term loans - repayable over 30-40 years - that local governments tap to > build their local fiber grids, according to their local needs, under local > management and ownership. And, as with the electrification effort of the New > Deal, the plan creates an expert agency that can advise towns on designing > those networks and train local people on maintaining them. This is the > patient money the market won't provide. Fiber broadband investment is > future-proofed and may supply all Californians' digital needs into the 22nd > Century (!), and telcos - who balk at investments that take a mere 10 years > to pay off - don't make those bets. > > […] >
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