Thanks Richard, hopefully the Louisville folks will hit this hard….I live in Indiana but am hoping there is tremendous support from the public.
John > On Feb 10, 2016, at 10:45 AM, Richard D. Meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > > YOUR HELP NEEDED! GET GOOGLE FIBER TO LOUISVILLE. > > On this Thursday Louisville Metro Council will be having a vote on TWO > ordinances that we must get passed to make Google Fiber a reality here. The > first is for a universal franchise agreement across Jefferson county. In the > past, a communications provider (such as Google) would have to negotiate > agreements with all 85 2nd and 3rd tier cities across the county. This first > part will provide for a single point of negotiation, greatly simplifying the > process. The second part deals with what is called “one-touch make ready” > This will allow communications providers such as Google to be able to > dispatch their own work crews to install fiber to your neighborhood, without > having the involvement of AT&T. Currently AT&T is involved in the process > which can often add months to an installation time. > > There is a lot of pushback from AT&T (Against Technology & Telephony) and our > “friends” at TWC merging with Charter Communications (Details: > http://www.multichannel.com/…/charter-twc-bad-deal-s…/397222 > <http://www.multichannel.com/blog/mcn-guest-blog/charter-twc-bad-deal-storytellers/397222>). > Obviously, when Google puts in their fiber Internet access, it is going to > have a negative effect on both of those companies. They are lobbying members > of the Council. WE NEED TO LOBBY BACK. > > What you can do. Call your council person. Here is the URL > (https://louisvilleky.gov/gover…/metro-council/districts-1-26 > <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flouisvilleky.gov%2Fgovernment%2Fmetro-council%2Fdistricts-1-26&h=CAQHeC-LzAQEsA3eOgr5UPzaGWFzyIyFhC5UekFBcjpEsHg&enc=AZOkK46DsO9J28FKOvuqTCHRlRNhEF7m3kxeqw1ItPtyDovRQbgdRlcyvI0HoAYr86dJ9g20IMbmjpfp7wb4aNMhUUzo7hBtkyPWEqbaQ9ATGZtVhaEBg51cDdfaAIx78Wf28OmH_Q04B_8PmSm3N2zjWJfr_WWf6BuSQY9yo77C1w&s=1>) > to get a listing where you can get the contact information on your council > person. Call up their office and let them know that we want GOOGLE FIBER. If > they want more jobs in Louisville then they have to pass these two > ordinances. If they want a better life in Louisville for their children and > grand children they need to pass both these ordinances. We may not have huge > campaign donations for council members but we have a bigger voice if their > phones are flooded with calls asking them to vote for the ordinances. Your > Voice Counts, Call Right Now. And, call David Yates, President of the > Louisville Metro Council at (502) 574-1125 and ask him to support these > ordinances and move them forward for approval on February 11, 2016. > > Thanks for your help in bringing Google Fiber to Louisville and making our > city a true 21st Century city. > > Richard > > > Richard D. Meadows > Co-Founder & CCO > Berndows Enterprise LLC > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 502-593-5830 > www.berndowsenterprise.com <http://www.berndowsenterprise.com/> > @HackerHostelLou > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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