I would want to know a few things first. The article mentions a minimum of 50K customers. I wonder how close to the NOC they will need to be? Are they going to use other companies fiber for connectivity (ie AT&T). Which major peer points will they be using?
I have not had any major problems with Comcast. Minor outages due to cable breaks have happened from time to time. I have seen many more down time incidents (from Comcast) at the office than at the house. I certainly would rather be directly on fiber though (provided I could afford it). I have had a few times I have seen streams disconnected (possibly from the Sandvine program). If that is being used by Comcast (or Charter) that alone would be a good reason to switch. It would be a good thing for my office to switch if it was available and at the right price. Dave On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 19:46 +0000, Kevin Eldridge wrote: > I would say go for it > > Kevin Eldridge > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:44:30 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [nlug] [ot]nominate nashville for google fiber > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pardon me while I tie on my drool bib! I was just thinking how wonderful it > > would be to have a higher uplink speed, especially given how often I'm > > uploading things. I'm on DSL from AT&T at 6 down/400k up. Sure it's > > reliable. In my opinion it's too little speed for way too much money > > (~$50/month). > > > > I do live in Nashville proper. What's the next step, Andrew? > > > > I am already at legislative plaza quiet often as is so I am more than > happy to bring this up next time I drop by the legislative plaza. It > may take a few phone calls from constituents. > > Apparently, there is a form for the government in question to fill out > and a citizen/Special interest group form. > > If we can get a vote with NLUG to see if the rest of NLUG (or at least > a majority) would be okay formally endorsing a request for Google to > consider Nashville, this would be step one.. > > I am still looking into this beta program Google has set up to see why > they even need/want government approval. > > If the rest of NLUG is not okay with this then as individuals those > who want to see this happen would have to fill out forms separately . > > Regardless, those interested will need to come up with a compelling > reason for why Google should choose us. > I was thinking about recycling much of the propaganda that the pro > Convention City crowd churned out. After all, they spent a million > dollars on it. That propaganda has to be useful for some good and > intelligent purpose, no? > > I'll post my sales pitch to why Google should choose Nashville after work. > > Andrew McElroy > > Curt > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:44 PM, andrew mcelroy <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Wouldn't it be great to have Google run fiber to Nashville, TN? > >> Google is looking for cities to test pilot a fiber connection in. > >> > >> http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi > >> > >> Let's come up with a compelling reason to do so. > >> > >> Who's with me on this? > >> > >> Personally, I'm tired of Comcast (and no dsl isn't always better). > >> > >> Andrew McElroy > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "NLUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
