Hi Russell, > A followup for those who want fiber in Portland: > > The Personal Telco Project wants open-access fiber-to-the-premises > last-mile infrastructure in Portland. It would be awesome if Google > helped us get that, but even if they don't, really people, this is > something we could be doing for ourselves. We can't sit around and > wait for some magic benefactor to sprinkle pixie dust on us, we should > be taking charge and building the network we want. I want a network > with massive capacity, that lets me own rather than rent it, and that > lets me connect to who I want, how I want. How about you?
This would be really nice. I'm willing to pitch in, as time allows. What are your ideas for first steps? > If you want to maximize the small-but-nonzero chance that Google will > pick Portland, apparently the best thing you can do is to go to: > > http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options > > and nominate our community. It's kind of like buying a lottery ticket > except it doesn't cost a buck. I've done this as well as contacted my ISP (Spiretech) and urged them to submit something as well, since I figured it would carry more weight. If you're using a small mom&pop ISP here as I am, you might want to do the same, since these would be the direct customers of the Google pilot. We could also try and convince our local city governments to submit an application, right? Anyone know the best people to contact? tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
