I think this this is a great initiative and could be the next "Mississippi project" (in a different neighborhood of course). Why don't we allocate a weekly meeting to planning what this might look like and maybe form a "committee" of sorts to see if we can give this thing some "legs". All of this of course depends on wether or not MIke and I are the only ones that thing this is a good idea.
Tyler Booth // President ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 Portland OR 97205 On Nov 21, 2008, at 7:25 PM, Michael Weinberg wrote: > > From the article: > > In their paper Homes with Tails (PDF), Columbia Law School professor > and NAF Fellow Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater lay out a > proposal in which a community would establish a collectively-owned > fiber trunk cable that would lead to individually-owned lines into > people's homes. > > Columbia Law professor Tim Wu explained Friday the benefits of > encouraging privately owned fiber lines. > > Such an architecture would be "akin to a condominium complex--also a > radical form of property not too long ago," Slater said. > The fiber would lead an open point of presence (or PoP), at which > different service providers could set up equipment and compete for > residents' business. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10105776-38.html > > I've been saying exactly this for months. I would love to actually see > a neighborhood come together to install homeowner purchased fiber with > a community trunk, anyone interested? > > -- > Michael Weinberg > President > Personal Telco Project, Inc. > A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
