[1st-mile-nm] Colorado (Broadband) Innovation Initiative

[Andrew Cohill]

> Gov. Bill Ritter today launched a comprehensive high-tech  
> initiative that
> will consolidate and reform state government's fractured Information
> Technology operations and establish the state's first Innovation  
> Council
> to spur advances in Colorado's technology sector.
>


The Governor's Innovation Council seems to lack any community or  
regional representation, and most members seem to represent incumbent  
providers.  Certainly they should be involved (the incumbents), but  
without community representation, some "innovative" public/private  
partnership opportunities are likely to be missed.

Community broadband is fundamentally a different beast from  
traditional networks.  Different equipment is needed, different  
architectures are needed, and different business models are needed.

Andrew

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