[1st-mile-nm] [sfx: Discuss] Form to nominate Google fiber for community

[Eric Renz-Whitmore]

I think this is a good approach (whichever the location).

Hundreds of communities (at least) will apply, so those that seem to have
their act together -- and offer a truly unique value proposition to Google
-- probably stand a better chance.

Best wishes,

Eric

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Steve Smith <sas at lava3d.com> wrote:

> Tom Johnson wrote:
> > Hey, it can't hurt, can it?
> >
> > Here's the site to nominate Santa Fe for Google largess:
> > http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/
> Without volunteering to lead such an effort, I think it would be (even)
> better if those interested in bringing really good bandwidth to the SFe
> area were to get together and develop a good story about how/why this
> would matter to SFe and/or why/how SFe is either "unique" in it's
> need/value or how it is somehow "representative" such that a Google
> success here would lead to a template or model for lots of other regions
> similar to our own.
>
> What makes SFe unique?  The sfX city ED contract suggests that SFe has a
> lot of underemployed creative talent that would be best served by our
> becoming a magnet for lots of distributed contract/project work.
> Entertainment and High Tech alike seem to thrive on high-bandwidth.
> High Bandwidth with Low Latency and High Reliability is a constraint,
> not a driver.   If we have it, things will be possible that would not
> have been otherwise, but it is not as clear that having it will lead us
> to do any of these things spontaneously.   sfX is one of the places that
> might help to demonstrate or explain some of this (if/as we become more
> successful).   There is a bit of a chicken-egg problem.   It is hard to
> demonstrate the things that come with high-bandwidth, low-latency,
> high-reliability networks if you don't have one.
>
> The First Mile initiative and others in the area are probably better
> equipped to establish the case than sfX is... but I think we can help to
> make their story more compelling.
>
> Maybe someone can do some demographic analysis?   How many semi-isolated
> cities are there of Santa Fe's size?  Are they all bursting with
> disaffected creatives just looking for a chance to exercise their work
> from afar?   It seems like there is an argument in them thar numbers
> somewhere.   Spokane WA, Eureka CA, Flagstaff AZ,  St George UT,
> Fayetteville AR, Knoxville TN, East Bumfuddle NW, etc.
>
> Is our uniquely ancient city-plan/infrastructure and multi-cultural
> nature relevant?   Does that make us someone worth helping because we
> "deserve" or "need" it, or does it make us a "good example" for other
> places with similar but different circumstances?
>
> Google uses numbers like 50K-500K people served by one of their
> installations.   That suggests that regions of that scale (on the low
> end in my interest) are what SFe could become a template for?
>
> Google doesn't play pork-barrel games.  If they choose us, it will be
> for a reason.   Rather than try to guess their motivations and game
> them, maybe we should just try to do our own (self) analysis and try to
> see why we *would* be a good candidate for their largess, put it out
> there and see what comes of it.
>
> I think we might consider asking 1st-Mile to focus us on what we can
> contribute to an argument they may already have in their back pocket...
>
> - Steve
>
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