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

[Harris, Brian]

Numerous entities from the area applied to the NTIA's BTOP, it seems
that might be a good place to start.  They've already identified
problems that could be solved with such a network and have compelling
stories to tell.

Brian Harris

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Eric Renz-Whitmore
<ewhitmore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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