[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: High Speed Internet Project Launched

[MOODY, SEAN]

Hi Owen & John,

The City Council wanted this particular program to focus on economic
development, in particular on alleviating constraints faced by
businesses needing symmetric very-high-speeds. Examples are a film
studio and a data mining consultant who must transfer huge files up and
down.

That said, the architecture of this first phase is intended to be very
adaptable and should benefit all of Santa Fe's residents by lowering the
$10/mbps marginal wholesale cost of backhaul which drives retail
subscription speeds. In fact we are hoping respondents will propose
alternate routes to pick up potential users along the way. And once the
project is operational we expect carriers and providers to build out
from the core to accommodate customer demand.

Sean

Sean Moody
City of Santa Fe

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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: High Speed Internet Project Launched

I'll be posting my questions on this proposal shortly.

I think the specified route is very expensive and seriously limits who
can be connected.

We have 4 alternative routes that would bring services to small
businesses, homes and schools that are located between the two defined
end-points.

Citizens of Santa Fe should also have the ability to have their homes
connected.  After all its their money....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm- 
> bounces at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:34 AM
> To: Richard Lowenberg
> Cc: 1st mile nm
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Fwd: High Speed Internet Project Launched
> 
> Is there a reason to limit this to "businesses and institutions"?  I 
> guess the main reason is the route itself.
> 
>    -- Owen
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> 	May 17, 2013
> 
> 	Contacts: Sean Moody; Project Administrator; Economic
Development
> 	Division; 505-955-6350; sxmoody at santafenm.gov
> 
> 	Jodi McGinnis Porter; Public Information/Multi-Media
Administrator;
> 	505-795-4169, jmporter at santafenm.gov
> 
> 	HIGH SPEED INTERNET PROJECT LAUNCHED
> 
> 	SANTA FE, NM - A $1 million broadband infrastructure project to 
> improve
> 	Internet speed, pricing and availability in Santa Fe is
beginning
> 	today.
> 	This has been a priority for City of Santa Fe Economic
Development for
> 	almost five years. A Request for Qualifications is being issued
to
> 	selected firms to compete for the opportunity to design, build,
own and
> 	operate a fiber-optic link from downtown Santa Fe to the St.
Michael's
> 	Drive corridor.
> 
> 	"It's wonderful that we will finally be able to build this
project and
> 	improve Internet in Santa Fe," said Mayor David Coss. "The City
Council
> 	heard the request from businesses and community members and made
it a
> 	priority for our bond funding."
> 
> 	The project was authorized by the City Council as part of a
Capital
> 	Improvements Program bond issue in 2012. Once complete it will
enable
> 	local Internet providers to increase their network capacities
and
> 	reduce
> 	costs. In turn this will translate into better speeds and lower
prices
> 	for customers. Slow and expensive Internet has been a recurring
> 	complaint among local residents and businesses.
> 
> 	Physically the project consists of a fiber optic cable running
inside
> 	an
> 	underground pipe. Data is transmitted from one end of the cable
to the
> 	other over strands of glass fiber using a signal composed
entirely of
> 	visible light. This technology allows for extremely high data
speeds,
> 	very low power consumption and no electromagnetic noise or
> 	interference.
> 	The cable will follow city streets using "directional boring"
> 	construction techniques which drastically reduce traffic impacts
and
> 	asphalt cutting, trenching and patching. The only visual
evidence of
> 	the
> 	completed project will be new manholes along the route.
> 
> 	Santa Fe is considered "well-served" in a national ranking of
the
> 	number
> 	of local providers, geographical availability and median level
of
> 	service. Every home and most businesses already have two
physical
> 	routes
> 	to the Internet: A telephone line and a television cable. In
addition
> 	to
> 	these physical connections, mobile devices, as well as small,
fixed
> 	antennas attached to the outside of buildings; provide Internet
to an
> 	increasing number of individuals, residences and businesses. But
in
> 	spite of this abundance of pathways, there is a crucial missing
link in
> 	the infrastructure, an enduring legacy of the former telephone
> 	monopoly.
> 	This missing link spans from the central telephone office to a
location
> 	about two miles away where several fiber optic cables emerge
from the
> 	ground after traversing many miles of road, railroad and
countryside
> 	from remote junctions across the state. Absent this two-mile
link,
> 	local
> 	providers have only one way to connect to the outside world, and
must
> 	pay a steep toll on the data transmitted over it. This
effectively
> 	limits the levels of service they offer their customers. The
project
> 	being launched today will bridge that gap, allowing providers
for the
> 	first time to shop for better toll rates, interconnect with
their
> 	choice
> 	of carriers, and increase levels of customer service.
> 
> 	Once the project is operational, it is expected that local
providers
> 	will begin to offer improved high speed Internet to businesses
and
> 	institutions along the route, which will run through the
Railyard to
> 	St.
> 	Michael's Drive. Airport Road and other areas will achieve
similar
> 	availability as demand grows and providers extend the network to

> serve
> 	customers in those areas.
> 
> 
> 	--------------------------------
> 	Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir.
> 	1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200
> 	Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
> 	www.1st-mile.com  rl at 1st-mile.com
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