[1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink - Santa Fe Fiber Project

[John Brown]

I never saw a response to this email.  Did the City respond ??

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:
> Question: How will this 'completed' fiber project relate to the $1 M. that
> the City spent on a fiber (CenturyLink bypass) project over the past couple
> of years, and what is the status of that?   Further details from City staff
> on this list would be appreciated.    RL
>
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> City Sites Ready for High-Speed Internet
>
> http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/city-sites-ready-for-high-speed-internet/article_ef37b30a-b600-5b37-ad49-b4629c38a2f6.html
>
> Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 | Updated: 12:00 am, Wed Aug 24, 2016.
> By Daniel J. Chacón, The New Mexican
>
> Mayor Javier Gonzales teamed up Tuesday with CenturyLink to announce the
> completion of a project designed to deliver high-speed internet service at
> 32 city-owned sites, some of which are frequently used by the public,
> including City Hall, Municipal Court and the airport.
>
> For city government, the installation of 6.5 miles of fiber-optic cable and
> higher speeds are supposed to translate into improved efficiency. For
> ordinary citizens, it means faster internet speeds at the main and branch
> libraries and other government buildings, and the ability to conduct more
> city business online.
>
> “Being a government, a true digital government, requires some basic
> infrastructure investments, and fiber is one of those areas that we have to
> make sure we invest in [in the] quest to becoming a digital government,”
> Gonzales said during a news conference in the Santa Fe Municipal Airport as
> a steady stream of travelers zipped by and the airport announcer spoke over
> some of the dignitaries.
>
> “I would apologize for all the noise and the activity, but I’m not going to
> because that’s commerce and it’s travel, and it’s really important to our
> community,” joked Cameron “Cam” Humphres, the city’s airport manager.
>
> Renée Martínez, director of the city’s Information Technology and
> Telecommunications Department, said the $500,000 project to upgrade internet
> service was funded by CenturyLink. “It was their investment,” she said.
>
> Martínez also said high-speed internet to the airport and other “very
> important work sites” represents a “big milestone in a larger project.”
>
> “This is an investment that’s very important to a very significant
> modernization initiative that the city has underway,” she said. “In the next
> two or three years, the city will be replacing most of its larger
> information systems, including our financial, our human resources,
> permitting [and] inspection. What it will allow us to do is connect citizens
> to city services in a way we’ve never been able to.”
>
> (snip)
>
>
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> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
> 1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
> rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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