<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As the original organizer and facilitator of the Santa Fe Regional Telecom Coalition, seeking advanced fiber-based open-access infrastructure for the region offering 100Mb/s symmetrical residential (1 Gb/s enterprise, 10Gb/s research), I'd like to endorse City Link's proposal.<div><br></div><div>And the Social Good/Sustainability aspects are not trivial either, IMHO.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>David</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">David Breecker,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">President</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Santa Fe Innovation Park</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://SantaFeInnovate.org">http://SantaFeInnovate.org</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Abiquiu Office: 505-685-4891</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Santa Fe Office: 505-690-2335</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:45 PM, John Brown wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>As the party seeking the Franchise, let me add a few things for this list.<br><br>CityLink intends to:<br><br>* Build Fiber to the Home in Santa Fe. 100Mb/s symmetrical connections<br><br>* Build Fiber to the Business in Santa Fe (Especially Small Business)<br><br>* Allow third-parties to use our dark fiber, thus Open Access / Neutral<br><br>* Leverage the bandwidth potential to allow others to create exciting new<br>uses of IP data. Be that Video, Audio, Data, or something completely new.<br><br>* Connect Schools, Libraries, and Community Centers at no cost, at time of<br>construction in their area.<br><br>* Connect Muni buildings at no cost, at time of construction.<br><br>The last two items fall into our Social Good / Sustainability Efforts. We<br>believe that if you don't have the resources and infra-structure in place<br>for education, then you fail to have a sustainable community.<br><br>Our initial network will be an approximate 4 mile ring built around Paseo de<br>Peralta, with a number of sub rings built into and thru that circle.<br><br>As business develops we plan to build other rings and link them together.<br><br>We are NOT wireless. There is nothing in our backbone that is based on<br>wireless technologies.<br><br>All of our fiber will be UNDERGROUND and not on poles.<br><br>If you believe the time is right for Santa Fe to have an Open Access /<br>Neutral fiber optic network, then we welcome your support on Wednesday<br>evening.<br><br>This isn't pie in the sky. We are doing this NOW in Albuquerque with<br>fantastic results for our users.<br><br>As always, I stand available to answer any questions people might have.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br>John Brown, President<br>CityLink Fiber Holdings, Inc<br><br><br>On 2/6/10 4:17 PM, "Richard Lowenberg" <<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.com">rl@1st-mile.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">For those of you interested in, or based in Santa Fe, some important telecom.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">decisions are to be made this Wed. evening.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">RL <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Santa Fe City Council Agenda<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">February 10, 2010, 7:00 pm Session, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.santafenm.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=3644">www.santafenm.gov/Archive.aspx?ADID=3644</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">6) CONSIDERATION OF BILL NO. 2010-2: ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-: An<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ordinance Repealing Chapter 27 SFCC 1987 and Creating a New Chapter 27 SFCC<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">1987 Regarding Telecommunication and Cable Services.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> a) CONSIDERATION OF BILL NO. 2010-3: ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-: An<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ordinance Granting a Non Exclusive Franchise to Newpath Networks, LLC to Rent,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Use and Occupy the City's Public Rights-ofWay in the City of Santa Fe, New<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Mexico, and Fixing the Terms and Conditions Thereof.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> b) CONSIDERATION OF BILL NO. 2010-4: ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2010-: An<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ordinance Granting a Non-Exclusive Franchise to Citylink Fiber Holdings of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Santa Fe, New Mexico, LLC to Rent, Use and Occupy the City's Public<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Rights-of-Way in the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fixing the Terms and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Conditions Thereof.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">7) CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 2010-(Councilor Romero, Councilor Bushee,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Councilor Calvert and Councilor Trujillo) A Resolution Urging the U.S.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Congress, the President and Executive Branch Members to Require the Federal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Communications Commission to Reassess the Health Impacts of Radio Frequency<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Emissions; and to Actively Seek and Support Federal Legislation that Would<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Give <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Local Governments Greater Flexibility With Regard to the Placement of Wireless<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Communications Facilities.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>1st-mile-nm mailing list<br><a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org">1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org</a><br>http://www2.dcn.org/mailman/listinfo/1st-mile-nm<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>