Juan,<div><br></div><div>Glad you like my piece on Slate. You might also be interested in this explanation of how Google priced its gig so low. I wrote it and Forbes re ran it - <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/08/01/the-economics-of-the-google-gigabit/2/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/08/01/the-economics-of-the-google-gigabit/2/</a> (also picked up by James Fallows - <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/big-fat-pipes-googles-underappreciated-tech-edge/260624/">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/big-fat-pipes-googles-underappreciated-tech-edge/260624/</a> )</div>
<div><br></div><div>As communities consider their situation, I think it is important to learn about the importance of interconnections and the economics that give an edge to big corporations. We believe that communities _should_ build these networks (in many cases no one else will, though exceptions like John Brown do exist) but also that they should know what they are getting into before committing.</div>
<div><br clear="all">Christopher Mitchell<br>Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative<br>Institute for Local Self-Reliance<div><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">http://www.muninetworks.org</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Torres, Juan, EDD <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Juan.Torres@state.nm.us" target="_blank">Juan.Torres@state.nm.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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