<font color="#000000"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I agree with Ed .. that's a pretty big hill to climb. I'm dumbfounded at the lack of understanding of our "leaders" .. just what the magic of fast broadband can bring.</font></font></font><div>
<font color="#000000"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Possibly the competition between the providers could help?</font></font></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> -- Owen</font></font></font></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Edward Angel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:angel@cs.unm.edu" target="_blank">angel@cs.unm.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The answer is easy to write down; not easy to carry out.<div><br></div><div>As you know, we did part 1 with the City's Communication Advisory Committee. We did a lot of work and gave the results to all the</div>
<div>people on the list. They didnt like what we had to say so we were immediately replaced by a new committee that seems more willing to tell them what they want to hear</div><div>or to not do much.</div><div><br></div><div>
I have no idea of how you would get the message to the people who vote in a way that would get them to either put pressure on</div><div>their elected and appointed officials or get rid of them. </div><div><br></div><div>Ed<br>
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<div>__________</div><div><br></div><div>Ed Angel<br><br></div><div>Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)<br>Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico<br><br>
1017 Sierra Pinon</div><div>Santa Fe, NM 87501<br><a href="tel:505-984-0136" value="+15059840136" target="_blank">505-984-0136</a> (home)<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:angel@cs.unm.edu" target="_blank">angel@cs.unm.edu</a></div>
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<br><div><div>On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:30 PM, John Brown wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>The answer is easy.<br>Mayor<br>City Manager<br>City Attorney (who doesn't get it)<br>Everyone on the City Council.<br>
<br>Then get the people that vote and elect the above to inform them you want change.<br><br>Then maybe Santa Fe can have speedtest results like this<br><br><a href="http://www.speedtest.net/result/2235604559.png" target="_blank">http://www.speedtest.net/result/2235604559.png</a><br>
<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">-----Original Message-----<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">From: <a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org" target="_blank">1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-" target="_blank">1st-mile-nm-</a><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:bounces@mailman.dcn.org" target="_blank">bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a>] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:51 PM<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To: David Breecker (dba)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cc: Complexity Coffee Group; 1st-Mile-NM<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Friedman on Chattanooga's fiber network<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I sure wish I know who in Santa Fe to send this to:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>And that brings me back to Chattanooga, where, Mayor Ron<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Littlefield says, city elders looked themselves in the eyes 15 years ago and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">realized that "we were a dilapidated city going the way of the Rust Belt." But,<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">by coming together to make the city an attractive place to live and getting<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">both parties to agree to invest in a fiber-to-every-home-and-business<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">network in a 600-square-mile area, Chattanooga replaced its belching<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">smokestacks with an Amazon.com fulfillment center, major health care and<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite">insurance companies and a beehive of tech start-ups that all thrive on big<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">data and super-high-speed Internet<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">This is amazing:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>How fast is that Chattanooga choo-choo? The majority of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Chattanooga homes and businesses get 50 megabits per second, some 100<br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">megabits, a few 250 and those with big needs opt for a full gigabit per second<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm lucky to get 1.5 down, .5 up.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -- Owen<br></blockquote>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:57 PM, David Breecker (dba)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="mailto:david@breeckerassociates.com" target="_blank">david@breeckerassociates.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>And related economic points of interest:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/opinion/friedman-obamas-" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/opinion/friedman-obamas-</a><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">moment.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121121<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>dba | David Breecker Associates, Inc.<br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Santa Fe: <a href="tel:505-690-2335" value="+15056902335" target="_blank">505-690-2335</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Abiquiu: <a href="tel:505-685-4891" value="+15056854891" target="_blank">505-685-4891</a><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.BreeckerAssociates.com" target="_blank">www.BreeckerAssociates.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="http://www.breeckerassociates.com/" target="_blank">http://www.breeckerassociates.com/</a>><br>
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