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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Chimera –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>“something that exists only in the imagination and is not possible in reality” – Merriam-Webster<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Also I am wondering if the CenturyLink announcement, p.r. pipe dream or reality, is a counter to the remnants of the UTOPIA project. (Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency)….????<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Carroll Cagle</span><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#558ED5;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 1st-mile-nm-bounces+carroll=cagleandassociates.com@mailman.dcn.org [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+carroll=cagleandassociates.com@mailman.dcn.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Owen Densmore<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2014 9:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> John Brown<br><b>Cc:</b> Christopher Mitchell; Richard Lowenberg; 1st-Mile-NM<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [1st-mile-nm] CenturyLink delivers gigabit fiber service in Salt Lake City area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And one of the reasons our employment numbers are so far off is that so many of us are doing just fine running our own business, off any of their radar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But boy do we need the network.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> -- Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John Brown <<a href="mailto:john@citylinkfiber.com" target="_blank">john@citylinkfiber.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I agree. Its amazing how many times I talk to people that think we really don't need internet at that speed.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>They fail to understand that its not the internet. Its all the applications<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore <<a href="mailto:owen@backspaces.net" target="_blank">owen@backspaces.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still in the last century.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> -- Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell <<a href="mailto:christopher@newrules.org" target="_blank">christopher@newrules.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?"<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Show me the prices or I don't believe it...<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Christopher Mitchell<br>Director, Telecommunications as Commons Initiative<br>Institute for Local Self-Reliance<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">http://www.muninetworks.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>@communitynets<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:612-276-3456%20x209" target="_blank">612-276-3456 x209</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg <<a href="mailto:RL@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">RL@1st-mile.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit-fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html" target="_blank">http://www.lightwaveonline.com/articles/2014/02/centurylink-delivers-gigabit-fiber-service-in-salt-lake-city-area.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) says it is now offering Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses located in multi-tenant unit office buildings throughout Salt Lake City, Sandy, Midvale, Draper, South Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights, and other area municipalities in Utah.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>1st-Mile Institute <a href="http://www.1st-mile.org" target="_blank">www.1st-mile.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>P. 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