<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">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.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">But boy do we need the network.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">   -- Owen</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:45 PM, John Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@citylinkfiber.com" target="_blank">john@citylinkfiber.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I agree.  Its amazing how many times I talk to people that think we really don't need internet at that speed.<div>
They fail to understand that its not the internet.  Its all the applications</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 9:43 PM, Owen Densmore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:owen@backspaces.net" target="_blank">owen@backspaces.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">speeds of up to 1 Gbps for more than 2500 businesses</font></blockquote>


<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">People who believe only businesses need high bandwidth are simply still in the last century.</div>


<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
   -- Owen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Christopher Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopher@newrules.org" target="_blank">christopher@newrules.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ever hear the phrase, "pics or it didn't happen?"<div><br></div><div>Show me the prices or I don't believe it...</div>


</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>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><div>@communitynets</div><div><a href="tel:612-276-3456%20x209" value="+16122763456" target="_blank">612-276-3456 x209</a></div>




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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Richard Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:RL@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">RL@1st-mile.org</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"><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><div>




<br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<div><div>---------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director</div><div>1st-Mile Institute          <a href="http://www.1st-mile.org" target="_blank">www.1st-mile.org</a>  </div>




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