[Cialug] Fwd: City of Ankeny: Ankeny has caught the Google bug; intends to compete for Google ultra high-speed broadband opportunity

Wed Mar 24 22:08:13 CDT 2010

1. There have been other providers that provided something 'free' but after they gave up or went out of business, the city is left with antennas hanging on streetlights or random lawn furniture (cabinets) that no one wants to pay to clean up.

2. Investigate something like the Lafayette fiber or UTOPIA in Utah. City governments regularly spend large amounts of money on things like streets, water, and other public functions. Looking at the detractors of these projects their main complaint is that the project doesn't provide an immediate payback. To that, neither do roads or water lines. I use $20 per month in water, I'm sure it will take decades to make the facilities feeding my house pay for themselves.

3. Build a public access fiber network accessible to 3rd party providers. The provider will meet the municipal carrier at a common point to provide the service on top of the pipe.

dave

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Sounds like a great blog topic
1) Define the fallacy of the lottery mentality
2) What would it mean to get serious
3 how can they engage local providers to get it done?

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I wish these cities would be serious about providing bandwidth for their residents instead of the 'lottery ticket' mentality that Google has caused.

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Looks like Ankeny wants in on the fun too... (yay for me!)

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Subject: City of Ankeny: Ankeny has caught the Google bug; intends to compete for Google ultra high-speed broadband opportunity
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Ankeny has caught the Google bug; intends to compete for Google ultra high-speed broadband opportunity Posted Date: 3/24/2010 12:00 PM  Ankeny, Iowa Press Release<http://www.ankenyiowa.gov/Modules/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=2219>

March 24, 2010

Ankeny has caught the Google bug; intends to compete for Google ultra high-speed broadband opportunity Ankeny Google Bug<http://www.ankenyiowa.gov/Modules/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=2553>

Contact:
Deb Dyar
515.965.6414
ddyar at ankenyiowa.gov

ANKENY, Iowa (March 24, 2010) - The Ankeny City Council announced its intent to respond to Google's request for information (RFI) regarding its Fiber for Communities initiative, which will bring competitively priced ultra high-speed Internet service to selected pilot communities.
The Council unanimously adopted a Resolution Monday night and has launched a "Catch the Google Bug" campaign, the city's effort to showcase community support for the initiative; a criteria of the Google's RFI.

"Ankeny is known for innovation and that's what this pilot project is about; building infrastructure to spur innovation," said Steve Van Oort, mayor of Ankeny.

Google's proposed service is 100 times faster than most existing internet connections and will spark technological advances in other areas including real-time multimedia collaboration, high definition video, data storage, social and business networking and other ways not yet imagined.

Google's vision of a fiber-to-the-home network with open access is consistent with Ankeny's growing cluster of science- and technology-based industries and tech-savvy population.. Combined with Ankeny's history of strong partnerships, sense of community and experience with continuous change, Ankeny is well-positioned to seamlessly roll out a complicated project.

Ankeny will tap the expertise of its residents, educational institutions, businesses and other civic organizations to respond to the challenge.

The City has launched an online community call for support, "Catch the GoogleBug," where residents, businesses, civic organizations, students and entrepreneurs can upload photos and share how they could benefit from ultra high-speed Internet service in Ankeny. Ankeny is encouraging everyone to participate and follow the progress on the City's website <http://www.ankenyiowa.gov/googlebug> , Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/AnkenyGoogleBug>  and Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/AnkenyGoogleBug> .

For more information, contact the city manager's office at 515.965.6407 or ddyar at ankenyiowa.gov.

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