Is this something OPP can stand behind?
A grass roots effort to bring an open-access, community fiber network to Portland, Oregon, by any means necessary.
Portland Fiber Project
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 5:35am
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Portland Fiber Project
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 5:01pm
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Oh, because of the Google
Oh, because of the Google aspect? I kinda got the gist that they're suggesting we don't hold our horses for a free corporate fiber offering, and instead form our own community fiber project, kinda like a public utility district, although they've also been rallying support for Google to bring fiber as well.
Fri, 11/05/2010 - 2:22am
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That could be our thing like
That could be our thing like Instant Runoff Voting is the Portland Greens thing.
Fri, 11/26/2010 - 4:09pm
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open-access fiber for portland
Here is what I said to the City Council last March: http://www.portlandfiber.com/2010/03/17/statements-before-city-council/also an Ignite Portland 5 talk I did: http://blazestreaming.blip.tv/file/1795733/What is needed is a general appeal to ordinary people/voters to show why building a publicly-owned non-profit last-mile infrastructure is just the obvious thing to do, and to generate the groundswell of interest that would motivate the City Council or others to put some resources behind it.
In my opinion yes
Though this will likely make Seth's head explode