Muni Fiber and Politics

Fri Aug 1 08:34:33 UTC 2014

Anyone know how to summarize this end game well enough for state/federal
legislators?

Or raise enough money and direction to provide sufficient
"lobbying?"

Wasn't KC asking for a dept of the Internet at the NANOG 20 in DC?

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 09:44:28AM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Friday, August 01, 2014 09:30:57 AM mcfbbqroast . wrote:
> 
> > I think this is a sector the
> > government would do well in. Unlike being an actual ISP
> > there's no ambiguity (oversubscription, customer
> > service, etc). Just provide a gigabit line with no
> > congestion and solid uptime, or a fibre pair with solid
> > uptime. End of story.
> 
> Couldn't agree more :-).
> 
> Mark.