[sllug-members]:Comcast_Is_Starting_The_Tiered_Internet_Whether_We_Like_It_or_Not

[Troy Bowman]

On Aug 22, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Chad wrote:
> On 8/22/07, Thad Van Ry <thad at linuxnetadmin.com> wrote:
>> On 8/22/07, mark.k.spute at l-3com.com <mark.k.spute at l-3com.com> wrote:
>>> So, how do we change it locally?
>>
>> If you are a resident of Woods Cross, send an e-mail to Mayor Kent
>> Parry at kp-parrysinc at att.net also cc the City Administrator, Gary
>> Uresk guresk at woodscross.com, on the e-mail to let them know you want
>> Utopia.
>> Utopia was discussed at the Woods Cross City Council meeting last
>> night. The city is going to look into it further, but, there will be
>> push back from a couple of the council members because of committing
>> city dollars to it. Let them know that you want it there.
>> Thad
>
> Thad,
> Should I get a petition signed (like go door to door?) or would emails
> be just as effective?  I personally know of at least 10 home owners
> (many more, just the ones I know absolutely) that would jump to
> Xmission if Fiber was an option for us in Woods Cross.


Hmm. Petition?  I also live in Woods Cross.  I'd sign.  Heck, I'd  
help go door to door.  But there has to be a more efficient way.  The  
people need to be educated.  Lots of people haven't even heard about  
Utopia.  Surely everyone except Grandma wants virtually unlimited  
bandwidth across fiber these days.  Okay, maybe Grandma does too.   
Grandma needs that low <2ms latency for all those high-adrenaline FPS  
games she plays.  She just doesn't realize it yet.  ;)

As I was reading relatively off-topic articles in the Woods Cross  
newsletter recently, I wondered why they can't have a nice little  
blurb explaining what Utopia is and how cool it'd be.  Better yet,  
include a Utopia pamphlet with the newsletter.  And then have  
something in the newsletter that says something like "If YOU are  
interested in our city joining UTOPIA, send a petition e-mail to the  
mayor at  utopia at woodscross.com" just to see how much of a response  
they get.  There you go.  Electronic petition, all with comments  
added in the body of each e-mail.  I bet they'd get a bigger response  
than they expect.

I'll e-mail Mayor Parry, but my dinky little e-mail won't put a dent  
into the Council's agenda like the response a "request for comments"  
in the Newsletter would.  I e-mailed the old mayor a few years ago,  
along with the other city administrators, and never heard any  
response nor saw anything come of it.


../troy

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