[sllug-members]: Fiber for Salt Lake and Utah Movement

[Thomas S Hatch]

Ok, can someone confirm this meeting time for me?  I think we should try to
meet before the meeting, determine who can go up and give them all the ammo
we can muster, it is a good start.

On 9/22/07, Scott K <zspecialk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If we could have a meeting Tuesday night and sign a petition to submit to
> the committee on Wednesday that would be a good start. Maybe get a couple of
> people who can't necessarily spend an an afternoon on the hill, or lack the
> compelling business case testimony to share with the committee.
>
> Technology might be our real friend here. We need to convince the
> committee that there are too many places in the state that don't have any
> competition at all in the way of broadband (because of the distance
> limitations of DSL). We also need to make the point that the UTOPIA model
> infrastructure levels the playing field for all providers (including Qwest
> and Comcast), while complete bans at the state level enforce a monopoly of
> primitive technology.
>
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