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

[Chad]

On 9/22/07, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I feel that convining Salt Lake City to start Utopia will have a powerfull
> affect on sorounding areas, nevertheless I want to see Utopia systems for
> all of Utah.  That said I want to focus on Salt Lake City first, but also to
> all areas in the valley and to lobby the state.  Little islands of city
> fiber are, while great, insufficient, we need communication systems that
> facilitate wide area communications to be on the same level.  A company with
> Utopia in Murry can still be hurt by the barriers of setting up
> offices/stores in surrounding areas.

Something else, besides convincing them of businesses leaving,
residents wanting it (and willing to take the so-called "gamble") is
to let them know that Fiber isn't only a commercial medium.  It's a
way for cities to communicate to their people; in times of disaster, a
fiber line to the community is a very convenient, fast, efficient and
effective way to communicate the situation and guidelines that should
be followed.  You have a "direct tap" into TV sets, telephone systems
and even computers; let alone the other facilities such as traffic cam
connections.  Several traffic lights in SLC are controlled over Fiber
already.  Fiber is more than just Internet/TV/Phone, maybe using that
for the non-technical politicians would help; it seems to in Woods
Cross.

-Chad