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

[u235sentinel]

Scott K 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.
> 

So... how did the meeting go?  Was anyone able to attend?

I'll be making calls on Monday myself.  I'd do it today but I arrived at 
1am this morning and I'm very tired :-)