[Advisors] Fwd: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] RE: [Dewayne-Net] Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to Vermont
Gareth Shearman
shearman at victoria.tc.ca
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:54:34 -0700
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> From: "michael gurstein" <gurstein@gmail.com>
> Date: April 27, 2013 6:30:42 PM PDT
> To: <ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net>, =
<cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net>
> Subject: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] RE: [Dewayne-Net] Look Out =
Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to Vermont
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dewayne-net@warpspeed.com [mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com] On =
Behalf
> Of Dewayne Hendricks
> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit =
Internet
> Comes to Vermont
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> Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to Vermont =
By
> Shalini Ramachandran Apr 26 2013
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<http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/04/26/look-out-google-fiber-35-a-month-g=
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> abit-internet-comes-to-vermont/>
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> Heads up Google Fiber: A rural Vermont telephone company might just =
have
> your $70 gigabit Internet offer beat.
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> Vermont Telephone Co. (VTel), whose footprint covers 17,500 homes in =
the
> Green Mountain State, has begun to offer gigabit Internet speeds for =
$35 a
> month, using a brand new fiber network. So far about 600 Vermont homes =
have
> subscribed.
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> VTel's Chief Executive Michel Guite says he's made it a personal =
mission to
> upgrade the company's legacy phone network, which dates back to 1890, =
with
> fiber for the broadband age. The company was able to afford the =
upgrades
> largely by winning federal stimulus awards set aside for broadband. =
Using
> $94 million in stimulus money, VTel has invested in stringing 1,200 =
miles of
> fiber across a number of rural Vermont counties over the past year. =
Mr.
> Guite says the gigabit service should be available across VTel's =
footprint
> in coming months.
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> VTel joins an increasing number of rural telephone companies who, =
having
> lost DSL share to cable Internet over the years, are reinvesting in
> fiber-to-the-home networks.
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> The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that more than 700 =
rural
> telephone companies have made this switch, according to the Fiber to =
the
> Home Council, a trade group, and CalixInc., a company that sells =
broadband
> equipment to cable and fiber operators. That comes as Google's Fiber
> project, which began in Kansas City and is now extending to cities in =
Utah
> and Texas, has raised the profile of gigabit broadband and has =
captured the
> fancy of many city governments around the country.
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> "Google has really given us more encouragement," Mr. Guite said. Mr. =
Guite
> said he was denied federal money for his upgrades the first time he =
applied,
> but won it the second time around-after Google had announced plans to =
build
> out Fiber.
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> Incumbent cable operators have largely downplayed the relevance of =
Google's
> project, saying that it's little more than a publicity stunt. They =
have also
> questioned whether residential customers even have a need for such =
speeds.
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> [snip]
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> Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress>
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"><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br =
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font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span =
style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"michael gurstein" =
<<a =
href=3D"mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>><br></span></=
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font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span =
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6:30:42 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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ercommunity.net</a>>, <<a =
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ercommunity.net</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; =
font-size:medium;"><b>[CommunityInformaticsCanada] RE: [Dewayne-Net] =
Look Out Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to =
Vermont</b><br></span></div><br><div><br><br>-----Original =
Message-----<br>From: <a =
href=3D"mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com">dewayne-net@warpspeed.com</a> =
[mailto:dewayne-net@warpspeed.com] On Behalf<br>Of Dewayne =
Hendricks<br>Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:55 PM<br>To: Multiple =
recipients of Dewayne-Net<br>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Look Out Google =
Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet<br>Comes to Vermont<br><br>Look Out =
Google Fiber, $35-A-Month Gigabit Internet Comes to Vermont =
By<br>Shalini Ramachandran Apr 26 2013<br><<a =
href=3D"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/04/26/look-out-google-fiber-35-a-=
month-gig">http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/04/26/look-out-google-fiber-35=
-a-month-gig</a><br>abit-internet-comes-to-vermont/><br><br>Heads up =
Google Fiber: A rural Vermont telephone company might just have<br>your =
$70 gigabit Internet offer beat.<br><br>Vermont Telephone Co. (VTel), =
whose footprint covers 17,500 homes in the<br>Green Mountain State, has =
begun to offer gigabit Internet speeds for $35 a<br>month, using a brand =
new fiber network. So far about 600 Vermont homes =
have<br>subscribed.<br><br>VTel's Chief Executive Michel Guite says he's =
made it a personal mission to<br>upgrade the company's legacy phone =
network, which dates back to 1890, with<br>fiber for the broadband age. =
The company was able to afford the upgrades<br>largely by winning =
federal stimulus awards set aside for broadband. Using<br>$94 million in =
stimulus money, VTel has invested in stringing 1,200 miles of<br>fiber =
across a number of rural Vermont counties over the past year. =
Mr.<br>Guite says the gigabit service should be available across VTel's =
footprint<br>in coming months.<br><br>VTel joins an increasing number of =
rural telephone companies who, having<br>lost DSL share to cable =
Internet over the years, are reinvesting in<br>fiber-to-the-home =
networks.<br><br>The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that =
more than 700 rural<br>telephone companies have made this switch, =
according to the Fiber to the<br>Home Council, a trade group, and =
CalixInc., a company that sells broadband<br>equipment to cable and =
fiber operators. That comes as Google's Fiber<br>project, which began in =
Kansas City and is now extending to cities in Utah<br>and Texas, has =
raised the profile of gigabit broadband and has captured the<br>fancy of =
many city governments around the country.<br><br>"Google has really =
given us more encouragement," Mr. Guite said. Mr. Guite<br>said he was =
denied federal money for his upgrades the first time he applied,<br>but =
won it the second time around-after Google had announced plans to =
build<br>out Fiber.<br><br>Incumbent cable operators have largely =
downplayed the relevance of Google's<br>project, saying that it's little =
more than a publicity stunt. They have also<br>questioned whether =
residential customers even have a need for such =
speeds.<br><br>[snip]<br><br>Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <<a =
href=3D"http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress">http://www.warpspeed.com/wordp=
ress</a>><br><br><br><br>About the CRACIN Discussion Mailing =
List<br>cracin-canada @ <a =
href=3D"http://vancouvercommunity.net">vancouvercommunity.net</a><br>Purpo=
se: news + discussion related directly to CRACIN research <br>Members: =
Core Research Team + graduate students + others who are (becoming) =
directly involved with CRACIN research activities (e.g. other government =
partners, private sector partners, and those invited based on their =
expression of interest). It is the main ongoing forum for CRACIN =
research =
discussion.<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>=
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