Don Gould wrote:
At least thats the model that you can adopt if you have a few million spare or are some far thinking council (which seem to be thin on the ground in NZ).
So we need a plan to motivate councils?
Big thanks to all those who've taken part in this discussion this weekend... I've learnt lots about what's going on in NZ (having spent 6 years over
In my experience, it's really easy to *motivate* your local Council, it's just soo much harder to turn motivation into action. That's why my earlier suggestion was to make submissions to your Council's Annual Plan. Reasons for this approach: 1. During the submission evaluation process, arguing against having a "Citylink" model in your city / town / village is akin to arguing against motherhood. No-one is going to argue against it. 2. If adopted in the Annual Plan, then the Council has to enforce it, i.e. it'll start to happen. You see already this thread getting subverted, with people talking about digging up roads at costs of $xxx. What we need is a long term objective of *not* digging up roads, but every time someone else digs up a road, or a trench, there is a duct put in that you can pull / blow / suck some cable through sooner or later. I reckon almost every road is dug up and resealed every 10 years or so, so maybe the objective should be to complete the project within 10 years... So the total plan could resemble: 1. Everytime there's a hole, put a duct in, ensuring ducts link to other ducts. 2. Form small neighbourhood networks by straddling roofs, fences, etc etc 3. Join neighbourhood networks together whenever possible 4. Constantly consolidate demand - single fatter faster pipe connecting larger and larger neighbourhood networks. 5. Use wireless in the mix, either for your local network, or your point to point link to the rest of the network. the
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It has been fun, but I for one am sick of talking, and want to start doing... Citylink is an amazing model, seldom replicated. I'm not sure why, maybe it all seems to simple. Imagine truly ubiquitous high speed networking, available everywhere to everyone, at modest cost, and in community ownership. Imagine what you could do with such a network. Streaming video by the TB with no data charges... Video cameras in your office that you can monitor from home. Traffic web cams. Backing up data from home to work and work to home. Working from home. Homing from work. Endless options and opportunities. Keith Davidson