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City of Light 2.0
● “Electrification has been perhaps the single most important source of useful work for production of goods and services.”
● Electrification has been called “the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century”.
● Electricity changed the way we power our world.
● Broadband access is changing the way we know our world.
Electricity Is Power
Broadband Is Knowledge
● What is a municipal network?
● Is there precedent?
● Is it viable in Buffalo?
Google rolled out a trial of Google Fiber in Palo Alto, CA in Summer of
2011
EPB had already offered symmetrical
gig up/down service in Chattanooga, TN in September 2010
Local communities can lead the way, ahead of even the most innovative private companies.
Where 100/10Mb/s is available in Erie County
Time Warner has no current plans of bringing “Maxx” to Erie County
Verizon has stopped rolling out FiOS
● Build an ”Institutional Network”, connecting schools, city/county buildings, anchor institutions:
○ Discontinue leased lines from incumbents○ bury city-owned fiber
REINVEST SAVINGS BACK
INTO THE NETWORK
Cheaper Telemedicine Improve
d Service
Eliminating Travel Time/Costs
Monitoring Of Chronic Conditions
Enabling Electronic Medical Records
Benefitting Buffalo Can Be Our Bottom Line○ Economic development
○ Improved telemedicine at BNMC/Roswell○ Bridging the digital divide
○ Faster/improved access for residents○ Educational opportunities for all students
Electricity was the vital infrastructure of the 20th century
Broadband will be just as vital, if not more so, for the 21st century
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