Comments on: The Municipal and Utility Guidebook to Bringing Broadband Fiber Optics to Your Community http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: St Louis Park WiFi Fails « Blandin on Broadband http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/#comment-4310 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:52:50 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-4310 [...] Louis Park WiFi Fails Last week I was saying that what we need to hear about is some case studies of unsuccessful FTTH projects. Well, today I read about the failures in the St Louis Park WiFi project. The last I heard [...]

]]> By: Ann Treacy http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/#comment-4303 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:44:45 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-4303 Also I think the national perspective will be changing soon so that should throw a wildcard into the process – hopefully a good wildcard.

]]> By: Richard Lowenberg http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/#comment-4299 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:42:31 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-4299 There is much to be learned from the variations of broadband networking of our muni/regional communities. There are a number of techno-economic models appropriate in different places. Less than successful and unsustainable projects are easy to cite. And they can teach us much.
There are many factors still not in place or well understood (national/state policies; structural separation; public-private cooperation; open networking; ecological economics) which are part of the mix, as we work to build economically vital, technically adaptable, and creatively smart networked communities. Smart, objective reporting/study of ‘case studies’ is not difficult, if that is the intent. I applaude the folks at Blandin Foundation for their important good work in this arena.

]]> By: Ann Treacy http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/#comment-4288 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:18:56 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-4288 Please let me know if you have any luck. I think we can learn a ton more about failures than successes.

Thanks! Ann

]]> By: Jesse Harris http://blandinonbroadband.org/2008/11/16/the-municipal-and-utility-guidebook-to-bringing-broadband-fiber-optics-to-your-community/#comment-4286 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:31:53 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-4286 The biggest challenge with looking at muni failures is that those doing the autopsy have a vested interest in making sure that nothing is learned except that munis shouldn’t be doing it. (See The Reason Foundation.) It’s hard to find many who will take the time to look at what failed, explain why it failed and give suggestions on how to avoid it. I’ve been trying to do that for the last two years.

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