Portland Fiber

This video addresses what is at stake in our communications future here in Portland and around the world.

Wm Leler forwarded a link to an Engadget article analysing why the Europeans have so much cheaper bandwidth than we do and blaming our Government. The reason? We allow operators to exclude competition. As I’ve said before, Competition is the key to shaking off the abusive fees we have now.

There was a recent piece on a PBS program called “Need to Know”, very much worth a watch. Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. It shows the kind of competition spurred by Open Access rules on infrastructure. Sadly, the FCC is such a basket case, we are unlikely to ever get these [...]

This morning, Mayor Sam Adams, Cable and Franchise Management Director David Olson, Hopworks brewer Christian Ettinger and members of the beer, and tech communities met at the Portland International Airport to send a very special package to Lafayette, LA. Lafayette, which built the first municipal Fiber to the Home network in the US, is hosting [...]

Impressive testimony from three Portland students.

City staff testifying in favor of the City’s response to the Google Fiber for Communities RFI.

The video from the Portland City Council meeting is now online. You can jump to any agenda item using the list below the video, just click on the item number. The fiber resolution is 356. Enjoy!

Portlanders have many reasons for wanting open-access, community fiber. Trudy Johnson-Lenz is interested in ways that fiber could influence an environmentally conscious economy.

Peter Johnson-Lenz discusses the potential offered by high-speed broadband and open-access, community fiber. There are sure to be many killer-apps, some we can fathom now, and others we haven’t imagined.

Paige Sàez points out that open-access, community fiber could help ensure that information moves freely and democratically.