Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Russell Senior
John == John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net writes: Denis Can Portland do this? Denis http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/07/sandy_fiber_internet_project_t.html John Yes. We absolutely can. The question is, will we? The feds are a basket case (both the FCC and

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Russell Senior wrote: I have come to the conclusion that only by continuing to let our local elected officials know how important it is will we generate the political will necessary to make it happen. Follow http://www.portlandfiber.com/ and write to the Portland City

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Denis Heidtmann wrote: What I object to is your snide broad-brush slam of Portland residents. Have a cup of coffee and take a deep breath. Denis, I've nothing against Portland residents, some are my friends. :-) I even lived in Portland for three years before moving

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 08:33:41AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Russell Senior wrote: I have come to the conclusion that only by continuing to let our local elected officials know how

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Russell Senior
Rich == Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com writes: RichPerhaps a successful strategy would be to make the effort Rich county wide and bring in the fun politics of small town Oregon Rich along with the that of the big city. Not really. Firstly, much of the Portland suburbs already have

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-17 Thread Russell Senior
Michael == Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us writes: Michael Having said that, perhaps it's better to stay with City of Michael PDX or Multnomah county. The rural portions of Metro would Michael object to funding a perceived Portland pet project. It's important to say that this kind of

[PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-16 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Can Portland do this? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/07/sandy_fiber_internet_project_t.html -Denis ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] High Speed Municipal internet

2011-07-16 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:59:41 -0700 Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com dijo: Can Portland do this? http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/07/sandy_fiber_internet_project_t.html Yes. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org