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So, am I reading this correctly when I come to the understanding that there is going to be a single company in control of delivering service on this wire? That

So, am I reading this correctly when I come to the understanding that there is going to be a single company in control of delivering service on this wire? That seems like a recipe for more of the same, where a single provider has little incentive to price competitively or improve service in the absence of competition. You could probably decay from exciting internet to under-performing in as little as a decade. On another note, can the trunk lines be kept to a relatively low capacity, and then scaled later, or is this not feasible? I'm wondering how much you have the chance in the implementation of this to start with limited bandwidth (but still very high for residential users) and then scale up once you have users and all the connections to the homes.

justinlaing 10y ago
Definitely a valid concern. And ideally I think it would be more open to competition. Though at least with this it's creating competition for Comcast, which currently is the only way to get adequate internet here (and a lot of other places). Also the company (Cruzio) has been in the community for decades, is run by a local family, and has done a lot for the community over the years. They are way more connected to Santa Cruz then Comcast ever will be. Not to say they couldn't abuse this situation and that concern deserves a good response. I'm not affiliated with Cruzio, though I was a customer way back in the dialup days.
iokevins 10y ago
To add to the comments by @justinlaing: "Under the terms of the partnership, the City will own the network, and Cruzio will act as the developer during engineering and construction and as the operator when the network is complete. Financing for the development of the network will be through City-backed municipal revenue bonds, repaid through the revenue from the sale of network services (and not by the taxpayers). The project will be financially self-sustaining and 100% of the profit generated will stay in the City of Santa Cruz." http://cruzio.com/2015/06/the-santa-cruz-fiber-project-2/ http://cruzio.com/2015/06/the-santa-cruz-fiber-project-2/

justinlaing 10y ago

Definitely a valid concern. And ideally I think it would be more open to competition. Though at least with this it's creating competition for Comcast, which currently is the only way to get adequate internet here (and a lot of other places). Also the company (Cruzio) has been in the community for decades, is run by a local family, and has done a lot for the community over the years. They are way more connected to Santa Cruz then Comcast ever will be. Not to say they couldn't abuse this situation and that concern deserves a good response. I'm not affiliated with Cruzio, though I was a customer way back in the dialup days.

iokevins 10y ago

To add to the comments by @justinlaing: "Under the terms of the partnership, the City will own the network, and Cruzio will act as the developer during engineering and construction and as the operator when the network is complete. Financing for the development of the network will be through City-backed municipal revenue bonds, repaid through the revenue from the sale of network services (and not by the taxpayers). The project will be financially self-sustaining and 100% of the profit generated will stay in the City of Santa Cruz." http://cruzio.com/2015/06/the-santa-cruz-fiber-project-2/ http://cruzio.com/2015/06/the-santa-cruz-fiber-project-2/