Re: [Nolug] Re: [Bloggers] Want gigabit fiber in New Orleans?

From: Chris Johnston <cmjohnston_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:16:30 -0600
Message-ID: <563ce9a61002111316y16b1085aw76656f7dfca17e1b@mail.gmail.com>

There are people talking to Geoff and Mitch Landrieu's people as we speak.

Christopher Johnston
@chrisjohnston on Twitter
504.208.1766 Google Voice/504.208.1592 Skype
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Simon Dorfman <simon@yamlike.com> wrote:

> It would be awesome to have cheap fiber here. And with Google ready to
> pour money into it, this sounds like it could actually happen. Have you
> already gotten Arnie Fielkow to click the "Start Government Response" button
> here:
> http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options
>
> ...and fill out the form?
>
> I saw Geoff Daily's talk at the last BarCamp about how Lafayette got its
> Fiber network up. Maybe he should be the one to talk to Fielkow so he can
> relate his experience, etc.?
>
> Simon
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Chris Johnston <cmjohnston@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The group at Net2NO and Launchpad are already working on getting meetings
>> together with Geoff Daily of http://app-rising.com/ and Mitch Landrieu to
>> get moving on this. We need to get as many people behind this as possible.
>> Net2NO already has the ear the City Council, Council Fielkow, and we have
>> worked with Geoff before. I'm sending this out to see if anybody would like
>> to help and contribute to the effort. Ideas, contacts, blog posts, and any
>> other positive input would be appreciated.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wusklcNKDZc
>>
>> Christopher Johnston
>> @chrisjohnston on Twitter
>> 504.208.1766 Google Voice/504.208.1592 Skype
>> Facebook.com/chris.johnston
>>
>
>

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