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

I unfortunely do not have any contacts, but I would be willing to help out
in other ways.

Thanks,

Shane Russo

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Chris Johnston <cmjohnston@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
> Facebook.com/chris.johnston
>
>
> 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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