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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes September 18, 2013 7:00pm Town Hall, Princeton, MA
Meeting called to order at 7:02 PM. Committee Members Present:
Ned Utzig
Phil O’Brien
Rich Wagner
John Kowaleski
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Chris Lynch from Matrix Design Group also attended.
Discussion
- Update postcard decisions / discussion.
- Phil completed white paper, to be posted to website.
- Letter to State Reps sent regarding making sure Princeton is considered for funding for last mile $40M. Kim Ferguson went to hearing, sent a message that our input into the bill was accepted. Leverett’s state rep promised to follow it through.
- Stan has meeting on 9/19 with MBI/Judy DuMont, regarding Princeton’s issues with Western MA Survey, how MBI can help Princeton, the last-mile bond bill, and Axia pricing.
- A lot of pole progress, map is now at 66% done. (John)
- Bill has meeting with Charter with Tom Buechel - carrier sales, interested in deal with Princeton. Will schedule a meeting with him next meeting or thereafter.
- Chris talked to Verizon planning, LightTower, AmericanTower on what they pay for dark fiber. Around $50/mile/fiber/month. Most vendors would want two fibers. Translates to at least several thousand dollars a month of income, assuming multiple vendors would use the fiber.
- Network design – GIS data set has been delivered to Bay State Networks by John.
- Discussion on methods to estimate the take-rate for service for the business model.
- Update Postcard Production.
New Action Items
- Rich to post white paper to Website on Monday. (Rich)
- Rich to post update to website with pole progress (Rich)
- Stan to report on visit with Judy DuMont / MBI with various questions/topics. (Stan)
Ongoing Business / Long Term Action Items
- Stan/John + Subcommittee to work on RFI (9/18).
- John to talk to Christine Hatch. of MBI about mapping tool.
- Research/find more example towns (All)
- Decide date of special town meeting (All)
- John/Stan to work on revised depreciation plan. (John/Stan)
Agenda for 9/25
- Meeting with Charter Cable sales Rep Tom Buechel
- Action Item Updates
Meeting adjourned 8:19 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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