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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes September 25, 2013 7:00pm Town Hall, Princeton, MA
Meeting called to order at 7:04 PM. Committee Members Present:
John Kowaleski
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Dag Olsen
Bill Dino
Ned Utzig
Chris Lynch from Matrix Design Group also attended.
Discussion
- Conference call with Tom Buechel (Charter):
- Tom deals with carrier side of the business, considers Princeton to be a potential carrier, based on our current plans.
- Expected parameters / questions – Princeton would want a connection via Charter, can bring fiber to a termination point, provide services on our network
- Can provide voice/data, terminating in town at an Edge router device. Can provide various bandwidth options depending on needs.
- Connection process: Princeton identifies a fiber terminal location, Comcast provides a proposal for delivering fiber to it. Conversely, Princeton can build the line and Comcast can connect to it.
- TV beyond Charter immediate area may have FCC/governmental implications. Outside of Tom’s area but can be discussed.
- Charter may be interested in building network, turning over to Princeton, or some other agreement where Comcast operates network.
- Discussion on price point for ISP service of data/voice.
- Comcast will deliver required bandwidth but does not get involved beyond demarcation point with management of WAN beyond there.
- Would Charter be interested in bidding on being a MSO (multi service operator / aka ISP) ? - yes, providing Princeton can help overcome financial barriers. Tom can broker/set up discussions on this if desired.
- Tom: either Charter is the operator and runs the network, or they deliver bandwidth.
- Charter would be interested in being the operator including build, if Princeton pays for the network or pays for a large enough portion to satisfy Charter’s business requirements.
- Stan report on MBI visit with Judy DuMont:
- Stan, Judy DuMont, Christine Hatch, + MBI Program manager.
- Discussed ways MBI could help Princeton, letter from MBI etc.
- IT Bond Bill, discussion of $40M distribution. Unclear how it will be distributed. Stan/John working with Kim Ferguson on ensuring bill’s wording for distribution is fair to Princeton.
- Discussion on what towns currently connected to MBI’s network – primarily Public Safety and Schools on ERATE plan in a small number of communities.
- Update from Stan on talking points sent to Selectmen on Broadband updates. Bond bill, infrastructure mapping project, design from Bay State Networks, info mailer.
- Approved meeting minutes for 9/18
- Reviewed website response letter – Phil to revise.
- John met with Bay State Networks – They want John to locate all the transformers on the poles, and parcel addresses. John working on delivering various requested data to them.
New Action Items
- Princeton to provide demarcation point for Comcast where we would like fiber to be terminated. (Stan/Bill)
- Stan to talk to Phil about response section on web site to Wayne’s points. (Stan)
- Can Princeton purchase off of the GSA Schedule? (Stan)
- Invite Comcast back for more detailed discussions in three weeks – 10/16 (Bill)
- Rich to post update to website with pole progress (Rich)
Ongoing Business / Long Term Action Items
- John to talk to Christine Hatch on MBI about mapping tool.
- Decide date of special town meeting (All)
- John/Stan to work on revised depreciation plan. (John/Stan)
Agenda for 10/2
- No meeting on 10/2 – Next meeting 10/9
Meeting adjourned 8:47 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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