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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes February 26, 2014 7:03pm - Town Hall Office, Princeton, MA
Committee Members Present:
Bill Dino
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Ned Utzig
Phil O’Brien
Dag Olsen
Rich Wagner
Chris Lynch from Matrix Design, Peter Johnson from Calix, Phyllis Booth (Landmark), two Princeton Selectmen (Stan Moss and Edith Morgan) and seven Princeton Residents attended the public Q&A.
Discussion
- Approve February 12 Minutes – unanimously approved
- FCC Expression of Interest review edited version unanimously approved.
- Information from Stan: Select Board extended term to June 2016. Selectmen voted to reduce committee size to 9.
- BBC Nominee discussion– Committee tabled this item in light of BOS action to reduce committee size. Unanimously approved.
- Update on Millennium Proposals. Chris Lynch gave an updated presentation and passed out example drop survey sheets and ONTs.
- Chris Lynch indicated that Millennium intends to apply as an official CATV license respondent.
- Chris Lynch presented Millennium’s latest proposal update. The contingency requiring the town to make up for subscription rates below 70% has been replaced with an alternate approach where Millennium would wire a subset of the town.
- Public Q&A
- Residents asked about CATV and other package cost details.
- Resident concerned about partial coverage being similar to existing models like DSL, and felt it would be a problem in town if regions are left out.
- Question on whether Fiber would be obsoleted by wireless systems. Chris responded that wireless systems use fiber to connect to the internet, and in general fiber is considered to be the future-proof technology.
- Question on whether taxes would go up / discussion on the tax component of the funding. Answers on make-ready and other costs that may be municipal obligations have not been determined yet.
- Question on television hook-up at the premises.
- Question on conduit cost/foot. Chris declined to give exact figures for installation, but said if existing telecom conduit were available, Millennium would pull fiber through it at no extra charge even if the 250 foot limit were exceeded.
- Question on cost of repairs. Current funding model Money from escrow could fund emergencies
- Question/clarification on take rate issue going away in favor of the limited build model.
- Comment from resident who felt the new plan, being a mix of funding, was a better proposal than previous ones.
- ONT demonstration equipment handed out by Peter Johnson.
- Discussion with Millennium on CATV licensing process and options.
Action Items
- Bill to send Phil edits to FCC EOI
- Phil to send completed EOI to Ned for posting.
- Ned to submit finished FCC document to FCC and CC. John L.
- Stan to contact David Epstein / Jim Drawe from Wired West.
- Rich to post Millennium presentation on web site.
Upcoming Agenda Items
- Discussion on Millennium proposal / CATV licensing
- Update on FCC EOI submission
- Wired West application discussion.
Meeting adjourned 9:30 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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