Exploring Santa Monica's Incremental Fiber Approach Community Broadband Bits Episode 90
b'Just a few weeks after releasing our case study of Santa Monica\'s City Net, we have an opportunity to interview Jory Wolf, CIO of Santa Monica, and the chief driver of City Net. This is episode #90 of the Community Broadband [no-glossary]Bits[/no-glossary] podcast.\\n\\nWe talk about how City Net got its start with a smart approach to the cable franchise negotiation. Adelphia built a number of fiber paths that Santa Monica would mange to connect anchor institutions. The savings from no longer leasing services provided the basis for expanding a network that would meet Santa Monica\'s needs long into the future.\\n\\nThey took that network and added on, eventually serving businesses with dark fiber and even some lit service. The model is applicable to any local government - financed by saving money and reinvesting that back into the network. \\n\\nRead the transcript from this episode here.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. Also, feel free to suggest other guests, topics, or questions you want us to address.\\n\\nThis show is 20 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\\n\\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\\n\\nThanks to Valley Lodge for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Sweet Elizabeth."'