Donald E Martin
Ms. Toney
Introduction to Computer
25 October 2014
Springfield Illinois Municipal Internet: Internet for ALL
Springfield City, Land of Lincoln is the capital of Illinois. Springfield is located 1.5 hours northeast of Saint Louis, Missouri, and 3 hours south of Chicago, Illinois. Springfield is small family city with a population of 116, 000 Midwestern’s. Springfield municipally manage and produce water, and electricity for Springfield’s residential and central Illinoisans.
I believe Springfield Municipally is ready to enter the twenty first century as a metropolitan city that offers a Gigabyte Network by direct connect or wireless connect. “Only in Chattanooga, Tennessee is 1 Gigabit-per-second Internet speed available to every home and business - over 150,000 of them - throughout the entire community. Urban or rural, business or residence, Internet speeds that are unsurpassed in the Western Hemisphere – from 50 Megabits-per-second all the way up to one gigabit-per-second are accessible here. “Chattanooga's community-owned electric utility EPB is installing a 100% fiber to the premises network. Built to run America's first true Smart Grid and offer residential high speed Internet, video and telephone services, the network was also built to empower our community in new ways. Because bandwidth is no problem, Chattanooga's Fiber Optic network enables upload and download speeds 200 times faster than the current national average, and 10 times faster than the FCC's National Broadband Plan (a decade ahead of schedule). Chattanooga, Tenn. show how a municipal broadband network can pay dividends when community leaders focus on the applications a gigabit network can deliver and consider the long-term economic development potential. And yes, it can even generate enough revenue to become profitable”

“Recognizing the value of their asset, Chattanooga’s leaders have put out a welcome mat for techies and future-oriented thinkers and businesses through efforts to increase awareness of their gig network nationally and globally, participate in entrepreneurial development programs and encourage a culture of change. The result? They've sparked an entrepreneurial boom”

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Who supports city-owned fiber networks? The US government.
Across the country, states have slapped restrictions on cities that want to offer Internet access as a public utility, and the big commercial ISPs have routinely opposed such projects. But what's the federal government's take? "Hey, could you guys use millions of dollars to extend fiber to more people in your communities?"
The map below highlights state-level restrictions on municipal-owned Internet services.

Municipal networks restriction map (Source: Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
The federal government has generally supported "middle mile" Internet projects with its $7 billion stimulus funding—that is, projects that connect the Internet backbone to local anchors like schools, governments, and universities, which may in turn offer services to the general public. (This week's$400 million in new grants from NTIA reflects the "middle-mile emphasis.")

Springfield should apply for federal grants to implement a plan to convert Springfield Illinois into a first smart city in Illinois. This smart city grid will improve Springfield’s communication, business, schools, and government efficiency. In addition, Springfield could experience an economy boom for years to come.
Please encourage your city officials to think about the future our Springfield, and how prepare for the future in the information age.

Thanks

Donald Martin

Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/07/who-supports-city-owned-fiber-networks-the-us-government/ * Source: http://chattanoogagig.com/ * Source: https://gigaom.com/2011/05/30/chattanooga-shows-what-a-gigabit-network-can-do/ * Source: http://chattanoogagig.com/ * Source: http://www.geekwire.com/2014/broadband-seattle-fiber/

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