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Mountain View study session highlights broadband gaps, staff to pursue city fiber conceptual design
Summary
Council heard a consultant—s Broadband Needs Assessment that found concentrated internet adoption gaps, limited city conduit and fiber ownership and potential short-term wireless fixes; staff recommended an RFP for a city fiber network conceptual design and said it would pursue grant and public-private partnership opportunities.
Mountain View City Council on Feb. 25 received a study-session briefing on a Broadband Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis that found a citywide mix of high service levels and concentrated digital-deprivation pockets and recommended steps including a conceptual city fiber network design.
The study session, led by Assistant City Manager Arne Andrews and Intergovernmental Relations Manager Christina Gilmore, featured Entrust Solutions senior consultant Jim Severance presenting technical memoranda on assets, market conditions, needs and a SWOT-style gap analysis.
The consultant and staff said the city does not own a comprehensive fiber network. "The city doesn't own fiber themselves," Andrews said, noting the city—s legacy iNet contract and roughly 3.7 miles of conduit serving about a quarter of the city—s 30 traffic-controlled intersections. The team identified nearly…
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