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LAFCO hears fiber study recommending phased city network; public raises Wi‑Fi contract concerns
Summary
DTIS and an outside consultant presented a newly released fiber-to-the-premises study recommending a staged municipal infrastructure build (internal city network, enterprise pilot, then full deployment) with capital costs estimated around $560 million; public commenters urged stronger digital inclusion and enforceable protections in the pending Google/EarthLink Wi‑Fi agreement.
San Francisco—s Local Agency Formation Commission on Wednesday heard a status report on the city—s broadband strategy, including a recently released fiber study that outlines a phased approach to municipal fiber and debate over a near-term Wi‑Fi agreement with a private vendor.
Chris Feehan, director of the Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, told commissioners the department had released a digital inclusion strategy and the fiber study "yesterday," and described the twin tracks of near-term Wi‑Fi and longer-term fiber deployment. "With fiber, you really are getting a bigger pipe," Feehan said, while noting fiber requires "significant infrastructure investment" and a much longer timeline than Wi‑Fi.
Joanne Hovis of Columbia Telecommunications, who led the consultant team,…
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