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Residents urge reuse of coaxial lines and press PUD for clearer notice on broadband deal
Summary
Public commenters urged the committee and PUD to consider short‑term reuse of existing coaxial cables and asked for clearer notice about the PUD's provisional IRU; a local technical commenter offered to join the April meeting with practical proposals.
Public comment included both procedural concerns and technical suggestions about how to deliver broadband with less ground disturbance.
A resident raised transparency concerns about the PUD's long‑term IRU and asked how the community could be better informed. In a separate technical comment, Jared Overhouse recommended using existing coaxial cables on poles for near‑term service because the cables could provide multi‑hundred‑megabit speeds to most of the point while fiber is added later. "The only correct thing to do in the short term is use the existing coaxial cables that are on the poles because... they could be made reasonably functional for maybe 90% of the point," Overhouse said and agreed to attend April 16 to discuss technical details.
Committee members thanked commenters and asked the PUD to present a fuller technical brief at the next meeting. The committee did not vote on any public suggestions at this meeting.
