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THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
PALO ALTO, C"LIFORNIA
Palo Alto'. Information Highway
Members of the Council:
This report is for infor.mational purposes only; no city council
action is required~
At the September 13, 1993 TOlrm Hall mee.ting. the question was
raised by Council as to what the city is doing to market its Cable
"B N line, a second coaxial cable installed in conjunction with the
City/cable Co-op's video cable system in 1987-88~ Over the last
year, working with Cable Co-op, !Staff has been actively pursuing
potential uses of that cable with a particular aim to'Wa~·d marketing
for the high-speed information transfer needs of private industry~
An underlying assumption behind this informal marketing effort was
that, if private industry needs for communication alternatives were
siqnlficant, activation of the Cable "s" line might be financially
feasible, as defined in the Amended and Modiried Franchise
Agreement of February, 1991. Those inquiries have met with mixed
responses, primarily due, we believe, to the bandwidth limitations
of coaxia.l cable for large vCllume high-speed use$ The restrictions
on capacity and potential for electromagnetic interference r-ender
coaxial cable less attractive than fiber optics cable for very high
volume Users such as Digital Equipment Corporation.
Nonetheless, given that the vast majority of capacity needs are
modest and that the coaxial cable has the distribution potential to
serve all ho~es and businesses in Palo Alto, further exploration of
the Cable -B" line use is productive. Staff believes that great
potential exists for its use, particularly since the cable serves
existing residences which are unlikely to be served by fiber optics
cable in the near or long-term future. Cable co-op is currently
e.xploring a pilot program with the Palo Alto Unified School
District (PAUSD) to provide cable se~ices to District facilities.
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Tbe city, PAUSO and Cable Co-op are also explo~inq ideas on how the
city and School librarie5 might develop a joint program using the
Cable syste.m to connect the facilities and/or distribute
information to residents' homes.
Investigation of the potenti.al use of coaxial cable for information
tl"ansfer in general has been successful. Issues relating to
commwnic3tiQns and the cQle of tne city in delivering such services
have surfaced. Digital Equipment Corporation's request to use City
conduit to install a ·state of the art" fiber optic communications
system li~ing their facilities in the downtow~ is a very positive
by-product of those discussions~ In conjunctior. "'ith. the
installation of tiber optics cable tor Digital's use l the option
exists, at mini=al additional cost l to install tiber optics cable
for potential city use including possibly leasing City-owned fiber
optics to other interested parties in the downtown area~
The use of City-owned conduit for fiber o{.otics communication
systeDls may have qreat potential elsewhere I particularly 'Within the
Stanford Research ParX. According to Stanford Lands Management,
requests for easements within the Park to connect existing
facilities with fiher optics cable have in~reased substantially
'Within the last couple of years. Conduit use is not the only
option available; there are currently requests from privata
communications systems to hang fiher optics cables on City poles as
part of an effort to link the nine 8ay Area counties. In several
other communities across the nation, both pukllic and private
utilities are providing fiber optic com=unieation options to their
customers 4 (See the enclosed articles on the role of utilities and
government in the information highway explosion in America.)
It is staff's opinion that a "state of the art-comm.unications
system in Palo Alto, serving business I public and municipal needs l is essential to both the City and region's long term economic
competitiveness. The concentration Of major corporations with high
volume information transfer needs l coupled with those of Stanford
University and the medical center, str~ngly suggests an opportunity
for the city to playa role in facilitating advanced communications
systems. What that role is, hovever l is not yet known.
Staff has initiated a series of "'ColDlnunication3 Vis-ioning" sessions
within the organization to identify options available and to
attempt to answer such fUndamental questions as: what service
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levels could/should be provided; owr.ership options; maintenance
needs and responsibilities; and potential funding mechanisms for
system installation. Fu~ther updates to Council on those
discussions yill be forthcoming.
Respectfully su~mittedl
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CAROL L. JANSEN ~
Manaqer~ Econcmic Resources Plan~inq
Attacruaents::
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"Wire Us Up· Commentary, S~ptember ~O, 19~3
"The Last Mile: Are Local Governments Ready?
Fiber Optics Article, PUblic Powe:,
September! October 1993
~The Information Econcmy~, Industry Week,
Septe~r 6, 1993
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ATTACHMENT 3
There are Gornpelling reasons for
public povver systems to rely on fiber optics
for utitity applications--and utilities can provide
a highly sought ne\N service for others.
Imagine me impact on wntward So("rticrs tf the 'W:Jg:oo
whed tI""l.d. of the Orc-gon Tr .. ii could ha ... ·C' L,ct:;
u:placcd ovc:rnight "tly a six·lanc Interstate,' V;har
would mat ha,-"C: meant for the growth of cine30? for
the-development of natur.J.1 rc:sour<:c:~: For me-quick
and easy mO~'emcnt of gold from C3liforniol or emit:
from Mmltana:?
Bdore the:: compleuon of ou:--n;:tion'~ funy intercon
nected highway s,'Stcm, who could h;l\"~ prcdiclcd sub
urb3, faCto!,)' oudet mJ!ls lnd hJ"ln~ to make n::scr-J
tioru to \<KAtion ,It n;,.ntlr,J.! p;:trb.?
Whcn pcopk's mobiiicy w;u no longer rc.sI-:1(tcd [0
the dista~cc thcy could ride ::. ho~ in ;l (by, :hc em,re
COmpic;J10ll of o"r lOUIlU~' ch.mgcd rJdi(Jtl~'
Changes. of rhal m:lgnituJI:: .:onfrc,nt us. tOO'J .
!11"';'gln<' th~ IIT1p,l~"t on 0111' ftJ(icJI1'5 ";ci):10Il1r ::lIlJ on
ctu:: WJ~' wr \\ork olflJ plJ.) if C:H'r~tJilr '''1I1d suddcnl~
tlP imo 1m-Un[ 3lll.1.io, \"~deQ JI"".d r.:omputcr cOnlllmni(J'
tion b<!tw~,.n ~opk 311..1 in'lirutit'tU. It ron<.:nd~ r.:\o·
h:tlOllJf)" ChJllg.:. f0r rJuc'.lti~jll. fur \.hI.:T<.: ll1d i, 1>1 '.IC
~ :.m J iil'ing, me for rJriJ [r,Hls.fCI" 0f in10rnlJrioJl
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ron for r.:~t,lb['~f\tng J ",Hi,," ,11 hisll ~f~\.·r:d .bt,1 III.·t
IYdrk p..i~'~,J O~I tih.:r optic:, Jtl<.! il1~~IIdni ..It t;;;,T W 1~IIk
by Bob Brolcc
S"u.pcr~·ompuTt::r cent~r~ at \',ulow: univcrsities "ln~ the
C::OU.!1U)'. the netwOfl.: is meant to help AmeriCl. co~e
by ,urenpht:nir'8 our ;.bility to Sh~f~ information ;;md
r:omrutIng roour.:~.
Fiber opoC"s technology i5 the dU(..ld thou .. ~11 weave
this nttwork. Fjb~l"" optic str.ands \tre very .sm:lll and
bght;"eig:ht when comp.lred to orh(.;" mt~H:Ollm:ctjotl
techr:olog:in, such oJ!i copra tdephone 3nd eOJ);!31
Qbb .• .D,. s:ngk opric:!l fib<=r is hJir·like: .ana r.:mgC'i fro~
9 [Q 62 5 ",iew,].., l:l dtJ.rne-ter.
u("h 0PT:":J] fib~~ h.i~ tr~m(:nJ.ou.s inforT'!'loltlon'';::Jrry
ing C:;IYJ(it). Where 3. 2 300-str::lnJ .:opper phone-clblc
(":,1:1 CHI')" 1,300 s~multJ.l1eous conu:::r!>ltion~,;l 32-~tfJ.nd
op,i .. -... ! ":Jbk ( ... n c;!m' 500,000. You Cln :11m ntrJSl~r~
d.lt.l C1,'lcit)· in tam~ of spc'r.t-l s:n,,':\'-: t\Yist,,~~ \,'in:
p.lir (:J.1l orry dJ,J JT 10 .I,,·tbit!:K'c· lM,glbl~, or llIilhOl1
bit> per s..:.:om1·1 0' L"r shor.: dis.:J.I1(.e-.. .A.. tiber (.ill C.Ury
lip I<J 2.4 Gbtt/~c'( IC'~Jb~t.\, or billiorl bit.~ pn" ~r:.:ond)
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;.mounrs of (ilt.l lX"n\<:. ~ous ("l1ll'rJn} :""-;;'IUI1) I l'ibt:r! B":'JLJ~,...:15 Gbssow Ekc-tri.:, rlJnr Board SU,V..:nll
Som~ campJ.rll":s, pn:v."} Imme.jtl[C needs, ol'.e I rc:nJent Will' 'J. (Bllir) R.l~ Ilk~ to C:lpbin, ::'IS f;H l~
al,c.ld\ mlfJ.lh;d Ihclr O\\n lit~r nr'l:\lorl(J, pnmurl.1' In hl:'! cOllc;:-rne". getting iIlvo\v::d In :lrgumcnrs of flb<,;r
~':b~ :-~=1.. ~-r ': -:-. ,~C""~ ...... ~ !t.y hr.", mll(M (:!.SIC' O\"er CO.:1.': .:ompklci), miss.cs thr m:lrk. "ThJ['S tikI: ::r;rg'j'
II ~ould be: If sucb .. nC(>lork \\35 :I1r<:ldl' 1[1 pilH' <0 I~ inf wl"Kthcr you i!lould burid 1m: h~s.h,\-;;,:, V,'" v~ ';", ,',
Lh:n 311 :II compl',y hld to do \\3\ Jlug In J obk, n"~c.h erne: or :lSphl!r," s:.rJ Illy_ Tht' n.::l.l tsSllt is thJt the ro .. d
the W;lY It Cln 31n::ld" plug.n l pl'one, OInd hllC inqJI't rH:l:ds to be :I rllwl(j·bne )-Oigh1\'J)', not l Or1t-);Uj<: side
cOnli.lunic;uion "f'1}'wht'rc I strcl:t, If thc tIJ.ffie i.s going w j]'JO~'1: rnor.:: (:ffi(J(:mJr·
!ll fuCl, 6!xr hl5 c;Jpmro.:d til,-imJgirlJtion Cr;i wide RJ.Y is J. dowr:J homc fdlo\\' WilO SJys he',!. n<:H :m
range of people: ~"ho em'i..iull l dJzz:jng am~' of passi·1 ::J("tlv1St, bm r:~·erthdess nlS l1Jan:Jgcd to m,J~c S<Jm~ Si7'
bilio(."S. EdUCltOrs tOll" abour disfJrlC(" kUrling, wherc:. able WJ.\"CS from corpcratl: 'boardmorllS to the 'United
nored insrruc:or who 3pp<::.Ir:i [:\"C in onc loCation COl .. i St1te~ Cc;rlsrcss with his :'8f/n.sII'C .:Hld ~'ujonJr)' plJns
stmuhJneousl) J.nd ir.:cr.lctlldy .... ,>p<.u .. ::H J.n} nurn·1 for the GlJsgo\\' Ekctric PI ... nt Bo;ud. Yl:t, as he quicl:.lr
ber ofs:ltellltl: loc::atiortS" :and f.rcquemly points our, all he'~ doing is trying 10 live
Hospital.! sec thc d .. lVi1 of:a nCI\' c~ in pJ.ciem di;tg.'1o· up to the histori.::al m:md .. tc of public powcr and give
sis and tr':OIItmcm, A brOldb:md d~t.i t-Jgh\v;ty could be his con$titucnts the S<::'r.l(e thl:Y KqUI:$!.
used to tr'3Il~rrJt d~tail-=d x· Tn~ initi",1 inro:nt of the
ray, CAT .scan. and "imll"r
dan to s~ined di ... gnosd
cians regardless of th~:r
location, miling worJd·d.us
Dll:dic:ine 211ail:oble to ;all
GLa~golV s),stcm, 5::aid Billy
iL1y, \',':!.S simply to find nCW
and beltcr ....... )'5 to mJnlgc:
it.s disuibuDon ncr:work and
moni:or consumption to
'The: enttrr.ainm<!I1f indus
tl)" Stt5 high."$pCcd twO'l1o:JY
data tnllhl1lls.sion ~ t.1C 1::1:]"
to ; b,,;tve De-o;l.' 9o'orld of .. "it.
mal rcafltv, mtt:'nctivc \'iew·
ing, mo~ie.s on dem3nd,
and more.
But vvho vvill bring rcdt:cl: Crltrgf co~u to .:011·
.sumers. Thc prim3!)' :<pp!i"
c~t:ion of th-=-net\l,'ork "'-:0"
a ~d still is. for lQJ.d m3n;t,gc
men! Jnd comrnllnic:a~i.on
for [h( utility's supervisory
COrlrroJ and dau ;;cquisition
(SCAD.'.) 5-ptem .
all these services
into reality?
The potential is
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the information iu::bag.
strong for
"The other applicnions
But who ~'il1 bring all
these .s.c=mc/!:s icto r~;dity:
electric utilities. came-along u the utility
looked fD.r ~".ys to ftn.w.:e
inseallation of the network
and marc it economi.cally
",jJbJ(:. "The philo..'ioph.y,"
h( .said, "'.;';$ that to mar.
~ economic It-alit}' out of a
AT&T bc:licvc"i it will
C:;.bte T\I~ compani~~, not
wanting to be k:fi: out, fun
tinrucd with their rr::chnol·
ogy and with rJgher capac·
tiu and twO-""' ..... y uansrni~s.ion ,aFJ;bilines, thinking
th .. t they will be the builders of :he new information
highway.
But both pho!::c and abk cm-:lpa .. nics f.!c:e;. fC\l.' smm·
1.:-:-.ng blocr.s. Phone cump:mics, ... t~"'ough they rc:!tch
nearly ever)' home al'd bU5ine~~ in thc coumry, mar
have a problcm bringing the hig.bw3J right to t!IC front
door bc(J.~ standard phorle lines don '[ tuv~ the nl:.:cs·1
~ sign31 c~pac~ty.
('.{",::Jxj;d c;Jbk, on [h( Dihcr hand, C:III supply the nec·
esi.lry b:.mdwidth, but abk compJnic!i g("ner.llir don't
serve busln(sses or dowJ1[owfl lrt"as, iuS! n:sid.::ntiJ.i sub.j
urns .. This hnut!:> tht.ir :lbillty ,0' rC:lch tl;;:: CUSl(,merlr
mt-'St i,ntc:rafc-d in high clPJdr ... dat;). [rJnsmissi()n.
The pountiJI is suong fnr cI"~"Tri," utilltl'"s
0111: of the f1l!Y.i1 ::Jl\;bJljl)m br'-:ldbJnd dlr:l: m:t'I\'orks
insl.llkd :11\;:1 own.:d by ~ pdliK power system ts in Ci.!s
go\\', Ky. The GI.tS:;O\1' sys:':11l i.s Ullqm: 11; l .:ourl.: or
Wl)"~, iilduding the P":l1ctr.lrilm kh·! ill[o hom.:.; and
bll~il1n~..:~, tho.: rangL" Qf s..'r;'i,c) ~Itler<.:d, am! tt\(: tJ':! '
thJi. i;: is bJ~d nm co!; ti\~,~\' npt:,:s {Wi ~\\ (t.).:1.'\.11 c.:l.k. I
Cn;'l;.~~ \Vby In: we :;li"mg ~U()\II H Ir. l dl}((1).51011 of
comrnun~t)-~Jo.ide 'broodband netwoo. you bad. to hJ;""C a.. ...
usortmt'.:nt of reyer, LIe "producing SCI"\~ces to support it."
Among thl: candid .. rc s.(:r.'j(CS Gia5!;(Jw idcntiF.d
wer(: c .. bk TV, community phone ~en1ct ;i.!ld ~ wide·
.. rtlo put:.hc d .. ta flcr ... crk..
T!"Ic c:lobk T\i' system compct~ di.r("ctly .... ~ch J.!l C"x.ist
ing priv2tC c..abic system, \-\'luck it h:..$ had .. .510\\ sr:tn:
over thc lJ.5t (Uoo YCJn, thcf<~ Olrc finJ.II, I:nl);Jgh sub
s .. rib-e.n to push into break·eve.rt .. EV~!1 ~o, B~\\y R~::
rJtcs it a complcte StJ(((:SS from the ~"Cry bcgiIlIling
"The people in tllC commu.nity w~mcd comp<"titton
;lnd ma,'s what rhl:)' gOt,"' he $;l!d. "It's driv("n the r:JtC.5
down I~ probably ~omc of the lowc-s, in the n.l.<lon."
Tl"kScripps, the local privafe compl:tltor, now hJS
rIlQn,hl~' ratcs J.S 10\'0' JS $5.95 in GLasgow, C(;[l1pJrL"d to
r.cighboring towns wh(rc cable r;He~ arc tYP;l.ally
SiS.SO per mond ..
R;l) 5e<.:' no rc~~on \Vh,· Gli,~gaw r;HlrlOt work J
simi!u cost mirJcl.: for local phon.:: s(:n'jlL·, "Wc
W('TL" ,ollt.lLtc-d hy Fir.>t r.\;.:itit Netwurks in Sl!ill~r
vJ.k, elliC, .... ho s;\\d ~ht:,' h:-.J \r':'.'~-nt(d;l t":<:.(,\1ok,:.:s
lilJt would llioll' fl.:kpilot'lc t.rJllic 10 tJkl: r1.10: on 3
bro:ldb.1nd ",{work S1l~ ouri."
GIJ5gow wu J.nxlous '...."Jy, ro;; link ovt:t:l Y'J[ 3g'J
the-ci~' inmJlcd its tim: e.'qx:rimentat ph:m' un 3b0ut J
dozen phones_ TodJ.}' [hle ncmbc. is 3round 60. "W~'n:
f~~r.\ 1.t ~h< c..i,gc of t;!.king J.noth(:f 10:;11' arid ~ ''',t::all~
pr'J\iding :r;ltc:rn3lc dial' tones ro om (Omm'J<1:I)
The result, he SJid, auld be ,':..:rlups the riw Jnl
mumtr (Q bvc compc:..:tion fN di3~ ton ..... Tr,:lf \\oo~d
ccru.inl)' lower ioc.ll c:lllmg ch;J.rgc:s-p~oplc: on the nct
werk. don't BO through the tekphDn~ comp3nj"s '::'l'ltr.JJ
office to rC:3ch other ne:-work subs,ribers, they iu~r d,.l:
OIn encnsion !mmbcr. But ilS greatC"St impJCI would be
on long-dJ,uOlm;:c chug::s.
According to R.a~', h3if of every doi1.1[ spent on long
distance Qib is the .l«C~ durgc from the: loe;;,1 operJ t
ing company to the: long·clli:,-'ice camero B~' bringing
aU the community's long:+
dis~an<."e calls to a single
tr;uafet point, Glasgow
CQuld b)'pass the local
pbol!c company cOlIlpletd~'
:md s.lve further by raking
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AddltLOnr"r'io.;c-s r\()\\ on th.: JrJ\\H\S rn.lJrd i:l<..-iuJ..:
si~njng .Ir ~,..r.k rc, pro"de .hIli bJllk·Jt-nome ~i!l'\·i..: ... ~
o\o:r th ... · rwrwod:" Jild ,,:olll'lncinf:l ~~Q(=.!ry $tor.,; to £:')
011-1il'\,' wittl. d..:crm:,ic gmn-r:--' 1"0ppiI1g
"W<,:'n,: ~<'(rlr.g 'l ~\[j" n":l>~IO!HC 1O (ht,"" J.dmltt~.j
.. [( \\I! COII1J find th," ril.!.!H Sllf~',\"Jrt so t11.1[ JU J
:r hJd to do \'.'35 p:T l i~l: :\'<:1""':[ ll1Ci I'.)Jd flit own·
\\" ~, I r'. 11k wc'd be oH' [0 lhe f;l,-~S."
Wht'1 the Or3ntcbllrg, S C , D;:-pJHll::::nt of Public
lhiliries firH eXJrr,incd cOl11munltltions ,.;cnnoiogics
f,x i:s SCADA s)'stem, it considard jmr :lbom (\·ery·
th:ng en .he mlrket, in..:h.!dlI1g COJ.\,l(('Jrding to DJ.dd
GtHam, dirc:,;;:or of the Or.u:.g:cbu.rg Ekctri.: D·'\'ision.
"'\Ve looked 3t k:lscd lines, microwl'·\:. 900·MHz
fJd~o :J.nd fiber optics," s:.id Gt:bm. "'The (1\'0 mO$[
anraCU\'C wc:rc: nlicro~"l\'e lnd fiber."
N",itncr of Ihe lOp rwo
choi,cs WJ,; p3rriculJrly
fn(xpcnsi\'-=-, Gillam !aid
The anJ!~'s~s sho\V~d tnJt
fi lx:r h:.d grea,er adv<lrm.ges
than rnicro\'":.1~·e,
advanug!:: of high-volume
lang+dlm.ncc ra~.
Ray secs thc phone: ,ys
[cm ;is a m .. jor pot<!nriaJ
economic devdopml:nt tool
for Gmgow. "Ifyo'U had:m
mdumy interCSted in locat+
ing r~ your comm"clniry-,"
he e:xpLlirted., "ana the on.:
thing that would make the
deaJ happen 'jIj'l.S if th~y
Ray sees the
phone system
Or.e of the biS~e:~t dm~'
bac.ls to mkrC\I'ave I.\'a~
pOlrn!iai liret'l~ing prob'
lems, he nid. "\\,c'rc .. tca!
camp .. " SYHCnt and the
Fedcral CO'l'nrramicaion!>
Comrr;is.slun i..~ tending ro
rc!>C("\c mon o(;["!, ucenses
for loog dutar'cc:
rnirrovw·,lve .... 1.1 addition,
as a n ..... ajor
potential economic
development too!
for Grasgo\N.
'!;:<:;uld get th-:ir long·dis·
tance charge! reduced by
20 pucc=nt, then a commu+
city that C'wncd a S}~tcm
Iil:;c Ihls "-'Cwd have a major
ad\.·antage ...
Thc fourth .KI"\'ice offered by Glasgow, and the one
th .. t mostcxcircs R.t~'. ts the communjt:-" ... ·id~ bgh·spcl:d I
d.aa nerwor'..::. P..t:.:a~ it uso con, the G:;l.';gow 5-)'5t-=::-:
is only a tIVO·h--fbit/:scc pOllhwa)" bur that is fA'll cnougf-. ~
to give everyonc DC the n~t\vorlc nearly im!.l.ncmcous I
access to central file .s<:tvcrs "lnd to cxh other.
The first U$Cn connected [Q the nawork wer~ the
Gbsgow 31"e:. s-:hools. '"Tho!y .o,Jd maybe: 15 dlffe.!-:n,
computer tabs," sotid Billr R...y, "clch with ... Ii II! S(:r..-cr
and maybe 12 Or 24 \"orksrarions, but nonl" Clfthcm
t;ould tJr" to (a ... 11 other."
Si.nce. Gbsgow Ers o.\d 'wir<.::cl up [10( only c~'cry
5(11001, but c'·~ry dJssrOO:Ti. in eVi!ry s.:hool .:Illd cn:ry
home irl [he commllnit)', once: the sd~oob Ilerc ,on·
n';ctcd i;: m"·ln, th~t tCJcncn Jlld smdenrs eOl,dd shJr,'
computt:r r;:-lmlf,,-C.\. both ::n lchool lnd ::It hCHn<:, fc;[
thillg. Eke nomework, i!n"'rir,~~ k$son plJns, kc:eFi11S
"ltlcndJn,c', ~l1d plrti.:iPJtill~ il~ di~r.1n..:c klming:
Th (: CI r!' ilJS J bo n:..:cmll' i 11$[,\1 kJ ~ g,-'os:r JI,hi, i nl:x
'n system for us-: br cit), l~'L'rl,,:'~L::> b:..Jt \1"hi..:b is .. I • .,
~,,;,:,,:~<;~l,·_ ~'r dn"'':I'~ who p~ll!;l. inli> the n..:rw()rk
mic.ro\l.':.\'e-lik~ .an~· ra.dio
or dectroni( cable s:;~tern
i..~ mbject w c:b.t.'"Oma@:!lc!
ie inrctfc:rence.
Fiber c<ptio i..:s pun: and
cle~n, he Slid. "'\\'e have:
had ,';~"!'UaJ!y [10 prob!c rns." The onl~' glitches bave been
somc ground surge interference in the .mb.t..ltion·b.1:S<:d
ekcuonics bcfore the sil;1!ai rCl..:-he~ t..'1e fiber.
Or;tngthu:g put up~iu fint kilor:lrrer of fiber in
1~89. ToG ... ;, it b..:.s about 34 miies jns~ned The CPU
i~. ~ f,JS, electric, w.ater and ,\ :J.nO;:\\lte.:-utili:} so the F. bl!r
backbone rinks 14 subst~tiom, cighr g3.3 regubtor sta·
tions, the warer and W':l.sr(WJtcr p!;1nt, sh: w;m::r tOl\"er~
and fjl'C pump 5t36011.5..
A~ \\--ith Gl.ur,ow, Onr.geburg's primlr)' appll':Jtio[l
for .h, fibc~ \,'J~ fUf th.: SC-\D.---\ ~)'sr<"rn. But once rhe
network wa$ in r-i.:;ce, the citr d,s.:on':lc-d th.at the fiber's
Glp3cit), nfftr..:d -:llmmO<;f of m.n.:r (;(}St's.wlng op;'",l">
011::: of ti:\: fir~r rilinit$ Orank"rbllrt>: !ool.-cd Jt \1"3~
mo\·ing Jil its in-holts\! phDlll"$ t~ (hI! ~jibl.:r. L\Ve \Vcr.::
pring: S50jrl1ond1 fQ So,ltb:m Bdi once l~l': phon..:
\llie ~-,.t:1lI PUT of ·,·I·.c t>l!iIJmS"," 11.: ~:li". "'Wt pmbJbl~
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tjl<.:;r 01111 pri\.I(c 1'!\oI1': sJ'~r..:m, tjl"~" 1\0l"'1~U 1,.1''': to
P,i), (11,-' phon,' rOl\\i)JI1) ~\\',,:>\i: cu;-".1~, b.I,·k 011 Olj,·
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lbk fur bc(h on:rh\:;lJ lnJ und'-"Qr'J lppli":ltior. ill,!; ~'cr~n8 up in OIl n -~)Il": 1V~t ... m ::"':rwccn Jtl ~jt}.
""Th:1.t dId 3.w:.y Willi :,\1 thc~ tf~n spti..:~~ at hoJ '-Jwm:d rl..:ili\i>:~. T\ut. .11..1 r<:l.ll..I.il'.!" i\\'~ .. uilin~ l ph:·
cod.! lMd drops into 'leather hl:l(h lnd ,going unda· \I'~y oilthc rib.:; n~-:',\urL 3:1.1 omo th ... ·lo.:::1 Bel! phone
ground III g("t intobll;\.~mgs :II1Q S'It.';\lt;on~," he s.,:.1 3.1,t":l11
Whik not cur,~·r.tly s.:h..:d'ul.;d rO( impkml:jHl~i'-l:l, 01\"-": Hn!I..l"d ~ r":Jdy I[j[ rllJI, i1 I,d: ~iJr( k,uk:,IS ~l
Jdd.tiorlll s;:n-il(S sll..:h J~ cl!lk l-V JnJ communit)" 1'01'1''::1:'\' uses ;a \\,:l~ "1M\.' .s,.-I\oo) ~yS'(I1lS WJJJt 10 do
phone scI .... i'l."c h,H'1,' Ix~n tJI).:.ed :Jbom :l11d lr.: d<:finitel) dl~:JI1C~ kaming. lnJ incal.:ti' I.:-':u\:o, \\'e:: hJvt l jm of
p<ls:sibk. industry in town 3\ \I'd I [~Jt h;)\,," :l lot of fJ("il:m:~
.. ..,Vc usc Tl/T3 te::.:hIlOlogy," Slid GLIi:lm, <-wnidl througl;o\lt rho.: dty. Tn<ty mishr II m[ to ..-ann..: .. , thcir
.;il'e5 us IJp to 6T}. ,'oiu:·gnde cnanrv:Js.. AI prCSl"nt .H-~r!i(e:-ms !O~e[her through our fiDcr," FdJ[ ~:lid
ar( only U5i.'lg 3bout 17 ch:lr'lnd bJ.nk~, ~o we 11 .. ,'e a hr· H"olbn.d ;JlmoS! bJdl.'d jm" chI.' duisiorl to pU.[ up iu
tie room w grow." own fiber rletwork, SJ.id Fddt
Paragould, M., U$h~ &, WJ.[~t Commiuior>. off<::~'S ~\Ve \l'l.'.r<:" appm:lch:::d b~' somebody d~ who Uo"ultd
cabk: TI' ser\'l<,-e:D loa! dtizen5, ro it h,;u (;Jbk going to PU[ fib';r opliu up Ol'l our poks,'" he said "We
to mOit homo in the -:n::.. Sin'::f the ""bit: is -a tWO-\ .. :.y rt.;':::;;I.T(hct! it and 5:liti 'H~y, ·.,,-;,.;t iI min\.ltl.'. \\'h';l c:.n't
addr-...wble system, th;: u:.ilit')o"s bope is to ..... i'"C up C'-'CT)' we do tht~ (Jllr-sclv~s.''''
cuStomer. borh commC'rcill :md resldcIlti'lJ, aIlo offer \ The Cil}' of M;t.,a5>.15, V:L, op<::ntes In cighr-mile fiber
au::o~tic meier ~3dlng and dem,;md-srde: man:tgC'm~nt ! optic-nl:I:'vork th1t c-onn~cts CIt: H .. Ii, dectric gcnrr2,'
A critical put of making t.'i-tOlt pos.sible howe\'cr I~:I i(,g pt:lnrs, three dc(uic SLlbsratior.s, rh.:-""-arcr pump
hlgh-~t'd d.n .. b:lck.bor,e-to h::lIldk the tJ::.ffic Tc do STlrion, water t;lnk:s l:1d th.:-public '-YOII...:! fJ(i!i~', The
thi:s, P-U;Igou!d \\-irJ soon CC!lnect four ofin big hub. via systl:m, ... 'hich h;l.!> bc~n opcr-Jting for two ye:L"'S, camc.s
a fiber optic loop thJ.t will inc1uae the utility's mJio~ an Ethernet 10..:3.1 ,uea Ilnwork ,"nne-rrcd to the c:ry'~
fac1iLies. The tint ilpp!icaoon '\\iJl be a. SCADA s)'m:m GIS, ,I.' t'>-vork. :md the utility SCAD," ~~tem. IL':usc c;1J'
to mor:itor and conrrol lift Stations, v,farer towers and ri::s a T~l ne[work which. pro\'idcs conneccdry for we
power distn1lUtion S"....tcons. cir:'.s .4.5400 mainfi-lme, L'1::: mobile radio link.s from the
"Right now, we're just pUffing if'. !hc fiber to saris!) ba$C s~3.LiQn to the ,m;:ennJ ~i;l L~C tiber, as \\-c11 ~ in!:.::r·
our own needs," s;tid Cr.=nera/ Manager Lan}, ""~at.;on depuuTlenr pbone links
"'Down tht. wad "''I.''U SC~ what .others. might ~ I..:!ter-H3s~ng i.H O\Y!J p~on-e ~yS-tem, parti":111 .. d:J one
csted in," \\-"irl': the:-e;o;ccptional O()Lsc immunity offered by fibo:=r
Among the KrVic.es that WilbOn thinks wou1d be -a.
good .fie for b;"; hybrid system arc home !ecurity and
automatic gu meter reo.ding.
"In ;a smaII rown like oun; (appro.xima.[cly 20,0<10),
dlsanCC' and rime: arc Ilot as big J. factor a.'l if you ii-.-e in I
a Luge. cit]!." k ;a result. there's unlikd~' to be: demand j
fOr some of the bigher-teen offe:rings like: inrc:ra!::ti ~'e "I
computt'r mtwOcking On the: orner hand, .scrvi!::es ttut
ctn rc:rulc in :a lower utility bill, such as remOle meter
rcadi.ng Uld demand-sid~ m,u.3go::me[1[, .should ha"e al
good ehance of suCC('$S. I
Tbe HJlbnd, Mi<::h., Eoaed of Public Worb has
lnsul.led norly half of 3.. planned 16.8-mile fiber loop, I
.a;:cNding to Englneenn~ Supervisee Jdf Feldt "\;\'1\c;1
mat's dom: we'U sur.: brancbing Ollt a.na go 1:0 thr:: !1e~t
st~," 'The.5m p~ offiba inst.IL.:ttion "'ill be tos;ni5-
fy cit)" ~nd utility needs, he: ~id_ On!::e rh3t is full}
proven, tht pbCl is w o~n up the ne:---"'"rk to induS1:rr
and eduction_
The first phas<---.:ostln,g 5850,000 is (ksig.ned to
bring HolImd"s SCADA systl.'m on line ;1nJ 10 prod de
J.n opticJ.! fiber pilot wire n:h)" syw:m to in.:r\·Jst' sy.>lI:Jn
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"\Vc'n" olfTrI1ti} u~ing tile-tib~"T t,) n.:111otd;' I.:-ollcror
our c,)mbusriOrl turbine po\n~~ pC"lking uni!:>,'" s.lid
Feldt. "Th .. ' il1trili looy I .. ~tr;1T ... .!!i':-Jlly IO,.Ul·'; ~II i, ~'X!
rn CJ(h of our s.ub'it;:.(iot1., ~\'ith nJtun.: pL).I'I~ to irl(lmk
rumping n.l!ions, \\-JSrC\I'l:';1 IJII s["lti'Jll~_" '!ld Ot~l-1\,lt.:r
;\.nd w~.,t~w"t...:1" pL\\-,1,~_"
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opti .. s, I:;' :a nlJjor b<':,!O'1 tho.; (lpillioll 01" Dirnror I on public e,r nco.:d5, !lowen-f, [hde :app":lrs to be
of Utilili('s C1rJ .... Wimn.',,"L I ~lIb~tJntilt ~nt<:f(:st from L~o,; pn' .~tc s.:C'Q{
.. It's nHh"h mor..: rdi.lH..: [h.:an our d~1 phon.: S) 'Icm," "There::ln.: poh,~' qu~·stions {holt nr.:cd [0 ~ .msIVc:rc,j
5Ji.~ WjllH~lr.:r, ... , ....... dO:l't Ml\C II:..: n,,:HH rfObkm~ I flr~t." ~.lid Murr""l If thoe i~ :11" ~d'-'Ition~\
When we wer..:. k'3sin" phol~": Iin,·~ rh,-pil,mc-(CfllPJn~ I' ;Jppll!,:.1:iGn~s) ,\hic:h SpriI1gfi..:td'b fibr:r 1'1. ,orl;. W,dt:
w;u::ilw.l~"l p.l.tl.hln!; imoOllf Im!':~. Dr [U1Ilin!:, utr<qu:p-I prol'idc :'H~ would H·pre~nl: J tool to br .. g. Jobs .~~,:
mCl1t, \\'c h.ld loucftrol.lblc." ~ (({,11omi;:-gro\\t~ ill!O the ;i.(CJ, th!;u it nccd~ to bc(on'
"Now. it worKs b-tlutir"'ul,,'-," hr.: ~J:iJ_ "\'\ \,. g,n some I' .loiden:d, "But L' we 'l'll1t to bL .l rct.lilcr of custOrl"\t'r
r,oiK, but tbr's anI), from:a tr:-rm:r.::.1 Wl)' 3t ant" end of s,,['.'ices or would it be best tC simrl)' supply t.'c 03."IS·
the: nct , ... here \\'c holY;:: to Us.c;l mi..::rcW3'.'c link" rent meth<.,d while vil'lle enrrepren~\Jrs d",\'dop the
The c3bk ]\[3n.1ss.lS uses h.15 12 tit<rs. iru~J<:, ~hc (.:~ I cu.Ho~erprodUl:!5:"
~ only two. ThJt kavc:s them With Pkn.~' o! t'\cess I 10\\101 Gov. Terry E:oln.St .. J recently anum,mced the
C<lp:.ciry. So (3X thc)'~\'e not h:id 3nv (lkeN. T'J<'t of the est;lbll~}lment of 1. $97 milhon s.toltewice fiber optic3
~on is the fiber system h;u nor bcel1 f'lLbl,(;z(d '"'}.:vt • nerv.·ork. This t!"olmbtc~ intO a be,y of [J(W ch:ll1engcs
many people k.r:ow about it," Wimmer SOlid, "lfw( get' :md opportunities for pubhc pDI\e::rsy .. te::rru in me:: M;!;te.
the word om, we could probJbl~' !e3se some sPJce on I ~Jld Bob Haug:, e.'l:ecud"e ::iireetor of die: low. Associ01-
it." The other reason is. rl1J.t tiorl of Mllruei~:a.l Utihtie5,
",lith:: the cxtr.l b-lnd\lidth Ekl;('n trlunirip.l.lides in
\vould be a rlatl.lul flt for 10"'3 01lT. a:!ld <>pr:r.ltc Io<.-"ai
cable TV programming, cable TV systems, l-hug
that opton b:l.s so far t:(,et Secure and reliable said. "Scvcral orthcse s)'s·
stiff resistance. "I'm an tems have lo;;:d rnan3ge·
adVOC2te of pro\iding able CC>fTl rTl U n ications~ IOC':nt progr.uns a..$ welI that
n~ .nd broad band su· g:o back m:J[l~' ye:J!s.'" To
\ic(," s.aJd \Vll"!'lmer, "but so ~ven during severe date, all [hese municipal
far the. pohtic! just arcn't lightning storms, cabie syHl:':.m~ are c:oa:x-
tJu:n:,'" bJ..)ed, but Haug s.aid that
Secure: and reliable cem· 'Alas one of the more and more communi·
munic.tioru, even during nlost irTlportant ties an: looking at the
SC\'CK Ilghtning :stonru, was potcntial offibct optics.
one of the most important benefits realized by The SUte fiber network
benefits realized by City City Utilities of eonnccu .. n SWe colleges.
Utilities of SpringfIeld, and univcrsities ;Jong ane
Mo., when j[S\Ioitched to an Springfield, Mo. big data hjgh~'ll.)' and i.s
-.H flber-bated digitu o.e[-intended primuU,::! as .. n
work. Spring£dd bas com· educational and economic
pleted thc installation of9S development tool Tbe
oot of a designed 135·.rrule h:gh~'a)' ha~ one off-ramp
fiber project, according [0 Todd Murren, ~u~r\;wr of I in c;'!.:h of the ~tate's 100 touralcs .and pri~"3te coU.:g~
[Clccommunkationsand the projectmanJg.:'-. 'I wd publil: librJrlc. are allowed to conn(:.:r, bot
"You have to t.,l,,!nk about your netwo:-k design, ~I.lt I instaliing th~ necC'ssary lora! loops is r.Ot P;!r1: ~f tbe
it's not illi difficult.;as ir seems,'" Muf'T'l:o s,lid stolte pl;.n
Ciry Utilities is .i combined ekern.;:, gJS, '1lter ,lnd I However, sin.:e places like Gla.~gm\ have shO\\ll] th;u
tn.ruit utility th.l.t ~n'~ .. communi,,:;' of :lppr.o;;irn;1.tclY coa\: haS ",l.d~bar,d <:ap:a.bil,-u'!! sufficient fOl: no:>.t local
150,000 pcopk, A top prioril')' for f.'turn:., ~ to b< ;'!bk community n:::ew, mJlly public po'>Vef systems in low~
ro m:1in,ain communications among thL· , ,ij~',5 '1£:::,-I arc:: rCllizir.g tha[ \\1th th(: right irterf;'!.:e equipment
m.1jor f.:IcilitiC'sc:\'cn inlhe fJ,;:e ofd;[ecr: righming strikes I the JJreldy hl\'e mmt ofwhlt it tlkes to p:ug ;nto me
;md sn:::red fib-cr tables, To LiJ.t c\:tc'nt, Clt\ U[lti[~cs is i ~b(f loop wd bring the bc:nt:"fi(5 m melr (mnmunitu:s
ins.r:llling SONET (.SynChronou'S Ortl..:;1 r-.:eIlHlfi; II Public t:~iliry districts in \Vashinglor'! state ;1.n: very
Tn.nsmis-~ion'·bJsed c::quipm..:m th.lt supportS, .Hl10ng imaestc::d III fibe~ opti" , but h.l\'C' nc', yel pL:x>ued 3n~'
oth.;:r [hillg5, sdf·h<:"-llng ring.> 1 iUStJII.HIOfU, JcC'ording to Stel'e Johnson, executil'l"
"in .. nJ.tur.d d·I.1;,tl'r, th<: r"c tt\illg ",-, n<:,J to PI: I din:<.1llr ofthc:: 1,\';1Shingwt1 PUb!K Ut.ilIfY DiS!.rl<:"ts As~o
COl!ccml"_d with I .• ,I:':. n;li .. bi(lty of Oll1" (omrmm' . ..:J ebotl ,r., ""r agf~::': witk Bdlj R.:l'Y," h<:: SJid. ""Tb.\.s. is 3.1\
ti<,JIl~," SJid 1dl 'rr(l1. fiber opt:, to.!..:Jlno!o,!;l· :HId :or.:"-pub!le pO'.'< {)u!:,ilt to be in ;'!nd i"s 1. POt,·rot':;.!
SU:\'ET-bJ~.:~1.:kl.:tr{)lll(spro'id( I ,1'\II~JII,,;e I n:ll."s5;\I1.:e (or pt~~'ll': pOln;:r," The pronlem thoug.h, h ..
~, .• TUY f:1-.,,:r Ilcl"c;r~" c\rn.> ( ,\l.:it:,' nbt~ i,l t\\.[j I ~.ll,i, i.'> th.1t in rtI.II1:'· c.~~..--.. r'llb!i( p,W,rl tcnd~ hJ lx ks",
tOIl! .11.:.11,[ s-rr.\I\d~ Of ("nil-Ill,·nl nndrlpl,·\;i1l.! 1~'Jl· 1,1 \\,,j~"IS to tJI;,; L·litl<:l'r<.:r:;:',lriJl ri.,ks trl.ln "-11 im<.:'!or·
niqu<.:~. Cit)' U:iliri,·~ pl,lIl) to IIHL'S-1 J,;: JJl ol·"~ H);U:, Oll'tIl',{ ck·,:rri( uti!lt)' or tL·kr!1on..: con'i'.m:-, W~ld<.: SUch
(bu, 10c·;-,t lr<:J n .. ·[" l.ir' il11.\;::':, Jnd ";,k~l OniU trlr cJllrioll ~ll;l\n ('oll~nlLlldJbl<.: COr:";';lil (or rJlep:lY':1
tib';r. Ttl!: miht)' h,l~ ci,·.:id.:Ll illiri:' III rCln,'111 I;XU~l·d m,);,,-}', it might lbo L.JU,'.: pubtic· pOwn W mi~~ om 011
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[hI.' gn.du.aJly dt;sing " .. indo'>, lit' "p~mity I
"fur clJmpk, we hJ\"C:J: r<.'rt~·a >....;..J:gi..: opponuf'.it1'
h<.:n: ;].f]J \\'..:·r~: nlH dl,'Jlin~ \\itll it cff,·ct;\'cI~·,.'· s.lid I
}(lhll.>Cn, n:1i:rring: to tho: .sim,nian in (h ... S(Htk ;;In:J
WllH,r.)\I·J\·, 1mb. Jrl.: f'".~. notoriolIS fur going our :II
rb: "Dr$~ pos~lbk tim, cwLl .. I tJk~~ l f("ll" h;!:~ on;l sys
[(Ill lik..: t!"lJT dming :. b..l.) rimL" t() r,rt yuu .hinklng
~h(lIH l s\:~l.In: ":I,kbo!~, .. " For thc n .... ;tr term, !:lid
Thl' orpoftUl1i~' inl'oh:<."5 nl.Jjor ;Jr~~ "II1P\;.):'([S, such I W(.,,,,11IJrd, iT i;; J ;::nlpk r. . ..jt;<."~ to im(:~r.H"·.lH J IHiJt
JS BIJ,"ing: :'111>1 Mtcrosort, th.l.: ~"'H· 3tr':;ld.\' (\rr,,:~~cd ! tI";; IO!': .. · ;lila dJtJ Hlfr!.: ~o fib..:r r..J.nl1ll1,g Jt lGO
,h':lf d<.'sifl;" for ::I publn.: fiber optic I'll"tWO"" Ill' whkh I j\lbj,/scc. "Ie's no big c<':J!," hl.: ~;;id "ThC"~' em either
th .. · .... could ,onm"ct dlcir \'lrlOl'S pbnt~ ;J.nd ofI'j(e£ BGc' In~(.lIJ i, rhl.:m~dl'l:) inl'~m;J.11:., or they Cln (amra!;:!, It
illg'in P;lr.icuIJr hJS mJ~si\'( d.llJ tr:J:n:;mis,ron [c'Iui.v J {)ljl It (oln JIJ b!.: dOr\c ,.'!til nis:mg ('luipmem;lt l f.:w·
ml..'nts 3nd ,\[ino>oft is ju~r 001..' O(;l numb..:r ofn:gionJi I Jy r..:J50rllbk (ost." A..,d th.:rl. in. /11'(. yelr~ or 30, the
higfHc:h comp,mic:s rhlt could b..:nefit from 3 (')$t ;lr,d Ulillt;." (Ould e~~dy upgrJd~ f<J 1 Gbir!u( s.peeds :1r.d
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work to be-prOl'ided or mJintl\ned by the I()("a! phon' does n(Jt m.:~ up )"our pbns for tomorrow, solid GJrth
company. In fJct, Boeing would be hJppy w insr;ll! the i .'..:shp..lugh, principJ.: :l.e::OLlnlUlt far R.\V. Bed; .. &:.'usc
fibc-r, but :ilc phortc com ciJres C'fOda:ldo, Fu.
pany hl5 blocked ~n)" Juch
;llOon.
"'It" ~·cl.!·r;:: going 10 p<J~i·
rion YOlJr~lf for thc furu:--:
of ~'(,'ill publil .and [I'..::hnol .. But Johman bc!i("1.""e.S pub
Gc pow~ "i[J find .1 ","J.y ta
do whar is n~d. "We c:ut
be l xc-..... lctOr in cilis," he
s.1Jd. '"An we need to do is
ptlsh it.1 little bit :O.nd we
rowe: Ix pro\'iding .. real s..-r ..
,ire LOour communicie:o; ...
rn one sense, eog;.·," he said, "and you're
goin g to make those i.In".)t ..
m.:::r.t~ today. tnerc'.s a ht
more pD!.5ibilitie5. and futw"c:
our t:-aere for fiber optics
Lh"'<l thae i.s f.:lr CQJ...""iia1 .. It's
not a technology rhar if yOo..l
invest in it today it'J going
[0 b~ obsokte in :. coupk
ofp:m."
the real experts
on the future of
In One sen~e, the real
e-"peets on the future of
fiber optks in public po\\'er
,nc Lhe people like D.:. "C
Gillam., Jeff Fddt, Billy Ray
and Todd MWTert who are
OUt in tne field working
with the tcchnology OD a
da,'·to·d.w basis .. Howevt::r ~ art" "follu whose job ~
to monitor the progress of
fiber optics in
public pO\Ner ...
are out in the field
\Nor-king \,vith the
technology on a
day-to-day basis.
DOll ,"Villiams, OJ plrtner
~t Ri.:~, Wi!liuu.$ As5odat~
j[J W".lohinglon, D.C.,
.g.ad. "Tbe potenti<&.l for
fiber .is .... ery high,'" be s;;id
tl':chnology and thron take: a big pictUre prnprcti .... c Qf
whcre ::hillS-; :rn:: .and "' hue Liey mighr bI': going ..
Sc:-an Stokes, sr .. ff arrorn:=y for thl:' Utili~res
Tde-romnll,.ln\Qti('n~ Council, bdlt~vl':s m:\n!' utili::!!:~
\1"-:11 man: [0 fiber optics solelr to ~1.tis~' :Jperlcionaj
nl':eds. "Th e Enerjit'· Polk ... "'I.er c.f 1992 has 3 n u m be r
of requiremenu r~r tooth cnC"rg~' consl':rn.rio(1 .l.:1d
techniques slich ;lS dcm.1nd·side-mlnJgt::menr 3nd
powcr wheeil;]g thJ.~ inl"Oh"c some M}phi~ti(Jtt'd ("om ..
muni"::Jrion GlP.1bir;tic~ in order to ,w.:ompTlsh." he
SJid. The gcncf3T com.cmllS of d"l(.l$C wtlO h.ll c looked
imo tht' Sitult.iOn.. $J.id Stokes, i.s In.::t tiber optiL"S will
b..: the tfln5mi .. ~iol"l medium of choicc. prlnllnly
bi:L .. ..l,i~ oftnr,dwidtl1 olna imnHlnity fmm ~:IL"cr~Om:l';
11": tic inIL"rf,·,cncl.: ..
All()[hiJ dril"illg I'ln.:e b..:l.ind rll'" nwn: In tih~l I~ ,hl·
S~(J,I.I\" shrillkil1:!: OIi<..row.lu,: b,ll"ld\\·JO;.1tT, J',l~!'d)k HI
pu~IJ( "uril,n~~. \~"itll til .... L·"pl'l.)ion '111 cdluLlr rIIOllL·~,
ill.HI!· lI,ditil.:~ ~Il· rl""<:ll1l~ rr.:~.~llr,: til r"lm~l"j:j,~1 tll..:i,
rlli(rt)'lll"l· 11.,1..1 m U1 gil .... tI/' !).lll,f\\·,ddl
A<:(ord:'lg m St,ll) '''()(Jdll".ltd, pr..:\"i'JI:~\~.· I\'HI, h"[l,·r·
11l:~~ Corp. J.IlJ 11011" r .... s:io:l.li 111.1n.l:;~r (,Ir ACSYS,
"It l..~ by no me:ms JUS! hot
loU."
"We think there's proba"
bly sub.st3.nti:d bencfit for most utiliri(s .0 invtsrigu("
purring in a fiber opti-c s~·st-:rr-.'" Williams .5J.jd ..... ·we
do[>'t S3.r that C'o-eryonc ~hould go(") throuSh .... ith it,. but
we do recommend that utih.ies roo~ .. v:::r:' dl)..\dr dt their
own im'=.rnll .needs, th.:ir firum:es • .o.r"'d what the teb::om
m..lrkct is ]ike in th rit l(.'mmu nir!".""
"If~'ou hJyc::l prr:.t~· good m';Hket, [fyou're in a
mc-cllim· .. iz("d communi!}' "ill. good SlJbStMlti:J..i com
mn~f""j :l.nd clt"nric 103d"', 30nd • .. OLl find out t!i;!t JOts of
peopk tl1 the bu~jn("s.s S(:Ctor.arC" hJ1 lng 3 diffiCl.llt time
,gc"[ung enough .!=p<.:cd or rdIJbilit}· Out of k~d fhone
Itrles I th<!r. ~htrr is p:obJblr ;l good opportunity for
~·ou. "
~ribcr llj"!(S ~$ ddinrtt"'!r;In inlpOftJnt nell" tcdmolo
~<'. s::id \\'ilhJn15. "A 101 of Aml'"ri(Jn PubliC l"\Jll'U
A..I~o(l.uiol1 lllcmbers brml£, .. ht ekctriciry to thl·ir (om
11111n11ic$ bee.lIls .... no ont: dot: wuuld. Slm11Jd:. wirh
clb!~ TV. I rllirlk .",rr:\. m<'"mb<'"n oUf'";!It:o look:lt
,d":"::WI1Ill11<1IC.uioll s. ... r;i.:cs jll [I~~ ~.unl· WJI", ;'1~ SfJl ~..:.
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f"89Id&tions ~ lin
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to buIinea opportunities,
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biblt.; leJep.'w.ie rompanie from
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tiaral T~l'1iling-il'lll.:1. ... S'~it
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:wd all~t3!eJ: LOOrjll"f.!/(on', '1'1~'
phwM.o t'lrn~:lIl!es (}.e r~ht lororr.
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The Information Et'!lnomy
Will our netu"ork make us rich or poor?
P t.R...~~·,.u. CO\rrL:TEI'_' l.'SBERr..D ill.'3~"E.~.s.
into the '905. Hlgh,.,peed c.ommU;'llC3
bOIls-available wlth an advancoed
tel~ommllnltations infrfl~tru(ture-
will propel busint'5s Into thr nt'\!.' ct"ntury.
lfbmlt, an ad~'a nee{! national ~f'"!t't'Orr.muru
cation:;; net''!''QrJ.: wil] clpji'fe: two thin~s to
America.n busin('~s: a ~trategiC" arlvantagp for
ronfronti!lg wnrid\\'i.de c':lmpt'titior. in the 2! <;~
rentury; and th£' next v.'lve oftl'"hrl',:.lag1('a1
adv,o;Dc.:!ment !Just a::-th" PC spawned <>r:,ti:e
Dew industries),
But, orlce ar. tmdi;;putE.><! l-eader in klecom·
municatif,V-serVicfs. the U. S. DOW is lo~ing
ground. A retent Co::nmerce-Depo:rt.ment
study plated the cr. S. last among the seven
leading industrial na~iCl[lS wi th regan::1 to the
rate of mv-rstmrmt in oetwork Upgred€5
Any cO!::lpetith'e advanu>ge t'hi12 U. S ::ow
has will further erode-without increased ill
v€st:.nent, because Jap;;'!l, Germany, and
F,.mce have t:VmnUtted 1o? aCC'elerate we mod
e • .ill.ation of their networks. And the problem
is compounded by significant impediments to
U. S. moderllization-Qutdated regulatOr)·
and legislati,-e ~tri<::t.ions.
For eN' ;':. the Cablr: Act of 19&4 1;.8.51-
caDy pr-oill-',~5 telephone cump;mies fmm com
peting in fheir service areas wilb cable TV
c()Jl)p.8.nie~ 'n" det~Th illvestment in e high
speed ad\,.; .ed telecummL!llicatlons infra·
st.ructure tbat cw carry ',ideo signals. as wen
as voir~ and data ~m.mtlni<:aticms. In aD infor
I11!1ticm ~oci~ty we disad"antage ours.~ln'!~ if
..... e don't remove t.\ese roadblocks. (;::;"'''e lefl',)
lrueractive TV (Ina a host ofr!!:: d infl)f~
mation tram.,rer ser":ce5 can <:ap,ure a d~stinct
ad~'antage in the global ec-onomy for C 5.
bu~ines5_ Sim ilar t~ the current telephone sys
tem. thi 5 digital S'o',!tt"hed netllowk ~i !lli nk of
fices, m.an1.lfacturing ~ite5, bomes. sche,oh;,
and bo~pital~. Ur;[ike tOlhy's system, which
send.'; -;oiee-and da~a primilrlly over cc-pper
wire. th~ n('\I: ne-t\\·mk will t_~:tn~!T!it tW;)-W;JI
\'idco, ·,,011.'E". 3l1d ~,1tJ aw-!" f"ibrr-optir 111\1'< -
l'clW,tOn-;-' . ;If' rf's.ultingc'(pl'-I~'
tlUSlIl{'_'iS ()! _~ or suth a nrtwilr~
\\"::: "bulton. tll:h'.t:~uro
,nt Slat. ,n'.iu(t r . inh.:; whilL''-,.
ao brow.' 'Il~nugl· trrmit \,iril.'L 'l
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bra.ries, accC"s.s mlJr:iripa.l s-ei .. ic~s, and meet
wich famil.1 or. I'ide(l ph(,n .. ;-all in the-com
fort of their rwmt'S-
_-;. A hDm~h'JlHl~ rJlif'Dl-5huw,:;; an injury
D:I-screen teo a ,bcto[ in a d~.;.tant hospital,
tr"rl.smits bio'Jd -pre~! u:e &ild b-Jd)' -tt'mp€'r:.
ture data. P .. rH:nJl \ Lsi!s :in:· still ne<:es .. ar'i.
but 5(;,me medical .r::wni'oring functions a~t'
peri)r.nc-d wi ~b i::-bome \"ide-o t'quipm!.'n1
""' A cio-odor treat.ng a CJ [lrer pJti€Jlt Sfm&
f AT-.'!can data t.hmug!i the net"-(!rk tlJ a di~
tant supercGIl'.puter. The (lJmputer re';Fond.!.
~-itb radiatioc,..treatr."lCnt im,'.fuctions pin
point~ em a th~dunensionaJ !mage, result~
ing in t:nprece-d:t:nted sJvings ohime and
[l"_oney, and i..-ilprol"!!'d accuracy.
GTE is ~ti!'.g this vision of the f.Jhue no ....
It.',1 Cf'mt05 PnjE'ct bnh thou$aJ1ds ofb'.luse
haMs in thai C.alifornia community using a
network of 2,500 miles ofhair~thin glOiSS fiber
as well as ~M.~ a! rnble. But if consumers and
busmes.c;p..s n."1" to reap the rewards of new ser
vires, regulnti(lrM<; must gi\'e rompetitors equal
arce.ss to business (}pp:lrtuni.ties., and nLlt im·
pose restrictit:'D3 that would turn U. S. tele--
i. 1 mmll:li.catioru into:!! ~ond-cla..~ ruotworL
The tetbMlog) uists toddy. To ke~p up.
our neighborhoods and busine:f'&€-S nl':!ed the
capabilitie!: tll at fiber--opti~ b:r:es can dellver
At the ::um:r>.t rate cfnetwork: moderniz.ation,
-arb:trarily choked b~·legi~lative barrius. it
will take 40 years to rolnl'iele. We simply c-an
not. afford to proceed at tb2.~ pac-e
Th~ Clinton A~mini~tratioll has f€'CClgI1izeo
the nt'ed for a Da1.ic·::.a1 telecommunlc-ati(}ns
: IllC.'. Congre~ IDllit no1\" take Lhe De:!t steps
to rel1({lV~ the ha.rie-T.5 that pl"{'ver.t phone
c-ompaniE<s fr'.1m depiojo,ng and off;;>ring tJ-j"ir
custClmers a national pL>bhc brli<ldband rj(·t
I"or:'.
Wlth ac .. d\·ancl-cl t!!lei:"C'rnmunic;uioru; nct
wGrk in pIJc-€. 1oI-erar. bol3te~ our n.a.tion·~ pm
C<.;.::tl''-lt}" a· fQrg~;3 path to J. briJ;ht '2 .om~c
fl:tlLre~-a . '" \0 hen II:;' can;! 11 pro,-i' l' r -<t
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