[Mesh] Political economy of WiFi in Oakland

From: "Deborah Acosta" <dacosta(a)idotconnect.net> Subject: RE: [sudo-discuss] Freedom of Information requests Date: January 25, 2013 3:42:52 PM EST To: "'Eddan Katz'" <eddan(a)eddan.com>om>, "'mark burdett'" <mark(a)510pen.org> Cc: <sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org>rg>, "'Susan Mernit'" <mernit(a)gmail.com> Eddan: Here, let me help to make it easier. I’ve attached a City RFP issued in 2006, the final report issued by the consultant and the final staff report that resulted from four years of work on the city wide wi-fi project. The stories I could tell you. Ultimately, the report found that the City’s fiber infrastructure was inadequate to implement such a project – and the City Council didn’t “get it” anyway. The next story is about the public/private partnership (City, IP Network and Cisco) that applied for a federal ARRA grant in 2010 to build a $35 million fiber optic network throughout the City. Didn’t get the grant. Then my subsequent efforts to pick up the pieces (see attached Executive Summary and powerpoint completed 2 weeks before I left in June 2011). No one has picked up this project since I left. See Mark – you just have to ask the right person!!! Call me if you have questions. Work wasn’t wasted – San Leandro has hired me to become its first Chief Innovation Officer to represent Lit San Leandro and create a tech business development strategy in that City. Debbie Deborah V. Acosta Principal, iDOTconnect Co-Chair, 2.Oakland Tel: (510) 508-7926 Email: dacosta(a)iDOTconnect.net Web: www.iDOTconnect.net Web: www.twopointoakland.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwoPointOak

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