Hurdles (and how we passed them)
Right-of-way ownership
- Have the city be the builder and owner of the network
Need for fairness among neighborhoods
- Expand the focus from one neighborhood to citywide survey
Negative, incorrect, initial staff report
- Wrote a technical and budgetary plan using staff numbers
Council desire for zero financial risk to the city
- Small trial, users commit up front to pay for the system
Not enough subscribers without firm ISP cost numbers
- Going back to finish signups after ISP signed up