The imperative of community owned telecom infrastucture
EDITOR:
As the Internet becomes the universal telecommunications infrastructure delivering Web content, video and voice, it is becoming eminently clear that for much of El Dorado County, alternative, community owned telecommunications infrastructure must be put in place as rapidly as possible.
Many expect this vital infrastructure to be expanded and upgraded by the big, investor-owned incumbent telephone and cable companies. That's not likely over the foreseeable future.
The telcos are instead focusing their investments on serving the exploding demand for mobile wireless services and concentrating those investments in urbanized areas where the return on investment is faster. As for the cable providers, their business models that already leave little room for network expenditures are coming under pressure from free and low cost video content available via the Internet.
The Camino Fiber Network Cooperative was formed in 2009 with the recognition that unless county residents and businesses — particularly those located in underserved central portions of the county — step into the gap and build their own infrastructure, the county is in clear danger of being left without modern telecommunications services. That would render it an undesirable location to purchase or rent a home or operate a small business, degrading the county's current and future economic viability.
To avoid this scenario, the Camino Fiber Network Cooperative intends to construct a consumer-owned, open access fiber optic to the premises network that will meet today's needs as well as those of the future. For membership and other information including a consumer survey, visit the co-op's Website at caminofiber.net/wordpress.
FRED PILOT, President Camino Fiber Network Cooperative Inc.
Camino
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