By: Al Chiozzi

Al Chiozzi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:44 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to write this blog. It’s extremely well done and informative. I think the city would make good use of the Google fiber network. My personal preference would be to build a municipally-owned network but I doubt I’ll see that day. I built some 30 cable systems in the Boston area back in the 70s and 80s and later design campus and corporate cabling systems for Wang Laboratories (including the old WangNet system at UW). I now own a very small company called Broadband Infrastructures here in Madison, but am closing in on retirement (I think). It’s my hope that folks like you will further the efforts that my age group both started and stalled. The technology is fun but the positive societal implications become more important with age. When I was a young catv dude, I innocently told my vice-president that I thought we were providing a valuable service. He turned to me and said “Al, we’re a sewer that delivers”, lol. I didn’t know how true that was until I saw “Jersey Shore”. Keep up the good work and good luck in D. C. – Al Chiozzi

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By: Al Chiozzi