May 2009

SCBI Rationale and Proposal Document

We have created a rationale and proposal document describing the Syracuse Community Broadband Initiative in greater detail. You will find the HTML and PDF versions here. This will probably be a "living" document, updated over time as the project evolves.

SCBI Overview Document

We have created a one page document describing the Syracuse Community Broadband Initiative. You will find the HTML and PDF versions here.

Syracuse Community Broadband Initiative Overview

Our local telecommunications (TV, Internet, phone) infrastructure is crucial to the social, economic, and democratic health of our community. It is equal in importance to our public roads, schools, and utility services. As technology progresses, and the diversity of services grow, we will become evermore connected, reliant, and dependent on our communications network. We are foolish if we as a community do not take action to secure public control of our communications network.

New Website in development

Welcome to the new website of the Syracuse Municipal Broadband Initiative.There is still a lot to do on the technical side. And there isn't much content, yet, but it will grow over time. We are writing and gathering documents and resource links in order to provide visitors a complete resource of information on municipal broadband in general, and on the Syracuse initiative in particular...