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Mesa spurs cable companies’ digital gold rush BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
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n their pursuit of a fiber optic internet network in Mesa, considered by industry to be the next gold standard for digital connectivity, city leaders are putting their trust in the open market. The city has created a process for an unlimited number of companies to apply for licenses to install fiber optic in city rights-of-way so it can be delivered to customers to stream movies, video chat or work remotely.
Officials hope that by opening the doors for fiber providers, Mesa will be more attractive to businesses, and residents will see greater competition among internet service providers – in theory lowering prices. On July 11, the city council approved a first wave of licenses for private companies to install fiber optic cable, and they have high hopes that the companies will follow through on their expressions of interest in bringing fiber optic internet to Mesa customers. Only two companies were lined up for approval the week before the vote, Google Fiber
and SiFi Networks, but in the meantime two additional companies finished the application process, Ubiquity and Wyyerd Fiber. The city is leaving the door open for additional internet providers and access companies to apply for a license. In theory, the licenses mean that Mesa residents could have four different companies dig “microtrenches” along their street and lay fiber optic cable. Microtrenches are slots cut into the road
7 file to run for Downtown craftsman two Mesa school board seats
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ix newcomers and one incumbent have filed to run for two seats on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board in the Nov. 8 General Election. The roster of candidates is equally as interesting for who isn’t running as it is for who is as two-term board member and three-time President Jenny Richardson has opted not to run again. “I’ve served 8 years and I will continue to help and be involved in any way I can,” Richardson said. “I would serve forever if it wasn’t for the campaigning. It’s time to move on and
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Fabian De La Rose owns and operates Lamb’s Shoe Repair and his path to becoming a downtown Mesa fixture has been paved by a little luck and a lot of hard work, as you will read on Page 22. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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