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Santa Cruz #FIBER #LOVE becomes serious city business
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat December 10, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA It’s a love fest, several Santa Cruz city council members declared on Wednesday afternoon, as they […]
Accelerating technological change triggers regulatory reflex in Santa Cruz
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat November 4, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA San Francisco voters decisively rejected an attempt to clamp stiff limits on Airbnb and other online […]
Tri-county economy depends on infrastructure, particularly fiber and conduit
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat November 4, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA More broadband equals more work and fewer cars on the road. “The most important infrastructure for […]
Surfnet Takes Another Try in the Santa Cruz Mountains
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat October 6, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Surfnet takes another try in the Santa Cruz mountains Los Cumbres is a private community in […]
Santa Cruz Muni Fiber Threat Forces Comcast Upgrade
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat September 23, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA After years of blowing off customers, sandbagging local governments and stonewalling regulators, Comcast has finally upgraded […]
Santa Cruz to Soledad Fiber Optic Network Shifts Course, Makes Progress
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 27, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Work on an independent fiber route that will run from Santa Cruz to Watsonville, and then […]
Santa Cruz will be Silicon Valley’s first fully fiber city
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates July 11, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: Santa Cruz Tech Beat recently published What’s So Big About a Gig? A Bold Vision for a 21st Century Santa […]
Community-owned fiber networks take a big step forward in Santa Cruz County
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat April 2, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz County supervisors are moving ahead with a plan to build a fiber network through key […]
MBEP leaders dig into broadband
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 6, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: This is a follow up article to Steve Blum’s MBEP economic summit article, Local tech […]
Saving environment doesn’t mean choking off infrastructure & economic growth
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 6, 2015 — Santa Cruz, CA [Editor’s note: This is a follow up article to Steve Blum’s MBEP economic summit article, Local tech […]