President Obama’s community broadband initiative follows Santa Cruz’s path
By Steve Blum TellUs Venture Associates Contributor, Santa Cruz Tech Beat Broadband competition makes local businesses competitive. January 20, 2015 —..
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Broadband: Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Silicon Valley leaders look to Santa Cruz for broadband leadership Santa Cruz shows Silicon Valley a better path. Santa..
Santa Cruz broadband initiatives adopted as models for California
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Santa Cruz County’s initiative to fast track broadband infrastructure upgrades by cutting red tape and the Central..
Survey finds a wealth of fiber in Santa Cruz, but it’s mostly exclusive wealth
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Santa Cruz – the city and surrounding unincorporated communities – is laced with fiber optic cables. That’s the..
Bitcoin grows where broadband flows in Santa Cruz
By Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates No Internet access, no Bitcoin. If a merchant wants to take payment in Bitcoins at the cash register – or anywhere..
Governor’s pen will write the story for community broadband development in California
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Three bills with big implications for community broadband in California are still sitting on Governor Brown’s desk,..
CPUC president wants to put $11 million into Salinas Valley to Santa Cruz fiber
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates The route is in blue, red and yellow indicate areas where broadband service is poor and non-existent, respectively. The..
Rising hopes for turbocharging Salinas Valley economy with fiber to Santa Cruz
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates With a fat broadband pipe direct to Santa Cruz. A dark fiber link between Santa Cruz and broadband-deprived areas of..
Santa Cruz entrepreneurs plot disruption with DNA and bicycles
by Steve Blum Tellus Venture Associates Daylight cruise, night time workout. “I look for transitions in markets”, said Neal Saiki, the founder of NTS Works..