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	<title>Peter's Soapbox &#187; Bethel</title>
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		<title>On Fresh Ubuntu, Fiber Optics, and Divorce</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/10/10/on-fresh-ubuntu-fiber-optics-and-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay all, I&#8217;ve been silent for far too long, and I figured it was time to come out with some official statements for the benefit of the (albeit small) community that has formed around the Fresh Ubuntu podcast, and also for my other friends whom I haven&#8217;t had a chance to touch base with on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fairpoint (FKA Verizon), You #$@#$^&amp;* @#$(* !@#@#@ !!@(()*&amp;!!!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/14/fairpoint-fka-verizon-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/14/fairpoint-fka-verizon-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever get the feeling that maybe you spoke too soon?
Yeah, me too.
So remember the Fairpoint tech, who showed up unannounced, and told me our lines were crossed with someone else&#8217;s? He told me that they were getting our calls, and we were getting theirs. I gave him a list of other problems we were having.
Note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Fairpoint (FKA Verizon)</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/14/thank-you-fairpoint-fka-verizon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/08/14/thank-you-fairpoint-fka-verizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, unprompted by me, a technician from Fairpoint Communications (formerly known in these parts as Verizon) showed up, saying we had a &#8220;crossed pair&#8221; on our line.
I asked him if this could have anything to do with some issues we&#8217;ve been having on our line for quite some time, including

Incoming calls not being answered (because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECFiber Finds Underwriter</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/07/08/ecfiber-reaches-finds-underwriter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/07/08/ecfiber-reaches-finds-underwriter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was announced this evening at the regular ECFiber governing board meeting that the group, representing 23 towns in east central Vermont with an aim to build a municipal fiber-to-the-home network, is in negotiations with Oppenheimer &#38; Company, Inc. to underwrite an $80M investment to create the network. Sovereign Bank has been hired as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bethel Signs on to EC Fiber</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/08/bethel-signs-on-to-ec-fiber/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/08/bethel-signs-on-to-ec-fiber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From this week&#8217;s Select Board Meeting Minutes:
With respect to the Town joining with others through the ECFiber Interlocal Contract to develop and implement a communications system, Chairman Fox stated that the Town appears to be in receipt of sufficient legal advice to confirm that the draft Interlocal Contract for formation of “ECFiber” should now be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECFiber Pre-Registation Campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/03/ecfiber-pre-registation-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/03/ecfiber-pre-registation-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 11:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t heard about it yet, The East-Central Vermont Community Fiber-Optic Network (ECFiber.net) is an association of 20 towns in East- Central Vermont formed to build a community-owned fiber-optic communications network for the purpose of making high-speed Internet, digital television and telephone services universally available to the approximately 23,000 homes and businesses in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECFiber/VTA Editorial in Today&#8217;s Valley News</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/29/ecfibervta-editorial-in-todays-valley-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/29/ecfibervta-editorial-in-todays-valley-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See this editorial in today&#8217;s Valley News for a pretty good summary of the state of ECFiber with respect to the VTA.
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		<title>Tim Nulty&#8217;s Response: &#8220;My Turn&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/26/tim-nultys-response-my-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/26/tim-nultys-response-my-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The reaction of an ECFiber delegate (a project to clone Burlington Telecom in rural Vermont) to the Free Press article was:  “The tone is negative, but the facts are actually positive for BT”.   Quite so.
The core facts are:  The  BT “Fiber-to-the-Home” project got its first financing at the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burlington Telecomm Article in the Free Press</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/26/burlington-telecomm-article-in-the-free-press/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/26/burlington-telecomm-article-in-the-free-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.nikolaidis.com/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See this article on the current state of Burlington Telecom which ran in the Burlington Free Press yesterday. I think it is written pretty fairly, from my perspective, and raises some legitimate concerns. Note that, while BT may be behind on its predictions, it is projected to break even within the next few months. Taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECFiber Network Pre-Registrations</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/25/ecfiber-network-pre-registrations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/25/ecfiber-network-pre-registrations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bethel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current tally, as of today:



ECFiber Town
 %Households


Stockbridge
51.00%


Barnard
47.00%


Granville
44.00%


Pomfret
41.00%


Vershire
41.00%


Sharon
38.00%


Strafford
35.00%


Tunbridge
31.00%


Thetford
30.00%


Chelsea
23.00%


Woodstock
19.00%


Hancock
19.00%


West Windsor
18.00%


Rochester
16.00%


Norwich
13.00%


Bethel *
12.00%


Reading
12.00%


Brookfield *
11.00%


Royalton
9.00%


Hartford
7.00%


Williamstown *
7.00%


Braintree
6.00%


Randolph
5.00%


Montpelier
2.00%



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