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	<title>Peter's Soapbox &#187; Politics</title>
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	<description>Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 21:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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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>gAIM -&gt; Pidgin -&gt; Funpidgin -&gt; Carrier?</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/07/gaim-pidgin-funpidgin-carrier/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/05/07/gaim-pidgin-funpidgin-carrier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little program out there known as Pidgin, which is an open-source messaging project formerly known as gAIM. It supports communications with all of the popular chat platforms out there, like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber. I have been using it for years and love it.
However, there [...]]]></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>
		
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		<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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		<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>
		
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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>
		
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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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		<title>EC Fiber is Alive and Well!</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/24/ec-fiber-is-alive-and-well/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/24/ec-fiber-is-alive-and-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline and article in Saturday’s Valley News about ECFiber (“VT Telecom Panel Snubs ECFiber”) left a seriously misleading impression that the fate of a grass roots effort depended on the Vermont Telecom Authority (VTA). In fact, it does not.
ECFiber won near unanimous community support on town meeting day. As has always been the case, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VTA versus ECFiber - Let&#8217;s Put This To Rest</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/vta-versus-ecfiber-lets-put-this-to-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/vta-versus-ecfiber-lets-put-this-to-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that, based on the other amounts of grant funds which the VTA has awarded, the amount given to ECFiber.net is right in line with their other awards.
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		<title>Vermont Telecom Authority 2008 Grant Winners</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/vermont-telecom-authority-2008-grant-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/vermont-telecom-authority-2008-grant-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For Release: April 22, 2008, Montpelier, Vermont
The 2008 Broadband Grant winners were announced today by the Vermont Telecommunications Authority.
Canaan/Norton, Canaan/Norton - $50000
EC Fiber (planning), 25 Towns - $25000
Global Net, Fletcher &#38;amp; surrounding area     - $50000
Powershift, Elmore, Hardwick - $20000
Ripton Broadband Coop, Ripton - $25000
SVBC, Stamford - $30000
The Vermont Legislature has funded the Broadband Grant Program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ECFiber.net Executive Committee, VTA Report, and Other Notes From the 20080421 meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/ecfibernet-executive-committee-vta-report-and-other-notes-from-the-20080421-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.nikolaidis.com/2008/04/22/ecfibernet-executive-committee-vta-report-and-other-notes-from-the-20080421-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I attended the second meeting of the ECFiber Network&#8217;s governing board, of which I am a part, representing the town of Stockbridge. As of today, 20 towns have signed the inter-local contract, joining ECFiber, with three towns stating interest, and two apparently not displaying interest.
Highlights of the meeting included election of the Executive [...]]]></description>
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