CPI NEWS: Delivering at the speed of light!
Capacity Provisioning Inc. (CPI) installs cameras for City of Port Angeles Eighth Street Bridge Project
(Port Angeles, WA, Monday, August 20, 2007) Monday August 20th, 2007, as the Eighth Street Port Angeles bridges were permanently closed to all traffic for demolition and replacement work to begin, CPI's cameras, installed at strategic locations on the two bridges, began to "roll" and images sent "at the speed of light" through CPI's fiber optic network.
"These cameras and their photos are provided by the fiber optic network Capacity Provisioning Inc. has created," says Vice-President/Managing Partner Craig Johnson. "CPI has worked together with the City of Port Angeles for several years now, making Port Angeles one of the most fiber optic, high-speed connected cities in our state. We're proud to be providing this high speed service to the people of Port Angeles."
For the next two years, as work proceeds on the bridges, CPI will film, date-stamp and archive the bridge building progress. “In addition,” says Johnson, “two of the four cameras have been ‘webcammed’ for 24x7 public viewing through CPI's fiber optic network. We installed one camera at Eighth Street and Cherry, looking west at the Valley Creek Bridge. CPI installed a second camera at Eighth Street and ‘A’ and it looks east at the Tumwater Creek Bridge."
The cameras update every 30 seconds, says Johnson, to give Port Angeles a view of the on-going bridge work. "It's a bird's eye view," says Johnson, “but with CPI's fiber optic, high speed connection, it's like a bird's eye view on steroids!"
The new bridges when completed will be concrete structures, with wide pedestrian walkways, five-foot bike lanes and two vehicle lanes. Demolition of the Valley Creek Bridge is expected to begin no sooner than September 17th and is expected to start after the Nippon power line has been temporarily rerouted and demolition is completed on the Tumwater Creek Bridge. "In the meantime," says Johnson, "the progress will be available for viewing on the City's website at www.cityofpa.us/bridges.htm as well as through our www.cpifiber.com website." 
The webcam installation is the latest high-speed fiber optic service provided to the City courtesy of CPI. William R. Fairchild International Airport, the Vern Burton Center, the Boat Haven and Clallam County Fairgrounds all benefit from CPI’s current push to promote Port Angeles as a “connected” city, says Johnson.
Johnson hopes the free services Capacity Provisioning Inc. provides will result in future business. “We want to continue to market Port Angeles as a high tech, highly connected city,” he says. “It’s good for business. That’s also the idea behind the ‘www.Fibercity.us’ marketing we’ve been involved with since March 2002.
“Now businesses outside our area can view ’progress in the making,’” says Johnson, “as our City moves forward with this renovation project. It’s important for us locally, as well as for those thinking of relocating here to be able to see that Port Angeles is on the move. What we hope to accomplish is to attract businesses to Port Angeles and help them with the services they need when they permanently relocate here. Then – hopefully – some of them will become our customers.”
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Annual CPI Customer Summer BBQ
FRIDAY, AUG. 10th, 2007 Noon ‘til 2 at CPI
Craig, Bill, Bob, Cher, Michele, Al, Kurt, Alyse, Jeff & James would like you to join us for our legendary summer BBQ. Rain or shine, we’ll be under the big tent grillin’ the burgers and enjoyin’ each other’s company.
Place: Capacity Provisioning Inc. (in the Alley Parking Lot at 116 ½ West 8th Street next to Laurel Lanes) Bring your appetite and come celebrate summer with the Capacity Provisioning Inc. & CPI Computers crews!
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Port Angeles Business Association Installs CPI's Craig Johnson as 2007 New Officer
(Port Angeles, WA, Thursday, December 14, 2006) On Tuesday, December 12, 2006 the Port Angeles Business Association (PABA) installed their 2007 slate of officers. Inaugurated to serve for the coming year were the following PABA members: President Don Madison, John L. Scott Real Estate; Vice President, Craig Johnson, Capacity Provisioning Inc.; Secretary, Paul Coover, retired; Treasurer, Dana Siebel, John L. Scott Real Estate; and Board Members Terry Smithton, Page Turners, Etc. and Cherie Kidd, Success Seminars.
The P.A.B.A. is a diverse-membership organization representing both large and small businesses in the greater Port Angeles area. “Our focus is to actively open the door to business opportunities critical to maintaining a strong and healthy economy,” says Craig Johnson, the organization’s new Vice President. “We actively encourage new business investment in our area by working to promote Port Angeles as a leading place for business on the North Olympic Peninsula.”
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CPI helps establish Port Angeles, Wash. as "Fiber City"
(Port Angeles, WA, September 1, 2006) Capacity Provisioning Inc. (CPI) has grown to over 200 customers and currently transmits data over 100 miles of fiber 
optic cable, three-fourths of which CPI installed and owns. Our home base, Port Angeles, Wash., already has four times more fiber optic cable per square mile than Tacoma's "CLICK" Network. Consequently, Port Angeles is now known nationwide as "Fiber City."
Our objective is to leverage the unique characteristics of the Port Angeles business community while at the same time, keeping Port Angeles businesses competitive in the new Internet Economy. CPI has the entrepreneurial vision, technical expertise and the community-minded spirit to make this happen! Check us out at www.fibercity.us.
Craig Johnson, the Vice President/Managing Partner of Capacity Provisioning Inc. and CPI Computers LLC., says the City of Port Angeles and Capacity Provisioning Inc. have worked together for several years to “promote the city’s fiber optics capabilities as a means to entice more businesses to relocate to the area.” Johnson notes that his company has worked with the City and others to develop a “Fiber City” identity for Port Angeles. “Our Fiber City website – www.fibercity.us – offers the key message ‘Live Where You Want … Work Where You Live,’ says Johnson. “This message continues to reach thousands of website visitors and many that viewed detailed information about the City and its robust fiber connectivity.”
High speed communications is part of 'having it all'
“Clallam County is a very connected community,” explains Johnson. “With Qwest and Wave Broadband providing services to the more outlying areas and Qwest, Wave and Capacity Provisioning providing services to more densely populated areas, we rate extremely high on connectivity for rural area. What’s even more impressive is that most rural communities don’t have a fiber optic network, while we now have four times more fiber optic cable per square mile than Tacoma – a city that markets its ‘CLICK’ network.”
“In ‘having it all’ part of the ‘all’ is high speed connectivity,” says Johnson. “The network provides two critical pieces: First, people can live where they want because they can work remotely. Our ‘light speed’ technology has created a great home for telecommuters and teleworkers and for corporate relocations. Our high speed Internet network allows people do that. Secondly, it is of increasing value to our existing businesses.”
Fiber Optic technology saves time, money and increases size of our market
“The way the world and industry have moved, this high speed connectivity is crucial to new businesses looking at the area to relocate, especially software companies that can work anywhere in world. Port Angeles is so well connected that their executives can live here and connect to any where in the world. With access to fast Internet connections, it’s certainly much more appealing.”
“The network also has a great impact on existing businesses. Our fiber network not only connects businesses to their branches located outside the area, it also offers high speed connectivity to local branches, Says Johnson. “For example, lumber traders, Angeles Millwork and Hartnagels basically operate as one entity. The network provides them with fiber optic technology and it saves them money since they don’t need several computer systems. Many Realtors also benefit from our high speed connections. Because they are so Internet based now, they save time and money and can virtually serve any client in the world.”
“Capacity Provisioning’s partnership with the City of Port Angeles resulting in Internet service at super high speed has made Port Angeles as not just great place to live, but a great place to work.”