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 AmeritecTechChange we can believe in, 1922Premium
join:2002-09-06
Houston, TX
kudos:6 | reply to marigolds
Re: ?!?!?! said by marigolds:
said by AmeritecTech:
I simply don't understand why these things can't be VOLUNTARY. Anyone who wants a fiber network can help come up with the startup capital and they can leave the unwilling taxpayers out of it. Those who helped fund the startup get to play ball. What is so wrong with that?
Well, the only minor flaw is that you cannot make it exclusionary if you use the public right of ways unless you are a muni. The main reason the Hawaii project is exclusionary is because a federal law takes presidence. Other than wireless, trying to get around the ROW rules is pretty annoying.
One way to pull it off is that you can require new users to pay for the full cost -if- the density is under a certain amount (normally around 20 households per fiber mile). This is a much lower density than it sounds though and the amount you can make them pay does not offset the full cost of laying fiber.
The municipal authority can still grant a non-profit exclusive right to hang fiber on existing utility poles. This can be done without costing the taxpayer a dime. | |
 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by AmeritecTech:
said by marigolds:
said by AmeritecTech:
I simply don't understand why these things can't be VOLUNTARY. Anyone who wants a fiber network can help come up with the startup capital and they can leave the unwilling taxpayers out of it. Those who helped fund the startup get to play ball. What is so wrong with that?
Well, the only minor flaw is that you cannot make it exclusionary if you use the public right of ways unless you are a muni. The main reason the Hawaii project is exclusionary is because a federal law takes presidence. Other than wireless, trying to get around the ROW rules is pretty annoying.
One way to pull it off is that you can require new users to pay for the full cost -if- the density is under a certain amount (normally around 20 households per fiber mile). This is a much lower density than it sounds though and the amount you can make them pay does not offset the full cost of laying fiber.
The municipal authority can still grant a non-profit exclusive right to hang fiber on existing utility poles. This can be done without costing the taxpayer a dime.
Right, but when that fiber is used to provide services, those services must be made available to every resident of the city, not just those who invested in the startup. That's the part I was saying was a minor problem.
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