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Re: Marietta = Mismanagement said by BosstonesOwn:
.... This project was a joke. But we all know all the anti-muni people will use this as an excuse. And cite this as the only case of failure....
Wrong, we are going to see more examples over the comming months of these types of systems failing or tottering on the brink of failure! The municipal system in Kutztown, PA is surviving only because of a large subsidy from the town! In 2003 the town reported the operation had an income of about $670,000. This income was about equally divided between subscriber payments and subsidies. Without the subsidies, this operation would have lost about $300,000. The details are in an article published by the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 18, 2004:
»lw.pennnet.com/News/Display_News···D=102774
Now that one local government has admitted its failure with Municipal Fiber Optic, I think the door has been opened to allow others (who did not want to be the first one) to admit their operations have not been sucessful! |
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kudos:18 | The problem (as I see) is that Marietta did not stay in it's Municipal Area and it was not offered to Residential Customers. That just makes it a failed Business Venture more than a failed Municipal Venture, right?
At least the Kutztown Muni:
"embarked on an ambitious plan to string fiber-optic cable to all of its homes and businesses" |
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said by mjcrocket:
said by BosstonesOwn:
.... This project was a joke. But we all know all the anti-muni people will use this as an excuse. And cite this as the only case of failure....
Wrong, we are going to see more examples over the comming months of these types of systems failing or tottering on the brink of failure! The municipal system in Kutztown, PA is surviving only because of a large subsidy from the town! In 2003 the town reported the operation had an income of about $670,000. This income was about equally divided between subscriber payments and subsidies. Without the subsidies, this operation would have lost about $300,000. The details are in an article published by the Philadelphia Inquirer on June 18, 2004:
»lw.pennnet.com/News/Display_News···D=102774
Now that one local government has admitted its failure with Municipal Fiber Optic, I think the door has been opened to allow others (who did not want to be the first one) to admit their operations have not been sucessful!
Sure you will see more reports of failure. People don't seem to realize that these are like business ventures. They slowly pay themselves off until they show profit. It is not a build it now and make a profit yesterday solution.
It takes more then a city of 5,000 people for this to work. The city was way to small to try it unless they linked up with another town near them. Only way it will show profit is in a couple years. Had they went over to other providers and tried to ink a deal by offering their service over their pipe they would be better off.
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