 japPremium
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1 edit | huh? Study sez: "... even if the benefit of the initiative is assumed to be $25 per user per month"
Even if? Bullocks!
I pay 60$/mo for Adelphia internet-only connectivity over old, oxidized, TV coax. How the eff is the suggestion of 25$/mo outrageous? I'd happily pay half-again that for burried fiber connectivity-only from a muni that employs people in my town and doesn't try to bundle heaven & earth into the deal. I know this particular example is aimed at wireless, but that's only because wireless happens to be the perceived muni-threat of the moment: they play the same fear mongering, mis-info game when buried fiber is the threat.
The biggest bitch of private sector connectivity is I cannot buy it without buying something else from that company and the money all leaves my town, my county, my state, and even my country. I'm not an anti-globalists, but if my money is going to leave my community then I want a product-benefit for it, not a product-penalty. |
