http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13836139 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:34:37 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:34:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13836139 jap : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13836139 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:23:23 EDT