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Banks, OR | It has less to do with weathy counties ... than it does with counties near D.C. 'want to make sure the government workers have the impression that a competitive BB market is ubiquitous, so that the regulators leave the BB SP's alone. |
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 ScilicetPremium
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Aurora, CO | What these folks should do is form a community corporation and bring in the necessary utilities such as broadband on cable and DSL. |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
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Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by Scilicet:What these folks should do is form a community corporation and bring in the necessary utilities such as broadband on cable and DSL. You have to have the credit to get the bonds to build the infrastructure.
And most states, the city government cannot back those bonds, so those bonds can only be backed by an existing municipal utility (water or electric). This is not football in Green Bay, it will be pretty tricky to just make a company from scratch with enough investment to issue more than junk bonds.
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Banks, OR | reply to Scilicet
said by Scilicet:What these folks should do is form a community corporation and bring in the necessary utilities such as broadband on cable and DSL. If they try, Verizon will fight them to the death to block it, even after stating that they have no plans to provide BB services to these communities themselves. |
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