Most don't know anything about anything thus cable companies don't aren't require to do crap because the local authorities are run by ignornat people. Or the restraints are too much because of said ignorance. "Local control" of things like this and schools sounds great if you are in a big city where there is a huge pool of candidates to find qualified individuals from. But not in tiny little backwaters were all the smart students with potential successful futures go off to college and never come back. The few that would be qualified never get on these boards because they don't know the right people. That the way small towns are run. That's why they stay small and backwards.
That being said with a statewide franchise what are the chances the small towns will ever see FIOS? Since they can pick wherever they want to go and even THEN not even build all of it out it limits GREATLY who will really get the service and competition. All this did was speed up how fast Verizon will alienate communitites. -- CableFAQ.org/Technicians Unplugged
