NSdsl
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Danvers, MA | Local Government
I have been waiting for FIOS for months. Anytime you involve so many local governments you are asking for delays. Go to anytime town meeting and you will see terribly, inefficient government at its worst. |
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nixen
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| said by NSdsl  :I have been waiting for FIOS for months. Anytime you involve so many local governments you are asking for delays. Go to anytime town meeting and you will see terribly, inefficient government at its worst. Some would argue that you see democratic government in its rawest form at work. I know that it's rather rare that Joe Average Citizen can walk into Congress and have the right to be heard.
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TKJunkMail
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Getting all the local pols out of the process will only speed things up and also remove 1 more source of graft in the process. These statewide franchise laws are being passed across the country and are speeding up the rollout of competitors to the cable companies.
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pnh102
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said by nixen :Some would argue that you see democratic government in its rawest form at work. I know that it's rather rare that Joe Average Citizen can walk into Congress and have the right to be heard. In most examples cited on BBR, it is local government which gets in the way of advanced broadband deployments. Getting any opposition out of the way of these deployments will be good for everyone.
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NSdsl
join:2002-12-18
Danvers, MA
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What is that saying...
"With Democracy you get the government you deserve".
In my town, it seems anything that generates tax revenues gets rubber-stamped. They give in to developers but hammer the homeowner who wants to build a simple shed.
In Massachusetts the economic drivers appear to be largely technology, biotech and healthcare. I am surprised this state is not more aggressively building out the infrastructure necessary to foster growth in these industries. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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but also possibly result in large, unsightly boxes around the neighborhood.
There is a role for local government, unfortunately it twists and morphs into something way beyond what it should be (like multiple PEG channels, jobs for pols relatives, airtime at reelection time, etc). And I must say, around here, comcast has gotten quite good at getting their way (lack of meaningful oversight being one) thru use of these freebies, especially around election time.
Unfortunately all this wonderful hype about competition is still only going to leave us with a duopoly in the wireline space. |
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pnh102
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| said by nasadude :but also possibly result in large, unsightly boxes around the neighborhood. To this, I not only say "Bring It On" but i would even offer up a prime spot on my own property if needed so that we could have next generation broadband.
Unsightly equipment seems like a small price to pay for great broadband, considering that the alternative is "crappy" or no broadband.
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marigolds
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said by pnh102 :In most examples cited on BBR, it is local government which gets in the way of advanced broadband deployments. Getting any opposition out of the way of these deployments will be good for everyone. Local government rarely, if ever, gets in the way of data service deployments. It's video service deployments that they object to.
These state-wide franchises grant video deployment rights only and say nothing about data service deployment. The telcos though do not want to deploy data services unless they can deploy video services, because, well, three times as many people watch cable tv than use high speed internet.
When video providers screw up (and they screw up more than any utility because of the nature of the utility), they are brought back in line through government oversight. If you look through the experiences in the various forums, look at the different levels of results obtained through the BBB, state PUC, state AG, and local FA. You will almost always find a better response and better results stemming from the local FA for single consumer issues.
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MadMANN
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said by NSdsl :I have been waiting for FIOS for months. Anytime you involve so many local governments you are asking for delays. Go to anytime town meeting and you will see terribly, inefficient government at its worst. We could also eliminate delays in lawmaking by just letting our president make laws without involving congress. Let's just take the democratic process out altogether. It just takes up way too much time. Just put one guy in charge and let him make the rules. Things would get done much quicker.
It's done like that in all of the great countries: Saudi Arabia, Cuba, North Korea. . .
Giving bigger government along with bigger corporations more power to do whatever they want to do on such a large scale is asking for trouble. Wait and see. Take away your local government's negotiating power and see your local taxes raise even more, as if they weren't high enough as it is, or see cutbacks in local programs that were funded by franchise fees.
But, if you want the extra few KBps up and down, I guess it would be worth it, huh? |
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