nixen
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Re: Local Government
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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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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Saint Louis, MO
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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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