Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Re: Completely understandable Thanks for the FUD.
Local governments should get to decide what to spend THEIR money on. | |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: Completely understandable said by Ahrenl  :Thanks for the FUD. FUD? Go search this website and you will see many stories about municipal internet failures and boondoggles.
said by Ahrenl :Local governments should get to decide what to spend THEIR money on. It isn't their money. That money belongs to the taxpayers and the government has a responsibility to spend it on things that are needed, not on toys.
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join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Re: Completely understandable Local money in local governments is very much controlable by locals.
Leave out of the search wifi/wimax and get back to me. Municpal wired networks have done just fine... | |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: Completely understandable said by Ahrenl :Leave out of the search wifi/wimax and get back to me. Why? These are perfect examples of why governments need to stay out of the Internet racket.
said by Ahrenl :Municpal wired networks have done just fine... Of course they have. It is very easy to be successful when you have the taxpayer teat, or funds coming in from another municipally run service, from which you can leech.
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Re: Completely understandable quote:
It is very easy to be successful when you have the taxpayer teat
I'm sorry, just to be clear, are you talking about muni operators or incumbent operators? | |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica | Re: Completely understandable Both obviously, because both do so. The funny thing is that taxpayers can either spend the money on their own infrastructure, or they can spend the money propping up some investors portfolio. | |
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pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
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| said by Karl Bode :I'm sorry, just to be clear, are you talking about muni operators or incumbent operators? Who's fault is it when any private company gets any taxpayer money?
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pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: Completely understandable said by fatness :You didn't answer him. Here's your statement and his question again: said by Karl Bode : said by pnh1102 :
It is very easy to be successful when you have the taxpayer teat
I'm sorry, just to be clear, are you talking about muni operators or incumbent operators? My bad.
Both do quite well (financially) when getting taxpayer money. We see the same examples when taxpayers build stadiums for professional sports teams and such.
And that's why it is always wrong, and it is always the fault of the government when these things are allowed to happen.
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fatness
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fishing | Re: Completely understandable Thank you. | |
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