Karl Bode
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If I were on the city council of one of those third-tier cities that Verizon isn't going to bother with, then I'd consider finding ways to come up with the funding to run the fiber throughout my city myself, run it as a utility and charge Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, TWC or anyone else who wants to offer service for the privilege of distributing their service over my fiber.
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And your local friendly telco lobbyists would tell the state and the feds that you were destroying the American economy with your socialist unfair competition and kill the project
Precisely.
First, Verizon and AT&T have lobbied to pass laws BANNING you from operating your own alternative provider. Second, if they haven't, they'll spend millions smearing your project locally via push polls, disinformation, and other local advertising.
If you survive the lobbying power of incumbents, you can expect the Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman devotees to crucify you for using taxpayer money for something useful, as opposed to bailing out massive banking institutions or blowing up countries for profit.
And this of course is all contingent on your plan actually being financially sound before you spend a million or two fighting your local incumbent telco and cableco in court. (Google "Utopia fiber", who had a similar plan, and I now hear are struggling with financial issues after doing battle extensively with Qwest).
So yes. Godspeed!  |
