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Matt
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Re: Good for them!

said by battleop See Profile :

"The service provider, TCT West, is partnering with the city to offer triple play services over the system and TCT is providing bond guarantees in exchange for this right."

This is what makes this different. IF the project fails the taxpayer is not on the hook, TCT is. This is different from someplace like Chattanoooga, TN where if EPB's FTTH fails the Rate payers will see an increase in their electric bills to cover the failure.
I 100% agree. This is an example of how a muni deployment can work. I just take issue when the mere mention of a muni deployment brings the lemmings in here talking about it's imminent failure and how there is no way a muni deployment will ever work.

I think sometimes people forget someone has to blaze the trail and the folks (municipalities in this case) who live on the bleeding edge usually fall off, but that can be used as a lesson for others to improve upon the idea, if it's fundamentally sound.
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