| i wouldn't want the government to run the fiber for several reasons: they'll probably take longer than planned, cost more than planned, and the recent privacy issues. how often do government projects stay on time and on budget?
i think a gigantic bag of money should be waved in front of the telecommunication companies while saying "you want some of the money? start running fiber now. this money won't here forever. you'll get more money for wiring faster. this is not a loan" in theory, this will provide a big motivation for the companies to wire and wire fast without to much worry of if the someone (government personel, corporation taking the money and leisurely running fiber) pockets the money while minimal fiber gets deployed. the companies should already understand what they are up against in wiring their territories. the companies may already have most of the man power needed to pull it off. the government would need consultants to figure out what needs to be done first (lots of money 'wasted') and probably would need to hire lots of short term workers or 'out source' the workers to the local communication companies. |
