After Five Years Of Fighting, Lafayette Gets Their Fiber > Can they sustain it

said by wifi4milez:

The "no profit motive" is a bit of a misnomer. While they arent a 'for profit' company like Cox or ATT, they still need to make money. All that equipment, fiber, man hours, vehicle maintenance, etc, etc, etc, doesnt pay for itself. They still are technically making a decent profit as otherwise they would run out of money in no time. Now of course, (in theory) they are supposed to put that money right back into the network however.

said by jadebangle:

I am so sick and tired of their monopoly as long as they are in business we would never see faster cheaper broadband in the near future. They want to keep cheaper, faster alternative canned to stay in business much like aol dialup who doesn't want to offer anything faster or lower their price. cheaper broadband alternative is their worst enemy and they will fight it to keep it out of the market.
if dialup is all we are offered even thought faster connection is possible what can we do?

said by wifi4milez:

Dont get me wrong I am all for these people having another choice for broadband. I think the bigger argument here is that most people fear that this will end up costing the taxpayers more money.