Cox Launches 50Mbps Service In Lafayette > Why does Cox bother?

Why does Cox bother?

One of the main reason that some of the muni-broadband has failed is that the big companies massively drop their rates (well below those same company's national rates). This is done to make sure those muni-broadband systems fail. It is very similiar to what Walmart does when it moves into a market, drop prices(short term loss) to put competition out of business then bring prices back to normal (long term profits).

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To satisfy my own curiosity with regards to failing municipal broadband networks, I perused a few findings from a Google search.

»www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mu···+failing

It is my opinion, after my brief "investigation", that certain parties with tons of corporate money to throw around have been shoveling manure into their marketing trains in an effort to damage the image of any municipally generated competition.

In short, I don't believe that these attempts by local governments have sincerely failed. There is much more to consider than merely the maximization of profits.

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