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Re: Good... well said! now lets go and shut down the Muni fiber networks! After all; its providing discounted internet that we don't have the money to give. |
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| Are you kidding...? |
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| nope because muni 'net access is not required for anyone so neither was this plan of M2Z. |
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| said by hottboiinnc:nope because muni 'net access is not required for anyone so neither was this plan of M2Z. Muni net access isn't free. it's paid for with bonds, and the users of the networks pay for those bonds with their subscriptions. It's a far more efficient means of deploying FTTH networks than having a duopoly leech money from a sector with decade-old technology.
If it wasn't for the stupid telco incumbents CWRU would be able to deploy a muni network in Cleveland at cost, enabling super-fast broadband for everyone, and it would be paid off within a decade. |
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| If a community decides it would like to build a fiber network that is fine. I am not crazy with the government running networks but a local community should be allowed to do as it chooses.
I have a major issue with the federal government giving everyone free Internet. It would just be one more thing they would do that is far outside of the constitutionally dictated functions of the federal government.... |
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| Actually, the feds weren't giving away free Internet; M2Z was. The company was using the free Internet offer as a carrot to try to get around having to go through a spectrum auction. Now, don't get me started on spectrum auctions, because I have a real problem with how they have affected who can get spectrum, but I do have a problem with one company trying to weasel its way out of the process. And, as I said in another post, I also have a problem with the free access being censored. Look, I'm an adult. If I want to install filtering software, I can do that myself. Don't presume to tell me what I can or can't look at. |
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