said by pnh102:said by Skippy25:I'm going to venture a guess that you have a direct interest in these things not working out ...
If my town decided to do something like this I would, as a taxpayer, be absolutely livid, especially if the same local government was talking about cutbacks to police, firefighters, paramedics, schools, libraries and other such things.
Let the people who *want* this put their own private funds on the line and build all the broadband service they wish, but keep those of us who are not interested in such things out of it.
You'd be absolutely livid until you found out that your cost was cheaper than your current ISP and your speed was much faster. Ala Utopia in Utah.
