sdh637
join:2003-02-22
Batavia, IL | Not a fan of government, but . . . I don't usually think Government belongs in competition with business, but this is a legitimate area for the TriCities. By selling cable, phone, broadband internet together for around $80 (projected) I (as a resident) will be saving about $60 a month. The utilities will then wire my water & electric meters up & send accurate bills at lower cost since we won't need meter readers - sorry to those guys losing their jobs! But others will surely be needed to run the broadband network.
So the cities are more efficient, the cost is covered by us users - and you'd be afool not to take the deal, since if you don't your property taxes go up and you get nothing. Heck, who isn't forking out $40 for cable? Or more with movie channels? Another $40+ for phone? That makes the broadband internet basically FREE - a fantastic deal.
I wish they started this years ago - for the last 8 years the cable companies have been promising broadband in 'a couple years' and I'm still not wired for it. Now that (low end) DSL is available I'll go with that - until the tri-cities have their system in place, then I'll be the first customer!! |
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 extreme50Formerly TwoKDialupPremium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | said by sdh637:
So the cities are more efficient, the cost is covered by us users - and you'd be afool not to take the deal, since if you don't your property taxes go up and you get nothing. Heck, who isn't forking out $40 for cable? Or more with movie channels? Another $40+ for phone? That makes the broadband internet basically FREE - a fantastic deal.
Our community has been ignored by the "dynamic duo" also. Currently I pay $70 for 2-way satellite Internet, $45 for DishNetwork TV and another $30 for SprintPCS phone service.
When our community rolls out its municipal broadband, I'll be saving around $300 a year also.
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The "city" of Burlington here in Vermont (I say "city" because it's the biggest town we've got  ) set up its own power company years ago and it's been a huge success. I think these projects can be done and done well. These days it seems like there's less bureaucracy and red tape in government than there are in some of the Fortune 500s.
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