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Re: Municipal Broadband FINALLY gets attention
said by Karl Bode  :All I ever want to see is each community being allowed to decide for themselves. Looks like Copps (for one, anyway) agrees.
said by CNET News.com interview with Michael Copps, FCC Commissioner:
Why our broadband policy’s still a mess
by Jim Hu, February 28, 2005
...snip...
The Bells say that government should not be competing with the private sector.
They are not out there trying to put broadband in the municipality. Where is the competition?
The Bells also say they're trying to protect residents from being unfairly taxed if such an infrastructure were to go belly-up.
Well, a municipality is a democratically run institution. They can make their own decisions. They don't need the Bells. They don't need the Administration, and they don't need me telling them what kind of decision they should be making.
...snip...
Why in the world would the Bells be trying to protect residents?
Isn't it their duty to protect profits? |
