DaBavarian
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join:2006-02-22
Saginaw, MI
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Re: This is the start of a series of headaches for Big Business
Personally, I just don't see public funded Internet access being an adequate answer or much of anything else that government provides/runs. If broadband access is considered a "right" as some communities call it then those same communities should also be willing to pay for computers for its residence to access the wifi network. |
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DaBavarian
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Saginaw, MI | residents....(sp) |
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Maxo
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said by DaBavarian  :Personally, I just don't see public funded Internet access being an adequate answer or much of anything else that government provides/runs. A municipal running a service is not within and of itself a bad thing. Some local governments do a good job, others a bad. Many cities and counties run their own garbage collection/recycling, electricity, water, and other services just fine. There is no reason a locally owned ISP can't do a good job. In fact, many are doing good. If the locals vote to approve having their tax money spent on a muni-ISP then they should have every right to give it a shot. If it fails then it's their own money down the drain.
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
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Why not? The hardest part and the most cost of installing highspeed broadband is laying the fiber in the ground to every house. Even if in a few years it is deemed to costly to upgrade muni hardware, the network is there and probably could easily be rented out to ISPs that can offer more services.
The biggest reason people don't have fiber is the cost, if the towns installed it themselves, they open the door to many options. |
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