elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Non profit networking....
really? seems to working well in UT
UTOPIA seems to be doing well and this is pretty much what the OP is saying
and imo id take UTOPIA over FiOS any day |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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| said by elios  :really? seems to working well in UT UTOPIA seems to be doing well and this is pretty much what the OP is saying Last we checked, UTOPIA was $98 million in the hole. The taxpayers are on the hook for this. At least if a private company wasted that kind of cash, the general public would not be on the hook for anything.
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jhboricua
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| said by pnh102 :At least if a private company wasted that kind of cash, the general public would not be on the hook for anything. Really? I call bs on that statement. Northwest Airlines has been bailed twice by MN taxpayers with little to show for it. The Savings & Loans crisis of the 80's and 90's cost the US taxpayers $124.6 billion. The current subprime mortgage crisis IS costing taxpayers everywhere. These are just a few examples.
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pnh102
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Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by jhboricua :Northwest Airlines has been bailed twice by MN taxpayers with little to show for it. The Savings & Loans crisis of the 80's and 90's cost the US taxpayers $124.6 billion. The current subprime mortgage crisis IS costing taxpayers everywhere. These are just a few examples. So you are proving that government bailouts are bad. Why should we allow for more to occur?
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jhboricua
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Minneapolis, MN
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1 edit | Nice way of trying to twist my response. I expected nothing less from a shill. |
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
 ·Qwest.net
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UTOPIA would be considered an overbuild. Other infrastructure already exists (twisted pair copper (Qwest) and coax (whoever the cable provider is)). While it is a municipal build, it's still an overbuild. Anyone can do that if they can figure out how to pay for it. |
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pnh102
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
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said by jhboricua :Nice way of trying to twist my response. Glad you see my point.
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
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I'm always interested in how they are doing, I think its up to taxpayers if they want to go forward with these things. I think they will keep voting for it, even if it costs money in the short term.
Can you provide a link with their financial status that isn't a message-board post? |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
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Did you expect them to be way ahead in less then 5 years?
Over time, UTOPIA will prove to be the way EVERY community should go. Futher more, I think UTOPIA will show this nation needs 1 fiber network to every person/business that any provider can provide any service to any customer anywhere in the nation that wants that service.
I strongely disagree that every business that wants to provide service should have to build their own network throughout my neighborhood/city. That is not in the best interest of the consumer's nor the citizens. It is only in the best interest of the companies that continue to try to monopolies the industry. |
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