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I guess I don't understand

Would someone please explain the reason we would want to ban municipal broadband? Not saying you have to believe it, I just can't even see how a reasonable argument could be made. From what I have read, the majority of cities/counties/townships who have started their own service have done so due to poor or non-existant service from local providers. So, if they are offering a better product, the only one hurt is the big telcom.......so is that the extent of the argument? They are better than us, but we should be making the money?
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Re: I guess I don't understand

The heart of the argument is this: "Any competition in which I stand any chance at all of losing, is unfair and therefore should be forbidden."

Sorry, you ask a very rational, logical question about an area where money and muscle rule and not logic or the public interest, so sarcasm (directed at the telecoms and not at you, I hope you understand) is the only way to talk about it without screaming and going nuts. However, sarcastic as the statement above might seem to you, that is exactly the attitude of the telecoms, and you don't need to look past FCC commissioner Michael Powell's brilliant comments of two weeks or so ago to see that the above is quite accurate.

wacky tacky

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Re: I guess I don't understand

So much for free enterprise, and the pursuit of happiness (read: pursuit of commerce).

Idiots.
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