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dufrense
join:2002-03-09
Neenah, WI
| Why not cry about it
Its about time that some competition comes into those markets - I grew up in Waupaca and remember how excited I was when the fiber was put in my neighborhood to finally get a cable modem (however my folks didn't appreciate the hole i drilled in the floor of the office to bring myself a line to my bedroom). ..
I think its riduculous to NOT allow the munis to offer something... Apparently, since i just read that waupaca was muni-broadband, without that we'd still be stuck without the cable modem there... Businesses need competetion, otherwise we'll wind up with more microsofts on our hands. Typical that the republicans are whining about this idea since it would actually make things easier for people to afford broadband... I'd love to see all broadband more affordable. | |
Kaltes
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join:2002-12-04
Los Angeles, CA
| said by dufrense  :
Typical that the republicans are whining about this idea
Actually if you followed the municipal broadband battles, you'd see that plenty of democrats who have been bought and paid for by the major Cable/DSL companies have been busy trying to kill municipal startups.
The real issue here is corrupt representatives being paid off by large companies to kill off competition before it gets off the ground. Since municipal broadband is such an obscure issue that most people don't know much (if anything) about, it is also possible that lobbyists can genuinely convince some representatives who might believe in small government to resist publicly-owned utilities providing services that the private sector already offers.
I would say the republican support is more uninformed than corrupt while the democratic support is simply corrupt. The democrats have no policy excuse here: municipal broadband is right up their big-government alley. | |
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