said by tschmidt :

said by GOLFnSUN :

The US is a Republic with a constitution that puts limits on the power of the people exercised thru their elected representatives.

What does that have to do with communities deciding which services they choose to deliver to their citizens?

/tom

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If the incumbent doesnt want to do it, then strip them of their network and send them packing and bring someone in that will. Even if this means a new company has to be formed to do it.

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My post was about notion government should not compete with private enterprise.

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...Less govt is a good thing.

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What does that mean?

If I understand you correctly Government should not be involved in Police, Fire, Water, Sewer, roads etc. All those services were once provided by private business. At some point people decided it was best to manage those activities for public good.

For years phone service was a highly regulated monopoly. Is it your opinion that was improper?

Who gets to set the rules of the game, private companies or elected officials?

/tom

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said by buccaneere :

I disagree that your examples were once provided by the private sector. Nor are they now. They were always public services, funded by taxation of the service recipients.

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"insurance companies formed private fire brigades to protect their clients’ property. Insurance brigades would only fight fires at buildings the company insured. These buildings were identified by fire insurance marks."
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of···fighting

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Modern police in Europe has a precedent in the Hermandad, literally "brotherhood" in Spanish, a peacekeeping association of armed individuals, a characteristic of municipal life in medieval Spain, especially in Castile. As medieval Spanish kings were often unable to offer adequate protection, protective municipal leagues began to emerge in the 12th century against bandits and other rural criminals, as well as against the lawless nobility or to support a one or another claimant to the crown.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police

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The notion of private highways, which would seem fantastic to our parents, was commonplace to our great-great-grandparents. Initiated in the 1790s in the growing Republic, these roads stimulated commerce, settlement, and population. During the nineteenth century more than 2,000 private companies financed, built, and operated toll roads. States turned to private initiative for much the same reason they are doing so today: fiscal constraints and insufficient administrative manpower. Knowledge of our toll-road heritage may help encourage today’s budding toll-road movement.
»www.thefreemanonline.org/columns···92-1916/

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said by buccaneere :

Because the politicians do NOT make the rules. They sign rules formulated by their compaign contributors.

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I could go on but you get the point. Services often start out as private entities. Over time some services transition from private to public ownership.

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So what is your solution to corruption? Do nothing or tackle the problem.

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Industry advocates say it’s unfair that governments can borrow money more cheaply, through bonds, than private companies can. So the bill would require local governments to tack on to the fees they charge consumers the difference in the amount it would cost a private company to borrow start-up funds.

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Hopefully our legislature in Raleigh which is controlled by democrats and also we have a democratic governor will not fall for this stupid republican style nonsense. Anti government at the expense of the public but to the benefit of the telcos that sit on their laurels and refuse to provide solutions to towns that they don't deem "profitable".

Last week, N.C. Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston) introduced SB1004 to "level the playing field"