Leaving the Fold → Already kicked out TimeWarner...

Add Lebanon, Ohio (»www.ci.lebanon.oh.us)
to the list. They've subbed out to a local ISP to
provide access via their community cable TV (they
kicked TimeWarner out of town a while ago) and
soon-to-be local telephone system.

Cable TV ~$38/month for full digital tier, Broadband
cable Internet ~$28.95.

Your digital teir is the same price as our analog. GOD DO I HATE ALL REPUBLICAN PRIVITIZATION PIGS!!! CABLE AND TELECOM SHOULD'VE BEEN SOCIALIZED FROM THE START. How we all got duped into buying this right wing deregulation trash just pisses me off to no end. NOBODY CAN POSSIBLY RUN INFRASTRUCTURE MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN THE GOVERNMENT. THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT!!!

If limited to local, perhaps State, governments - I'll agree. I don't think our FedGovt has done a particularly great job of managing infrastructure. The FCC, FAA, and FHA are all rather beureaucratic horrors, IMO.
But I think it would be a fine idea if every city, town, and/or county would run the local wire infrastructure. NOT run an ISP, but just the infrastructure...just like they do roads, water mains, etc. My power rarely goes out, my water runs fine, and the roads, well, not too bad a condition
I do NOT think any company should be permitted to own infrastructure AND provide service.
KM

said by KoolMoe:

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I do NOT think any company should be permitted to own infrastructure AND provide service.
KM

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I agree, it just creates more companies like Verizon to bully people around, and limits peoples choices, which increases prices.

That's fine but GREEDY REPUBLICANS won't even support that compromise. They sacrifice all of the core principles that they hold sacred(accountability and responsibility) by letting the monopolies go completely unacccountable and responsible for their mistakes.

said by KoolMoe:

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If limited to local, perhaps State, governments - I'll agree. I don't think our FedGovt has done a particularly great job of managing infrastructure. The FCC, FAA, and FHA are all rather beureaucratic horrors, IMO.
But I think it would be a fine idea if every city, town, and/or county would run the local wire infrastructure. NOT run an ISP, but just the infrastructure...just like they do roads, water mains, etc. My power rarely goes out, my water runs fine, and the roads, well, not too bad a condition
I do NOT think any company should be permitted to own infrastructure AND provide service.
KM

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I don't trust my government to own my lines of communication. Enough said.

said by 2farfromCO:

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That's fine but GREEDY REPUBLICANS won't even support that compromise. They sacrifice all of the core principles that they hold sacred(accountability and responsibility) by letting the monopolies go completely unacccountable and responsible for their mistakes.

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Ah, your just as greedy as us Republicans if you aren't prove it by giving me all you own.

Could you have said that with out the name calling? For some reason it makes your statement look less reliable.