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Comments on news posted 2009-02-06 12:23:42: We've been tracking the deployment of municipally-owned fiber in Lafayette, Louisiana for years, the project being particularly notable for some of the sleazy efforts made by Cox and AT&T (then SBC) to kill it. ..
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 pbarrow
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Montgomery, AL | Lafayette Gets Their Fiber Now that's government for the people.
Wish I had that here. | |
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jadebangle
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| Re: Lafayette Gets Their Fiber said by pbarrow  :Now that's government for the people. Wish I had that here. lafayette fiber optic internet is not run by government at all
it is a business like a mom and pop store that want to compete with dsl and cable. 
had the government approved it sooner they would infact put a hurting on cox,att,comcast,charter enterprise | |
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I think i read it someplace before but don't remember where. But isn't it a state law here In LA that if a telacommunications provider offers a price in one area they must offer than in all parts of the state they serve in the state. so for example if cox doesn't pull out of that town and lowers prices to compete, they would have to offer those deals to everyone they serve in the state. | |
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| Whoops said by karl :
We've been tracking the deployment of municipally-owned fiber in Lafayette, Louisiana for years, the project being particularly notable for some of the sleazy efforts made by Cox and AT&T (then SBC) to kill it. That should be "AT&T (the Bellsouth)", not "SBC". SBC never served Louisiana before it became part of AT&T.
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| The shape of things to come? With commercial ISPs literally masturbating about how much they can charge customers with small speed upgrades, and how they're going to cap VoIP, cap video, cap this cap that... isn't it only natural that municipalities start putting up a fight?
I would go with a city-owned network in a heartbeat with these prices. Not only is it a great deal - you're also guaranteed they're not going to care if you're running a competitor's VoIP or TV-over-IP. Commercial ISPs unfortunately have been allowed to become triple play, something that clearly motivates them into anti-competitive decisions.
Let's hope more cities follow in Lafayette's steps!!!
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