Whats next then? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r12909412 en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:36:45 EDT Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:36:45 EDT Re: Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12912131 pcscdma :
said by sancraig See Profile:

In my opinion anything that is not stated in the constituition as a charged duty is a waste of tax dollars.
»www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html
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"The bad news is that we are told that Michael Powell, one of Washington's better bureaucrats, is calling it quits today after four years at the helm of the Federal Communications Commission." - WSJ 2005/01/21]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12912131 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:27:46 EDT Re: Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12911638 sancraig : But see every city, state and federal govt is bound by certain responibilities. All vary depending on their founders, Most deal with the protection of their citzens,education and taxation.In my opinion anything that is not stated in the constituition as a charged duty is a waste of tax dollars. Sure, cheap broadband would be great but I dont feel that the entire city should be taxed to subsidize it. What about the people that dont even own a computer should their taxes raise cause of this? Or is it for the better good for all.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12911638 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:27:51 EDT Re: Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12911128 pcscdma :
said by gammaone See Profile:

Cities should not be providing services
I have to agree with that. As of now I am no longer using the services of Winterset Municipal Utilities.

Good thing my notebook has a 2-3 hour battery backup!
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"The bad news is that we are told that Michael Powell, one of Washington's better bureaucrats, is calling it quits today after four years at the helm of the Federal Communications Commission." - WSJ 2005/01/21]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12911128 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:37:40 EDT Re: Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910949 bjbrock : As long as they have to compete, let the sevices begin.

I doubt the would be able to compete against anything except utility companies. The only thing more wasteful than government are utilities. Utilities are actually rewarded for wasting. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910949 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 21:15:20 EDT Re: Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910214 djm61 :
said by gammaone See Profile:

If it were to succeed...
Cities should not be providing services
Hmmm... let's see...

Police Yep, a service.
Fire dept. Yep, a service
Library Yep, a service.
EMT's Yep, a service.
City water system Yep, a service.

I could go on and on. Cities are in the business of providing services to the residents.

The real reason that the ILECs don't wont cities providing broadband access is they can't abide the competition. In most of the places where the municipality has installed BB access for the benefit of their citizens the have done it for a cheaper price and provided better service than the ILECs have on their best day!

Dave
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Secrecy is the beginning of Tyranny! Keep your powder dry; the next four years are going to be interesting! In any mature society the term "civil servant" equates to "civil master"!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12910214 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:48:15 EDT Whats next then? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909412 gammaone : If it were to succeed and the city begain providing wifi to the public.. what would be next? Suppose they decided to start providing whatever service your company does? What then?

Cities should not be providing services]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12909412 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:10:37 EDT