richk_1957
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Minas Tirith
| This does not suprise me at all
It's just another case of the ones with deeper pockets wins. Many communities have no broadband, while the nearest outlet maybe very close [1 mile] and they're told that to wire broadband would be $10,000+. So they try to wire themselves [I don't think it's very hard] and the same people have given them a huge price tag is now very cozy, buddy-buddy with them.
They'll come up with studies from places nobody has heard of, depicting the evils of broadband. And the actual people who want to set up the local network can't fight the PR campaign because that takes money. And while companies, like Comcast, can afford to do this, local government & groups just don't have the $$$.
And of course the big companies don't want competition. Why? They'll have to spend money on 1)lowering their rates to be competitive and 2)doing a better job, because now their will be someone else to go to if they don't like the service they get.
People should think of the advantages of broadband [especially if they want to install fiber]. Some companies are in the urban areas because of convenience. But if you have fiber run, you have the option of video teleconferencing and other high bandwidth applications, which is becoming more & more necessary these days. |
