gammaone
join:2004-05-14
Clovis, CA | Whats next then?
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 |
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djm61
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Simi Valley, CA
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| said by gammaone  :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!
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bjbrock
join:2002-10-28
Mcalester, OK
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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. |
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pcscdma
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Winterset, IA
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said by gammaone :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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sancraig
join:2003-11-05
Saint Louis, MO
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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..... |
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pcscdma
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Winterset, IA
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| said by sancraig :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 |
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