djm61
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Simi Valley, CA
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Re: Whats next then?
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!
Dave
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sancraig
join:2003-11-05
Saint Louis, MO
| 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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