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| Re: I really don't care Because noone has pockets deep enough to compete with telcos and cablecos. Oh, there's plenty of money out there: private investment groups, Microsoft, etc. If there was money to be made, they would do it.
Because the last mile infrastructure of the telcos was installed and paid for by your tax dollars, and that anyone wanting to do this on his own would be bankrupt before even starting. While some of it could have been considered SUBSIDIZED, not 'paid for' (mostly just in the form of granting rights of way, not direct cash payments, AT&T actually 'paid' to install all nationwide infrastructure.
Because whenever a city tries to do so with its taxpayers money (and after said taxpayers vote that they are wanting their tax dollars to be spent like that), they are being sued into oblivion by the telcos (See Lafayette, LA) This is an issue of government competing with the private sector in an area that has been, and should continue to be in the realm of private enterprise.
Today, I think noone except WISPs in very rural areas can think about competing against the duopoly.
I can think of 2, satellite and bpl. But again, if there were money to be made, someone would do it. The Bell System spent over a century installing the current copper telecom network. Have some patience. Someone else may do the same. |
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