Re: Muni network ownership and the Fourth

[Jason Baugher <jason () thebaughers com>]

Oh, so all the fault belongs to the financial institutions, and there is no
corruption within the government agencies themselves. Right.


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM, joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com> wrote:

> On 1/30/13 6:33 AM, Jason Baugher wrote:
>
> > There is much talk of how many fibers can fit in a duct, can be brought
> > into a colo space, etc... I haven't seen much mention of how much space
> > the
> > termination in the colo would take, such as splice trays, bulkheads,
> > etc...
> > Someone earlier mentioned being able to have millions of fibers coming
> > through a vault, which is true assuming they are just passing through the
> > vault. When you need to break into one of those 864-fiber cables, the room
> > for splice cases suddenly becomes a problem.
> >
> > The other thing I find interesting about this entire thread is the
> > assumption by most that a government entity would do a good job as a
> > layer-1 or -2 provider and would be more efficient than a private company.
> > Governments, including municipalities, are notorious for corruption,
> > fraud,
> > waste - you name it. Even when government bids out projects to the private
> > sector these problems are seen.
> >
> >  When a municipality issued a bond, bank of america and morgan stanley
> (and bear stearns) conspired to rig the bidding. Something they paid not
> insignficant fines over, though hardly enough to compensate the tax payers
> or municipalities at that bought them at uncompetitive terms.