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Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:42:01 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "joshua klubi" <joshua.klubi () gmail com>
But they also deserve to have or enjoy the benefits that comes with living in the big cities
Well, "deserve" is a strong word... but the underlying thought is my primary reason for believing that municipal fiber is a good solution, and I'll expand that thought one more layer: The Public Good is not often all that cost effective; sometimes, it's a money loser. That's why corporations can almost always be depended on *not* to be working in its interest, absent regulations to force them to do so, such as the Universal Service Obligation, imposed on AT&T in one form or another all the way back to the Communications Act, and expanded in TCA96. This is one of many things that seems to militate in favor of municipally owned and operated layer 1 fiber builds -- is *is* the obligation *of a municipality* to operate in favor of the Public Good: it *is the Public*, in a very real sense. And the members of that body politic, properly informed, can make sure that such a build will be, by direction, equally accessible to all in their area: it will be a bond issue, and such items are generally ballot questions. Or at least, they can try; you can't make people vote. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
Current thread:
- Re: Muni Fiber, (continued)
- Re: Muni Fiber Leo Bicknell (Mar 27)
- Re: Muni Fiber William Herrin (Mar 27)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Jay Ashworth (Mar 27)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Alexander Harrowell (Mar 27)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Anurag Bhatia (Mar 28)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Jacob Broussard (Mar 28)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Anurag Bhatia (Mar 29)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Leo Bicknell (Mar 25)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Jay Ashworth (Mar 26)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) joshua . klubi (Mar 26)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Jay Ashworth (Mar 26)
- RE: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Nathan Eisenberg (Mar 26)
- Re: Muni Fiber Miles Fidelman (Mar 26)
- Re: Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc) Owen DeLong (Mar 27)