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Voters in Colorado have abolished laws that had prohibited local governments from offering their own broadband internet services.
Local ballots in 17 counties all resulted in voters electing to allow their local governments to offer broadband service in competition with private cable companies. The vote overturns a 2005 law that prevented any government agency from competing in the broadband space.
[...] According to The Denver Post , the 17 counties have differing reasons for overturning the rule. Some areas want to build their own broadband infrastructure, while others simply want to offer Wi-Fi service in public buildings or improve service for farming communities.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday November 06 2015, @09:06PM
Wow! Edill recommends handing election campaigns over to private corporations. Just Wow!
Back on your meds buddy.
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(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday November 06 2015, @09:41PM
So you want government run CDN networks and media software? Paying private industry a decent rate to provide free political coverage anonymously to every citizen does cost something in terms of R&D and then operating costs. We pay Microsoft for licenses. Do you want to say something about that?
All I'm proposing is that we utilize or license Netflix's technology for the platform. Otherwise, you would have government re-designing the wheel at billions more. I've seen government projects like that. Just license the technology, and Netflix is not the only provider either. Amazon has tech that can do it, and so does Google with YouTube. Nothing says we can't load balance across both providers either. Think outside of the box.
At some point, we will be paying *somebody* to operate that public CDN network. I'm convinced it would be many times more expensive to have government do it. What's your idea on taking the political media machine away from the traditionally corrupt distribution channels and pushing it towards a publicly funded and impartial distribution channels?
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday November 06 2015, @10:26PM
Who precisely said anything about Government Run CDN networks!??? Stop putting words in my mouth.
Netflix is not a free service. It is only open to people who pay and also have some sort of broadband.
Youtube is free. But you still need broadband.
Why would you pick any single private company to FORCED carry election information?
Seriously, who is going to sit and watch that on their computer or phone while paying for bandwidth? Are all 17 CSPAN viewers going to suddenly start watching Netflix? We've been down that road and it doesn't lead anywhere.
And what is this anonymously stuff you mention? In light of all that has happened in the snowden years, how naive do you have to be to suggest that such a thing exists?
Newspapers and TV may make bank on election cycles. But they are virtually un-traceable. We used to have "Must Carry" rules. Going back to that would make more sense than paying Netflix, who in short order would be JUST as corrupt as Big TV, and just as much in the pocket of "progressives" as is big tv.
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