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Colorado Voters Abolish Ban on Government-Owned Broadband

posted by martyb on Friday November 06 2015, @01:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-vox-populi dept.

"gewg_" writes:

El Reg reports

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: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2015, @10:32PM (#259703)

    Crony capitalism is still capitalism. And despite your implication, capitalism does not require nor produce free markets, nor are they really related in any way. The only way free markets can exist is if there are regulations to ensure the markets remain free. Free markets are more likely to exist in socialism and communism, where monopolies are less likely to exist due to individuals and individual corporations not being able to amass the kind of money needed to buy laws, lawmakers, and all of their competitors.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @05:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 07 2015, @05:26AM (#259829)

    Aren't bribes openly acceptable in some communist countries.

    At least in the U.S. direct bribes are illegal.