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Killing the Dream of Local High-Speed Fiber Internet

posted by janrinok on Thursday July 24 2014, @01:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-get-who-you-voted-for dept.

Cuban Fury writes:

The conservative small government movement has gained momentum based on the principle that decisions are best made at a local level, because people know what they want better than the federal government does. So why is a contingent of small government-minded congressional representatives trying to dick over local governments when it comes to high-speed internet access?

I live in Chattanooga. I have their gigabit internet. It is great, but it could be better officially let us run servers, officially let us run open wifi ala openwireless.org (I do it anyway, but if they come knocking I'll have to turn it off), even better would be if they let other ISPs run on top of their fiber plant and compete with each other. Still, it is at least as good as google fiber for the same price or less (except for no $300 flat-fee low-bandwidth option).

[Editor's Note] For the non-Americans in our readership, this appears to be nothing more than the usual Rep/Dem disagreement depending on which 'big business' funded the most to the appropriate campaign coffers. I would have to agree that the pricing seems expensive but, as we know, that is caused more by the regional monopolies than the actual cost of provision.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by fatuous looser on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:00PM

    by fatuous looser (2550) on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:00PM (#73386)

    My little county seat in southeast KS (3400 souls) has had municipal fiber to the doorstep since 2004.  But drive west a ways & cross the Missouri border & it is illegal there.  "Special interests" bought legislation outlawing it.

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  • (Score: 1) by fatuous looser on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:06PM

    by fatuous looser (2550) on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:06PM (#73389)

    Replying to myself to correct an oopsie.
    It should have said drive EAST into Missouri.
    Dammit.