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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) by Sir Garlon on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:44PM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Thursday July 24 2014, @06:44PM (#73406)

    It's our own neighbors that really have the ability to make our lives hell given a bit of power.

    I look at it the other way around. It's our own neighbors that really have the ability to make our lives hell if they can get away with whatever they want. This is why local governments exist -- to balance my neighbor's desire to be a dick with my desire to prevent his dickery from ruining my life.

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  • (Score: 2) by morgauxo on Thursday August 07 2014, @02:55PM

    by morgauxo (2082) on Thursday August 07 2014, @02:55PM (#78436)

    I suppose if you have no job and no life you can go to all of the town hall meetings and make your voice heard much better than at the state or national level. It is the people who fit that description though that are most likely to be the nosey neighbors making trouble for the rest of us! These people may live closer to me but they surely aren't representing MY interests! That is why I would like to see NO powers granted to the local city or maybe even county governments beyond those necessary to keep the roads maintainted and the water flowing.