So you think government infallible? I guess you look at Comcast and go "what a bunch of assholes" am I right? The problem is that the same people who work at Comcast also work in government. There's a really good reason why Americans are fed up with government, and it's not because of talk radio--it's because incompetence is very well identified at all levels.
Yeah, I hate Comcast. Maybe enough to give municipal a go. But I doubt very much that in the long run municipal Internet will end up anything but a cluster from top to bottom.
Infrastructure is simply hard--it has to pretty much be a monopoly with all the problems that monopolies create. It won't matter if it is a government monopoly or a private one at that point. At least with Comcast I can tell them to screw off and buy shitty DSL (true story, I did!). With government my only choice is to move.
By the way, all the cities around mine have muni liquor stores. Only my city has privately run stores. The privately runs stores are way better. My city is also the only one that has private trash collection. The prices aren't a hair's difference, though. It doesn't matter except that if I don't want my trash picked up I am free to take it to the dump myself and pay to drop it off there instead. It would save maybe $10 a month, e.g. not worth it.
In the end, I just want ethical companies selling me fast broadband. I don't really trust our city or county to do Internet when they screw up so many simpler things all the time. They have enough to do and enough people on the payroll.
Yeah, I hate Comcast. Maybe enough to give municipal a go. But I doubt very much that in the long run municipal Internet will end up anything but a cluster from top to bottom.
Infrastructure is simply hard--it has to pretty much be a monopoly with all the problems that monopolies create. It won't matter if it is a government monopoly or a private one at that point. At least with Comcast I can tell them to screw off and buy shitty DSL (true story, I did!). With government my only choice is to move.
By the way, all the cities around mine have muni liquor stores. Only my city has privately run stores. The privately runs stores are way better. My city is also the only one that has private trash collection. The prices aren't a hair's difference, though. It doesn't matter except that if I don't want my trash picked up I am free to take it to the dump myself and pay to drop it off there instead. It would save maybe $10 a month, e.g. not worth it.
In the end, I just want ethical companies selling me fast broadband. I don't really trust our city or county to do Internet when they screw up so many simpler things all the time. They have enough to do and enough people on the payroll.