----- Original Message ----- > From: "joshua klubi" <joshua.kl...@gmail.com>
> But they also deserve to have or enjoy the benefits that comes with > living in the big cities Well, "deserve" is a strong word... but the underlying thought is my primary reason for believing that municipal fiber is a good solution, and I'll expand that thought one more layer: The Public Good is not often all that cost effective; sometimes, it's a money loser. That's why corporations can almost always be depended on *not* to be working in its interest, absent regulations to force them to do so, such as the Universal Service Obligation, imposed on AT&T in one form or another all the way back to the Communications Act, and expanded in TCA96. This is one of many things that seems to militate in favor of municipally owned and operated layer 1 fiber builds -- is *is* the obligation *of a municipality* to operate in favor of the Public Good: it *is the Public*, in a very real sense. And the members of that body politic, properly informed, can make sure that such a build will be, by direction, equally accessible to all in their area: it will be a bond issue, and such items are generally ballot questions. Or at least, they can try; you can't make people vote. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
