----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> > wrote: > > Over the last decade, 19 states have made it illegal for > > municipalities to own fiber networks > > Hi Jay, > > Everything government does, it does badly. Without exception. There > are many things government does better than any private organization > is likely to sustain, but even those things it does slowly and at an > exorbitant price. Sure it does, Bill. Retake civics, will you? Read about The Public Good, and tell me how profit-driven corporations -- especially public ones -- are the orgs best suited to protect and support it. > Muni fiber is a competition killer. You can't beat city hall; once > built it's not practical to compete, even with better service, so > residents are stuck with only the overpriced (either directly or via > taxes), usually underpowered and always one-size-fits-all network > access which results. As an ISP I watched something similar happen in > Altoona PA a decade and a half ago. It was a travesty. Did you miss, perhaps, the 2 month long thread I started end of 2012, concerning building out a L1/L2 fiber muni? > The only exception I see to this would be if localities were > constrained to providing point to point and point to multipoint > communications infrastructure within the locality on a reasonable and > non-discriminatory basis. The competition that would foster on the > services side might outweigh the damage on the infrastructure side. > Like public roads facilitate efficient transportation and freight > despite the cost and potholes, though that's an imperfect simile. I guess you didn't. May 6 fiber installers dig up the street in front of your house over the next 2 years. > Can I solve your unusual networking challenges? Possibly not. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274