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From: Billy Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dustin Goodwin'; 'nycwireless'
Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
"...we have the strongest economy in the world"...
Where do you live??
Certainly not here.
Bruce
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim
Henry
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 8:20 PM
To: 'Dustin Goodwin'; 'nycwireless'
Subject: RE: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
OK, guess I should have read the article first:-). No thanks to govt.
subsidized broadband. We already have too much of a socialist load on
our economy. The fact that we have less socialism than most other
countries is probably the main reason that we have the strongest
economy in the world,
the envy of other nations. Just my two cents.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Dustin
Goodwin
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:40 AM
To: nycwireless
Subject: [nycwireless] Municipal Broadband - Must read!
If you think you have a well developed theory on the why or
why not of
the municipal broadband debate you must read this article.
Some of the conclusions:
The US is desperately behind in broaband compared to the rest the
world. As for existing US broadband.We are paying way too
much for way
too little compared to the rest of the world.
US monopolies are have bloated the price of broadband and slowed
investment. Lack of Federal and State policy/programs/tax
breaks/incentives are mostly to blame.
As we learned during the electrification of the rural US free
enterprise is not the best system for bringing real low
cost broadband
to everyone. If your municipality really wants to be on the
broadband
grid and your expecting help from private telcos... your screwed.
Municipal broadband or the threat of municipal broadband has been
shown to encourage private sector investment.
Most places including NYC should be shopping around for a municipal
broadband solution if they expect their businesses to compete on a
global level.
The US communication infrastructure is stagnating and the
fixes will
come from a combination public policy *AND* private enterprise.
*Let There Be Wi-Fi*
Broadband is the electricity of the 21st century-and much of America
is being left in the dark.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0601.podesta.html
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