Michael Halcrow wrote:
On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:43:57PM -0600, Josh Jeppson wrote:So why don't you go in and set it up yourself? I haven't seen any viable High speed networks coming from the private sector. What sort of material and cash outlay would it take to set one up in your neighborhood? It seems like the dense student population around campus would be the perfect place to install a commercial High speed network with a fairly quick return on your investment. Part of the problem with the 'free market' complaint here is the nature of such a network resembles that of a natural monopoly. So do we need another Qwest or Comcast in the market, since they seem unwilling to give this a try? I think they need some real competition or they'll continue to be lazy and charge ~$40 a month for 'service' that's only 5x faster than dialup.
ZDNet has an article about "municipally owned high-speed
communications services" in Utah. Specifically iProvo and Utopia.
The government has no business taxing its citizens and using the funds to compete unfairly against private high-speed network providers. Way to monkey wrench the economy, Provo! While you're at it, make sure Orrin Hatch doesn't forget to legislate your shiny new network to death. From the looks of it, this whole ``free market'' thing must be getting quite annoying for Utah's constituents.
Mike
Yes that's a lot of questions, but I'm interested in solutions, not just whining about problems. ;)
Scott
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