Fiber Optic Internet in Lafayette
Caught part of a show on PBS (see: Community Connections) about how Lafayette, LA put in a municipal fiber optic network in spite of lawsuits by cable and telecom providers. The citizens figured they were getting screwed by cable and internet companies (and indeed they were) so they decided to do something about it. I'm usually against government getting involved in places that private firms are servicing, but I enjoyed seeing the coonasses stickin' to the big cable / bell duopoly.
posted by Dr. Steven Morphy-Godchaux III at
8:38 PM
2 Comments:
Good for them. Now they just need to keep their network in their own hands. Sooner or later some wise guy politician will figure that the town can generate revenue by letting one of the big boys come in and run the system for them.
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Murphy "Mac" Morphy, at Thu Oct 19, 11:36:00 AM CDT
Or they could jack up their prices to be 'competitive' with the cable and telcos and turn into the very thing they were fighting against. On a related note, has anyone been hearing about the utility bills in Orleans Parish? I'm told Entergy has tripled the rates post-Katrina. Some folks are moving out because they can't afford the electricity bills. And to think people hated NOPSI ...
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Dr. Steven Morphy-Godchaux III, at Mon Oct 23, 08:50:00 AM CDT
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