[Cialug] opportunity iowa

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

To make a long a story short, Mediacom (and others) are lobbying to pass
legislation that will make it impossible for Municipalities to use to
tax dollars to build fiber networks connecting the homes.

They wrongly use the ICN as a failed example. The telco's got
legislation passed the prevents the ICN from making fiber connections
past the point of presence in each community.  That is what killed the
ICN.

They present Opp Iowa as a bad thing, when really opp Iowa's position is
to use tax dollars to build the infrastructure, and then let anyone
provide services. Mom & Pop ISP's, Telco's Municipalities, etc.  Its
good for everyone, unless you already have a monolopy providing mediocre
services.

:) Dave




On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 12:35, n00b wrote:
> www.opportunityiowa.com (me thinks?)
> 
> from what i understand it would be a movement for Fiber to the home
> (FTTH). dunno bout you guys, but I'm all about that. theres some towns
> that are doing that in Iowa already, hell some rural areas have it(i.e.
> farms).
> 
> just seems to make sense to me. why not use it now when its an inevitable
> step in the evolution of global communication?? costs less to maintain and
> gives more options to its use.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Champion <dave@visionary.com>
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 10:59:12 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] opportunity iowa
> 
> > n00b wrote:
> > > whats everyone think of this proposal? i'm sure there will be some
> > > apprehension as it could be the end of some business. and people hate
> > to
> > > pay taxes.
> > > 
> > 
> > ... What proposal?
> > 
> > -dc
> > 
> > 
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