[Cialug] opportunity iowa

[D. Joe Anderson]

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 12:35:42PM -0500, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> 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. 

Of that, I've heard plenty, and to tell the truth, it's one
thing that had helped sway me just the tiniest bit.

> 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.

Ah. Now THAT's a part of the story I had not heard before. 
Interesting.  And sort of congruent with their approach lately.

> 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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