[Cialug] opportunity iowa

[Chris Hilton]

Oh yay, another item in my long list of reasons why I loathe Mediacom.


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. 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
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>On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 12:35, n00b wrote:
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>>www.opportunityiowa.com (me thinks?)
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>>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.
>>
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>>-----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
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>>>n00b wrote:
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>>>>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
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>>>to
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>>>>pay taxes.
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>>>... What proposal?
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>>>-dc
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