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Originally Posted by teh603
Are the cable companies laying down cable that can handle broadband connections? Are they throttling access per-house, on the old per-block system, or maybe some per-municipality system that gives enough bandwidth for someone to get 1/5 meg/second if they're the only one on and nobody's watching TV?
Remember, these aren't public utilities whose job is to provide service. Their job is to make as much money as they can as fast as they can.
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When has the government provided service ever been able to compete with
what a free market can provide? They only survive where they have an
effective monopoly. Would there be 4G without the competitive market?
The phone/cable companies portion out their existing bandwidth based on
who will pay for it (a tiered system). That means that there is an incentive
for the development of faster and greater bandwidth offerings, to as many
as will pay for it. There is also some profit to be made providing for the very
many who are willing to be satisfied with a lessor service, at a lower cost.
Overall, and historically the most used/asked for high end features eventually
are offered to the lower tiers, in a competitive free market environment. Not
so in a bureaucratically run government "service", there is no incentive. All are
equal in the government's eyes, all will get the same mandated "service". "One
Size Fits All", it's only "Fair", right?
Luck;
Ken
P.S.; The Municipal Service will most likely be a "special" monopoly contract with
an existing provider. Something that gives the city bureaucracies "free" internet,
(paid for with taxes).