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I live in Chattanooga, home of EPB, which was one of the municipally owned ISPs that was hoping this case went the other way. The common argument we hear for th
by crymer11 10y ago
I live in Chattanooga, home of EPB, which was one of the municipally owned ISPs that was hoping this case went the other way. The common argument we hear for the laws that restrict EPB from expanding is that it's "anti-competitive," since they aren't a private business.
- clavalle 10y agoHow much competition was in Chattanooga before EPB?
- crymer11 10y agoBefore EPB, it was basically just Comcast. So none.
- drauh 10y agoYeah, I hear this all the time: "municipal broadband services would be anticompetitive", while ignoring the fact that there is a de facto monopoly in place and municipal broadband would actually introduce competition. I noticed that line of argument seemed more common when I lived in the south (NC).