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And that is why they are called NIMBYs.
by ensignavenger 10y ago
And that is why they are called NIMBYs.
- foota 10y agoI think that in order to be a NIMBY either the person needs to be a hypocrite, or the thing the NIMBY is objecting to needs to be seen as widely desirable. e.g., "Housing is too expensive but I don't want them to build apartments by me" or "I want to pay less rent but I don't want them to build more apartments by me" Notably, objecting to the building of high speed internet infrastructure doesn't fill one of these criteria unless it is widely seen as an important thing or they want high speed internet.
- BigJono 10y agoMaybe it's because I'm still on ADSL1 but I find it hard to believe that fibre Internet wouldn't be seen as a widely important thing...
- foota 10y agoWhy the jump from adsl to fibre? There is likely broadband available already.
- greglindahl 10y agoIn most of the USA, the choice is between "cable company or phone company", where the cable company has coax and offers speeds classified as broadband, while the phone company only has some kind of DSL and tops out pretty slow. Needless to say, the lack of similar offerings doesn't mean much price competition for broadband speeds.
- ensignavenger 10y agoThere are a lot of places that don't have cable, some that don't have DSL, and a few that don't have either. I just moved from a house that didn't have either (I was on Satellite Internet), my new home in the city only has cable, no DSL, so there is no competition (I think there is a wireless provider, but they are pretty expensive and not very fast at all).