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But what can people do in non-compete areas? Places where legislation already exists preventing municipalities from doing just what Ft. Collins has done?

by 0xfeba 9y ago

Retric 9y ago
Legislation can change. This is the kind of thing you want to gather grass roots level support for.
danesparza 9y ago
Run for office in the municipality and overturn the legislation (or support candidates that support overturning the legislation).
rayiner 9y ago
Move out of Tennessee, Virginia, etc? The municipal broadband bans are mostly in southern states you might want to leave for other reasons. (If you live in Virginia--Maryland is just across the border, and we're better in every conceivable way.)
- interknot 9y ago
  As much as I dislike Northern Virginia, I'll have to disagree with you about Maryland. Chattanooga has municipal broadband, and they even provide service to places within Georgia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPB
  - rayiner 9y ago
    That only covers a small portion of the state. 28% of Tennessee has access to fiber, versus 61% of Maryland.
mileycyrusXOXO 9y ago
In 2015 Fort Collins voted to overturn the legislation preventing competition. In 2017 another 17 municipalities in Colorado did as well.
- rayiner 9y ago
  That’s a weird way to phrase it. Colorado voters didn’t vote to “overturn the legislation.” The law itself provides for referendums where voters can approve municipal broadband.
pc2g4d 9y ago
Sue the state?
delinka 9y ago
DIY. Build your own network. Why does the municipality have to get involved (beyond permitting and approvals...)?
grahamburger 9y ago
It's surprisingly feasible (in some areas) to start an ISP on your own using wireless equipment. I've been working with companies doing that for about 15 years and recently started writing http://startyourownisp.com http://startyourownisp.com to help people interested in getting started.
username223 9y ago
As a small gesture, you can walk over to your neighbor's place, knock on the door, and offer to split the internet bill in exchange for the Wifi password. Sure, the service will still suck, but it already did, and this way you will pay half as much for it.
- 0xfeba 9y ago
  Not a bad idea... Could just get a directional antenna for a separate router to isolate their network(s).

But what can people do in non-compete areas? Places where legislation already exists preventing municipalities from doing just what Ft. Collins has done?

by 0xfeba 9y ago

But what can people do in non-compete areas? Places where legislation already exists preventing municipalities from doing just what Ft. Collins has done?

Retric 9y ago

Legislation can change. This is the kind of thing you want to gather grass roots level support for.

danesparza 9y ago

Run for office in the municipality and overturn the legislation (or support candidates that support overturning the legislation).

rayiner 9y ago

Move out of Tennessee, Virginia, etc? The municipal broadband bans are mostly in southern states you might want to leave for other reasons. (If you live in Virginia--Maryland is just across the border, and we're better in every conceivable way.)

interknot 9y ago
As much as I dislike Northern Virginia, I'll have to disagree with you about Maryland. Chattanooga has municipal broadband, and they even provide service to places within Georgia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPB
- rayiner 9y ago
  That only covers a small portion of the state. 28% of Tennessee has access to fiber, versus 61% of Maryland.

mileycyrusXOXO 9y ago

In 2015 Fort Collins voted to overturn the legislation preventing competition. In 2017 another 17 municipalities in Colorado did as well.

rayiner 9y ago
That’s a weird way to phrase it. Colorado voters didn’t vote to “overturn the legislation.” The law itself provides for referendums where voters can approve municipal broadband.

pc2g4d 9y ago

Sue the state?

delinka 9y ago

DIY. Build your own network. Why does the municipality have to get involved (beyond permitting and approvals...)?

grahamburger 9y ago

It's surprisingly feasible (in some areas) to start an ISP on your own using wireless equipment. I've been working with companies doing that for about 15 years and recently started writing http://startyourownisp.com http://startyourownisp.com to help people interested in getting started.

username223 9y ago

As a small gesture, you can walk over to your neighbor's place, knock on the door, and offer to split the internet bill in exchange for the Wifi password. Sure, the service will still suck, but it already did, and this way you will pay half as much for it.

0xfeba 9y ago
Not a bad idea... Could just get a directional antenna for a separate router to isolate their network(s).