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why do people assume a local government will be the end all to services? they can be likely just as bad and when they decided your neighborhood isn't a priority
by Shivetya 8y ago
why do people assume a local government will be the end all to services? they can be likely just as bad and when they decided your neighborhood isn't a priority you will have little to no recourse.
I do like the town's propose internet speeds and conditions compared to comcast but look at the extra money listed in the article. nearly a million had already been spend to map out the deployment and it will be another million and a half over twenty years to roll it out. throw in that any project past a few years will see the costs explode and this will mean that many will never see their new internet any time soon.
plus finally, it will be interesting what protections are built into the system that prevent the government from tracking the habits of the residents using the service.
so an entity with no financial obligation outside its jurisdiction with unlimited taxation powers and grants is able to out provide a private company, this is not news. when you have more money at your disposal you can make bigger promises the difference is they do not have to deliver as you have no legal recourse when they don't
- lolc 8y agoYou realize the people who will be taxed over this agreed to it? > throw in that any project past a few years will see the costs explode and this will mean that many will never see their new internet any time soon. Speculation. > it will be interesting what protections are built into the system that prevent the government from tracking the habits of the residents using the service. The same protections you'd get from any other provider.
- briandear 8y agoYou realize that 89 people out of 1300 residents voted against the Comcast deal. That is not the same as a majority of residents voting for a tax increase to pay for internet. So no, the people that will be taxed overwhelmingly did not agree to this.
- dragonwriter 8y agoPeople who choose not to vote choose, by so doing, to defer to the preferences of those who vote. Also, the municipal deployment was approved in 2015, this was rejecting Comcast's offer to become a monopoly provider with inferior technology to head that off.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago>why do people assume a local government will be the end all to services? Because they don't realize that Parks and Rec is a show about a fictional utopia where government is capable of doing things and isn't all a bunch of fiefdoms trying to burn through money less the money be allocated to a different fiefdom. Like seriously, once you see how that sausage is made you'll never want to eat it. There's good people in government but that doesn't mean it's possible for them to accomplish good things in government.
- conanbatt 8y agoIf people in SF at least looked at the Transit center. 2 Billion dollars+, still closed for repairs. The makeshift bus stop, which is basically a parking lot a block away, works perfectly fine.