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I am interested to see how this project proceeds. The article mentioned that the service will be built in conjunction with the city, suggesting a Public Privat
by westbywest 16y ago
I am interested to see how this project proceeds. The article mentioned that the service will be built in conjunction with the city, suggesting a Public Private Partnership (PPP). Previous efforts with using PPPs to build municipal broadband services have faltered in conflict (lawsuits alleging anticompetitive activities) with the incumbent providers.
This happened in Philadelphia, IIRC, and more recently in North Carolina.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/the-price-of-muni-broadband-eternal-war-with-time-warner-cable.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/11/the-price-of...
- chris11 16y agoThere might be some lawsuits, but I doubt there will be any significant legal problems. Google would have a market cap several times larger than any potential plaintiff. So they definitely have resources for any legal battle.