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I'm impressed that Longmont was able to pull this together. It seems like living in a small city like this might make it easier to coordinate common-sense measu

I'm impressed that Longmont was able to pull this together. It seems like living in a small city like this might make it easier to coordinate common-sense measures like this. Comcast/Centurylink spent $500k in a city of <100k people to try and convince residents to give up on municipal broadband, but citizen activists were able to make it happen anyway. Is there a way to find places to live that are populated by mostly sane people with some minimal brainpower and engagement in their community? My (wealthy and educated) city has voted several times against our own interests on this issue and many others.

FireBeyond 5y ago
> Comcast/Centurylink spent $500k in a city of <100k people That seems a lot of money until you think revenue. Average household, 2.6 people, so let's say 38,000 households. Let's say half of them have internet from one of these providers and we'll be "generous" and say they're averaging $50/mo on their bill. That's 17 days revenue, if it had succeeded. An entirely worthwhile investment on their part. To be clear though, I despise efforts to fight municipal broadband.
- malwarebytess 5y ago
  It's sickening to me that corporations can engage in politics as "investment."