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Lots of money was spent to connect things like schools and libraries with fiber, and were.

• zaroth 12y ago
  Such a shame, and a sham. Pay for internet to schools, and you get a single machines hooked up to redundant Cisco edge routers capable of serving 10,000 nodes with ISDN uplinks for $1,000/mo. On the other hand, give fast track regulatory approval for poles and right-of-ways to ISPs for fiber infra and you can wire a whole town, and let the library pay for their 100Mbps line like everyone else. Bet you that library ends up with a properly sized $100 SOHO router and a $100/mo broadband plan if they have to pay for it out of their books budget. I think at least one side of the equation or 'market' has to be driven by someone who is paying with scarce money, not just Benjamins hot off the presses, to keep things under control.
  • mikecb 12y ago
    That has happened in some circumstances, yes.