Very good point, I hadn't considered that. Do you think LUS would be open to such an idea? I'm others are thinking the same thing.
--- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm excited about Lafayette's efforts, but I have to > admit that I'm a > bit wary of letting the government replace private > industry in providing > services. I'd feel much more comfortable if the goal > of LUS was to build > the infrastructure and then lease out the bandwidth > to competing > companies to provide their own services. I think the > goal of government > should be to enable technology and business, not > compete with it. > Building a fiber infrastructure in a town like > Lafayette would allow > smaller local companies to provide the services that > BellSouth and COX > do, but be more flexible and keep the money local. > > -Tim > > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 16:01 -0800, John Hebert > wrote: > > Makes me damn proud to be a Cajun. And Eatel is > pretty > > much doing the same thing here in Ascension > Parish! > > > > Maybe I am biased. Are there any downsides to > > communities running their own broadband networks? > Will > > it be inevitable, since the costs are coming down > so > > fast? I mean, imagine in a few years what wireless > > technologies will cost and the > coverage/performance > > they will offer. It makes sense that the big > telecomms > > are running scared, but we (the public) should not > let > > them pursue legal solutions to their technological > > inertia. > > > > John > > > > > > --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "To hear BellSouth talk, high-speed fiber lines > are > > > the way of the > > > future. So why is it so determined to stop > > > Lafayette, La., a rural > > > community in the heart of Cajun country, from > > > installing its own fiber?" > > > > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-01-03-fiber-cover_x.htm# > > > > > > Slashdot Article: > > > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl? > > > > > > sid=05/01/05/029222&tid=95&tid=215&tid=103&tid=17&tid=219 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
