Jim,
Freepress must be terrible because they are not a mouthpiece for huge
telecom corporations. Your right they can't be trusted. Personally I
would describe Freepress as politically progressive. I am not sure it
matters as they mostly seemed interested in good public policy.
Socialism, leftists... is everything political? Or do some people just
care about running a better country?
- Dustin -
Jim Henry wrote:
Dana,
I've read the article you reference, and, like the one I provided a link
to, it is interesting. They make some good points. However, like the PFF
paper, it's an advocacy document. I found no mention of municipalities
failing, or at least not doing as well, as commercial enterprises in
delivering critical services. There are certainly examples, such as
Philadelphia's PGW or NYC's water utility (nowhere near as bad as PGW I'm
sure, but failing to meter water is still pretty bad). No mention of a
possible negative outcome from a municipal offering.
I am not too familiar with freepress.net but from checking their web
site, even though they claim to be non-partisan the stories they offer seem
to be coming from a leftist point of view.
Jim
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Jim,
Perhaps you should do a bit more research.
The PFF is well known to rely on half-truths and misrepresentations
of fact to support their anti-municipal agenda.
Free Press has released a white paper that provides the whole story,
and if you look at government broadband initiatives, they are
overwhelmingly cost saving and beneficial to local communities.
http://www.freepress.net/docs/mb_white_paper.pdf
Also, PFF's supporters include (and are primarily) every incumbent
telecom and cable company: http://www.pff.org/about/supporters.html
While this isn't a problem in and of itself, it should make you
wonder where their views and motivations are coming from.
Dana Spiegel
Executive Director
NYCwireless
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On Jan 9, 2006, at 10:04 PM, Jim Henry wrote:
Here's an interesting study on government going into the telecom
business.
http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/pop11.3govtownership.pdf
Jim
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