Another important thing to remember when talking about a fiber infrastructure as a utility is that it's not about your Mom, it's about your Mom's flower shop. I want fiber in my home of course, and it will come, but the home isn't really the point as much as businesses are. A network infrastructure is essential to almost any business today.
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:06:18 -0700, Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 06:15, Michael Halcrow wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:24:44PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > I take it from your arguments that you find NASA and the entire > > > space program a complete waste of money. Obviously since private > > > industry hasn't been able to do it yet that it's not worth doing. > > > And clearly you don't want your tax dollars wasted on any of these > > > scientific ventures. > > > > I didn't say any of that. Stop putting words in my mouth. It's > > disingenuous and dishonest. If you're going to debate me, debate me > > on things I actually said, and not things that you deceive others into > > thinking I said. > > C'mon, Mike, is that all you have to say? Sure you didn't say such > things about the space program, but Michael T. was just taking your line > of reasoning and applying it to other government ventures besides > iProvo. Surely that's an allowable test of your proposed general > principle? > > For the record I generally agree with you that fibre may not be > essential infrastructure for everyone, but then again, maybe it is. I > know I'd prefer a fast fibre infrastructure then a slow wireless one, > all other things being equal, and underground fibre is certainly much > easier for the government to provide. I don't konw if I'd vote for it > or not though being all other things are not equal. > > Bryan, of Vancouver, WA, where our city government is building a > hotel/conference center, not a network infrastructure. Now there is > something for Mike H. to complain about. > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
