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Five rationales for municipal broadband, deconstructed, discredited – Part V
New York Law School authors Davidson and Santorelli in their March 2013 research, Evaluating the Rationales for Government-Owned Broadband Networks, looked at five common rationales offered by municipal broadband advocates for government ownership and entry broadband service delivery. In this post we … Continue reading
Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited – Part IV
New York Law School authors Davidson and Santorelli in their March 2013 research, Evaluating the Rationales for Government-Owned Broadband Networks, looked at five common rationales offered by municipal broadband advocates for government ownership and entry broadband service delivery. In this post we … Continue reading
Posted in Chelan PUD, Duplicate Facilities, government competition, government-owned networks, Municipal broadband, Municipal finance, Overbuilding, Rural broadband
Tagged cross-subsidy, fiber debt, government subsidized competition, municipalization, smart community-economic development rationale
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Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited-Part III
New York Law School authors Davidson and Santorelli in their March 2013 research, Evaluating the Rationales for Government-Owned Broadband Networks, looked at five common rationales offered by municipal broadband advocates for government ownership and entry broadband service delivery. In this post we … Continue reading
Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited-Part I
New York Law School authors Davidson and Santorelli in their March 2013 research, Evaluating the Rationales for Government-Owned Broadband Networks, looked at five common rationales offered by municipal broadband advocates for government ownership and entry broadband service delivery. The first and … Continue reading
Posted in Duplicate Facilities, Federal Action and Grants, government competition, government-owned networks, Municipal broadband, Municipal finance, Overbuilding, Rural broadband
Tagged cross-subsidy, fiber debt, government subsidized competition, municipalization, rural broadband, the availability rationale
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Government-owned networks neither compelling nor wise, says new research
Recent research work from New York Law School’s Advanced Communications Law and Policy Institute deconstructs five current arguments for government-owned broadband networks. In Evaluating the Rationales for Government-Owned Broadband Networks authors and Institute directors Charles M. Davidson and Michael J. Santorelli … Continue reading
Myths and misinformation about government-owned broadband
Take a minute to read Geoff Feiss’s commentary on government-owned networks from April 4. Geoff is Executive Director of the Montana Telecommunications Association. — I couldn’t say it better, so I won’t try. Thanks for sharing, Geoff! There’s a myth … Continue reading
Correction: City will charge Gig Squared a fair price for use of its dark fiber
I mis-heard Mayor McGinn’s remarks in his KUOW interview. The city does intend to charge a “fair price” for use of its dark fiber and “is hopeful” that Gig Squared will charge a “reasonable rate” to its business and residential … Continue reading