Category Archives: Duplicate Facilities

Five rationales for municipal broadband, deconstructed, discredited – Part V

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

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 →

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Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited – Part IV

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

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 →

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Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited-Part III

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

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 →

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Five rationales for municipal broadband deconstructed, discredited-Part I

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

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 →

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Government-owned networks neither compelling nor wise, says new research

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

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 →

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Myths and misinformation about government-owned broadband

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

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 →

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Correction: City will charge Gig Squared a fair price for use of its dark fiber

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

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 →

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