Oct 28 2009
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Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own - Ars Technica
An interesting story on how the move to create a city-owned fiber optic network for all homes in a Minnesota town sparked a private company to beat them to it. Of course, to the benefit of all the customers!
There seems to be reflections here of what would happen if a government healthcare option were to be introduced… Private companies would beat them to it, of course to the benefit of all the customers!
