RonBoyd
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There is this article to go along with the other recent threads about the bullying we are "putting up with" from the Nation's communication companies.
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own - Ars Technica
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own - Ars Technica
But the entire congratulatory press release glosses over a key fact: the reason that Monticello received a fiber network was the town's decision to install a municipal-owned fiber network to every home in town… spawning a set of TDS lawsuits that went all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the town.
Such stories aren't limited to Minnesota suburbs, either. Just last month Telephony Online ran a piece on how Cox cable prices had "dropped considerably" since Lafeyette, Louisiana lit up a fiber system of its own.
When Time Warner Cable (which still tops out at 10Mbps and no DOCSIS 3.0) was asked why it had not stepped up to meet the city's [Wilson NC] demand for faster [100Mps] access, a company rep told TechJournal South that it hadn't actually heard a citizen outcry over the issue—or it would have acted.