[TriLUG] Move over Google: Wilson, NC did it a long, long time ago

[John Vaughters via TriLUG]

>The only thing that will get AT&T or Time Warner to invest is competition.Agreed. Only Problem is regulation usually cuts down competition by cutting down investment. Google may disrupt that problem as previously discussed in my earlier email.
>So do not blame the government

I blame the government for poor practice in this case. The rules should have been publicized minimum 6 months prior to approval and public comments and debates should have been open. I do not trust Corporations or Government, but at least with a contract I may sign with a corporation, I know what I am getting prior to the contract being signed. However, A Gov. hiding behind closed doors and throwing a document out to the public and saying, "This is the rule". This I take issue with. And I do not even care if I agree with the rule or not. This is bad practice and I am shocked that this is even remotely acceptable to anyone.
 

     On Friday, February 27, 2015 1:58 PM, Charles Fischer <cfischer at modernferrotype.com> wrote:
   

 The only thing that will get AT&T or Time Warner to invest is competition.  Bring on Google Fiber or Greenlight in Wilson.  As for uncertainty being a factor, the only uncertainty was that caused by the ISPs.  So do not blame the government for that.

-Charles Fischer

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:45 PM, John Vaughters via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

>The AT&T threat to "halt further investment" was well-covered on Ars.

Yes and the end result was that AT&T decided that they would do the minimum they had to do based on the merger agreements and that is it. Not exactly a pro-investment attitude.



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