About ten years ago I was working for a company and we had a difficult customer who seemed like a wacko-liberal. My boss bet me lunch at an expensive French restaurant if I could guess where the customer was from (adding he was not from California). It took me a moment and I guessed Massachusetts. My boss was pissed...
(disclaimer: My dad was born and raised in Massachusetts and I am a Comcast customer and I have had nothing but great service from Comcast.)
It is a rare occurrence when government can outperform a private for profit company. I suspect the decision was made by the same anti-free market quasi-marxists who support Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. I suspect this will be a bitter lesson for the people of Charlemont, MA who supported these (presumed) progressive democrats who believe government is the solution to all problems.
Best case scenario: the town will produce an adequate internet service initially at a greater then estimated cost. Maintenance will far exceed their expectations. In a few years the citizens will demand the return of Comcast. Charlemont's folly...
(disclaimer: My dad was born and raised in Massachusetts and I am a Comcast customer and I have had nothing but great service from Comcast.)
It is a rare occurrence when government can outperform a private for profit company. I suspect the decision was made by the same anti-free market quasi-marxists who support Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. I suspect this will be a bitter lesson for the people of Charlemont, MA who supported these (presumed) progressive democrats who believe government is the solution to all problems.
Best case scenario: the town will produce an adequate internet service initially at a greater then estimated cost. Maintenance will far exceed their expectations. In a few years the citizens will demand the return of Comcast. Charlemont's folly...