kbrickley
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Zarathustra[H];1041344261 said:So, explain how community internet services can offer much faster speeds at much lower costs without relying on cable, and still pay for themselves?
A community internet service can leverage tax funds from all members of the community (regardless of whether they use the service) to fund the installation of the infrastructure (a private company must pay to install the infrastructure up front and recover the money over time) ... a community can also require some level of mandatory subscription (like all home are connected to the city sewer and water system and pay for that access) which a private company doesn't have (even if they are the only provider, not everyone converts to their service) ... and as already mentioned, a community service must be non-profit (as government services are not allowed to make profits) where a private service must make profits (whether they are publically or privately owned)