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UTOPIA project is too costly
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Internet service providers are currently limited to phone lines and cable boxes to provide average consumers access to the internet. For less than what I'm paying currently for a 1.5 Mbps DSL line, I could be getting 10 Mbps. Private companies, like Qwest and Comcast, aren't progressing because they don't have to. Private citizens have no other choices. The only thing at stake in this decision is their profit margin and market control.
Will some new communication infrastructure product come out in the future? Most definitely, But just sitting around waiting for the future is not going to help us get there any faster. If it has taken 30 years to adapt to this technology, how long will it take to adapt to the next step?
People may be anti-Comcast/Qwest, but it is primarily due to their ever increasing prices with small changes to their infrastructure.
I am currently looking to buy a home, and am looking in Murray, and Midvale due to UTOPIA.
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If a government agency is not able to properly plan-manage-control such a project, it should be offered to the highest bidder and the quasi-government company dissolved. Even if it is sold for pennies on the dollar it is better than the cities taking on even more debt.
BUT, the superior technology should be allowed and even encouraged by proper regulatios to proceed.