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In the case of UTOPIA, the idea of a metro-provided broadband infrastructure is sound in the abstract case, the only argument against it is their particular implementation.
If I ran my own city, and wanted it to be economically successful, I would provide roads, sewers, water, ... AND a city owned and maintained method of getting broadband to the residents and businesses. Letting the Qwests of this world own the last mile to the homes and businesses is a guaranteed way of not providing needed telecommunications services, and a guaranteed way of charging too much for what they do provide.
Don't let the news stories mislead you - resistance to muni-provided broadband infrastructure comes from only two sources: Those who don't want to spend money on anything (UTA) and those who represent the incumbent telecoms (Qwest).
The bigger issue with Comcast and Qwest is they want to control what I do with my bandwidth. I do not mind if they put a monthly data transfer limit, for UTOPIA through Xmission you have 100 GB a month. However if I want to transfer 100 GB let me do it. Comcast throws a wrench in the works to slow it down. They don't care about a free open internet, they want people to see what they want.
I have worked in the digital media industry for the last several years. There are some very exciting things happening. We should all be eager to be a part of that... but if Qwest and Comcast keep tricking people with this shell game we are going to be left behind.
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