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[Ben Scott]

On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> The only suggestion I can make is to beat on your
> selectmen/alderpersons/<whatever> until you have some competition in
> your area. However, the evidence I have makes me believe the local cable
> companies are colluding and not competing. (Try to find a town in NH
> that gives their residents the option of one or more cable/DSL providers.)

  There's also the fact that cable companies -- like most companies
these days -- are extremely short-term-profit focused.  Rural
communities tend not to offer the ROI they're looking for.  Often the
only way they'll build infrastructure is if the town signs a long-term
exclusivity deal with them.  Even then, there are still towns in NH
that don't have cable.

  Unfortunately, building telecom infrastructure is very expensive.
The ROI period for a DSL CO co-lo build-out is measured in *decades*.
Vitts ignored the ROI problem and we know what happened to them.

  The best option for rural areas is likely some kind of co-op, where
residents and/or municipalities pool funds to buy and build their own
infrastructure.  But that's a whole 'nother bunch of cats to herd.

-- Ben