[Novalug] [maybe OT]Broadband in Alexandria

[Beartooth]

On Mon, 5 Jul 2010, cmhowe at patriot.net wrote:

> Several years ago there was a company that was going to wire 
> cities. It wired one (used wireless, actually) (I think I 
> recall) but found out it was not profitable. For it to be 
> successful, the city had to use it -- specifically detect where 
> guns were fired, but a lot more things. So if anyone or any 
> group is tempted to consider biding, do your homework. A 
> magazine named "Governing" had an article a few years ago that 
> dealt with the issue.
>
> Thoughts?

 	Easy to believe. The local phone company ran a cable 
(fiber, I think) years ago up the little rural back road where my 
in-laws live in East Tennessee -- and they still have dialup 
only.

 	A phone co-op in the next county brought wireless 
broadband to Blacksburg a few years ago. I grabbed it at once, 
and was well pleased while it lasted; but after two or three 
years they dropped it, and I'm now stuck with Comcast.

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