Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband

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• SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Countdown to the lawsuit by AT&T and Charter followers by Republicans trying to ban municipal broadband.

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  • PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Seriously, something like that is going to happen. Tacoma, a city near Seattle, had their own broadband. The city broke all kinds of laws to give a contract to another provider so they don’t own the service anymore. Seattle was fighting for their own internet at the time and used Tacoma as an example. Guess what happened next.

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    • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Since it appears there’s precedent for this falling apart, hopefully Cleveland’s government will have done their research and be prepared, albeit I’m not necessarily optimistic either.

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  • vector_zero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • reversebananimals@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Nope. Republicans don’t like anything except “owning libs”.

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    • Tyfud@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They profess to, but if you look at their voting history and policy making, they really support corporations that spend lobbying money to enrich their campaign.

      Pretty nearly every time.

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    • guacupado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No. They like corporations.

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• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oh no, but they will lose out on all that efficiency from the free market

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  • 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If only they had Comcast, they could experience the joy of 10G internets.

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    • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      By 10G I assume you mean a monthly data cap of 10GB?

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s nothing free market about how cable companies operate.

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    • hperrin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure there is. They are natural monopolies that form in the free market. The free market isn’t a good thing.

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• serratur@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This ia good, natural monopolies should be run by local goverments or the goverment.

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• circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ohio state legislature will make this illegal, or at least place a specific regulatory burden to make it illegal in this one city e.g. No town or city with a population over [insert Cincinnati population -5%]. I guarantee it.

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  • there1snospoon@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The solution is simple: Secede from the state of Ohio, declare Cleveland an autonomous city-state, and befriend nuclear Gandhi so no one will dare attack you.

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• Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A small town near me (6,000 population) installed fiber optic around down and now it’s considered a public utility and low cost to boot.

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  • Trollception@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yea we are in the Chattanooga area and enjoy gigabit symmetrical fiber for $67/mo. No taxes or extra fees, just the 67. It’s a big part of why we chose to live here.

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    • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Howdy neighbor I’m in Tri-Cities. :)

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    • superguy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      To be fair, $65/month for gigabit fiber is pretty standard.

      It’s what I got here in Southern Illinois, although I don’t use it.

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    • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here gigabit would be around 8-16$/mo.

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  • rab@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought you might be referencing Olds, Alberta who also did this a decade ago

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• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Great! Now do healthcare.

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  • realharo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And housing.

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• Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My electric coop installed fiber last year, up to gigabit with no limits and no throttling. They’re even cool with my rampant torrenting.

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• gareins@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Question: could not a private company mostly owned by the city do it? Normal for profit company providing alternatives? And do it block by block…

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