scolbath t1_jc6hgvm wrote
Reply to comment by BuckyWunderlick007 in Results of municipal broadband feasibility study: City-owned Internet has big pluses and price tag by b00gerbear
Why the hell doesn't the city just go to MIT+Harvard and say "make this happen"?
limbodog t1_jc6jicb wrote
The difficulty is always the existing infrastructure, not technology. Neither university is good at working on utility poles or digging trenches.
scolbath t1_jc6ltgg wrote
Oh no doubt. I was simply implying that they lay on the guilt for some cash. If there's 120 million of NRE - well, MIT and Harvard lose 60 million in the couches on an average weekend.
stannenb t1_jc7tdf5 wrote
One way Harvard/MIT/other-institutions-companies can actually help is guarantee a certain number of customers to the system. If they reimburse staff for home internet, make sure there are incentives to use municipal broadband. With guaranteed customers, the uncertainty around financial risk is minimized, making financing easier and deals with private partners less necessary.
scolbath t1_jc7vkse wrote
That's a super idea! Heck, they could take 'payment in kind' for their initial investment.
BTW, loving that my initial post is being downvoted while the parent is being upvoted :-) I guess we found the Comcast fans!
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