Actually, I'd say it's nothing of the sort. I actually grew up in Geneva, and resided there in 2004 when the city tried to pass a referendum to provide municipal fiber to it's citizens, working with the surrounding towns (St. Charles and Batavia). http://www.geneva.il.us/bb/faq.htm
The plan seemed pretty good, the city would provide fiber to the doorstep selling bonds to cover the upfront costs. The bonds would be paid back by the subscriber base's monthly fees which were slated to be reasonable ($40-50/mo iirc). There was tons of misinformation spread by Comcast and SBC (now AT&T). Employees of said companies sent out their employees door to door handing out pamphlets that were mostly untruthful and lead people to believe their taxes would increase if the plan went through. The initiative failed, and my assumption to some degree is that the city is still trying to accomplish this (or they are bitter) If you RTFA, the city of Geneva has a great independent streak, currently providing their own water and electricity and this has nothing to do with supporting monopolies or the FCC.
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Actually, I'd say it's nothing of the sort. I actually grew up in Geneva, and resided there in 2004 when the city tried to pass a referendum to provide municipal fiber to it's citizens, working with the surrounding towns (St. Charles and Batavia). http://www.geneva.il.us/bb/faq.htm
The plan seemed pretty good, the city would provide fiber to the doorstep selling bonds to cover the upfront costs. The bonds would be paid back by the subscriber base's monthly fees which were slated to be reasonable ($40-50/mo iirc). There was tons of misinformation spread by Comcast and SBC (now AT&T). Employees of said companies sent out their employees door to door handing out pamphlets that were mostly untruthful and lead people to believe their taxes would increase if the plan went through. The initiative failed, and my assumption to some degree is that the city is still trying to accomplish this (or they are bitter) If you RTFA, the city of Geneva has a great independent streak, currently providing their own water and electricity and this has nothing to do with supporting monopolies or the FCC.
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