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Re:Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for munici... by nicoburns on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @10:30AM (#18664697)
The obvious solution seems to be a public entity at federal level. They would be big enough to have the relevant expertise without the misaligned incentives of the big corporate companies.
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Re:Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for munici... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:38AM (#18665317)
> public entity at federal level

> without the misaligned incentives of the big corporate companies

There's plenty of misaligned incentives at any Nth level of government. They're just more diverse. Some are political instead of financial.

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Re:Comcast rejected by small town, residents vote for munici... by nicoburns on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @06:15PM (#18668558)
However, there are plenty of example of government organisation successfully managing broadband infrastructure projects.
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