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Re:Broadband Communism: Jeremy Corbyn gets serious about fre... by andrekandre on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:41PM (#21610400)
> (and in fact workers-owner)

what’s wrong with that?

> by political ideology

but isn’t that how our current system is as well? the political ideology of “free market” and “globalism” etc?

Re:Broadband Communism: Jeremy Corbyn gets serious about fre... by toomuchtodo on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:47PM (#21610456)
Can you imagine? Workers and citizens owning critical local infrastructure instead of shareholders? The horror!

Seriously though, there are efforts like this already in the UK as a non-profit [1], and they are crushing it. You don't need private ownership to bring about innovation. You need a healthy attitude towards trying unconventional methods, and constrained resources doesn't hurt.

[1] https://b4rn.org.uk/ (B4RN is a professionally designed fibre optic broadband network, registered as a non-profit community benefit society, and run by a dedicated local team with the support of landowners and volunteers. We offer 1,000Mbps FTTH broadband to every property in our coverage areas, costing households only £30 per month.)

EDIT: B4RN did a 3 million pound bond offer, and it was oversubscribed by 10%. https://www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk/invest/broadband-for-t...