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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by Spivak on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:19PM (#27681863)
This line of reasoning could be used to justify government expansion into literally any market. Given that most people don’t want government providing services in every market there has to be some other factor that limits the scope which is where the disagreement lives.

Government mediating equal access to last mile lines and funding their construction — probably good to everyone.

Government running consumer ISPs end-to-end is a tougher sell.

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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by 8note on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @10:12PM (#27684152)
Having a government provided baseline for all markets sounds great.

Private business should justify itself by doing better and ensuring nobody wants the public version -- which also ensures the public version stays cheap. [Expensive per unit, but inexpensive overall]

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