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by JBSay 3146 days ago
Government running commercial enterprises. Now that's a recipe for success! http://munibroadbandfailures.com/
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No contact information, hidden whois info. Surely this is a site to be trusted to be objective and get to the truth regarding the ethics and feasibility of municipal broadband.
You should avoid citing that page; it's not credible. A specific instance that I know of is Sebewaing Light and Power in Michigan. They built out a publicly owned fiber network that now has over 500 of 1700 residents as customers as of June and will break even in 2018, earlier than expected, whereas your site claims there are only 150 customers. That site was created by Taxpayers Protection Alliance which a Koch front group.
"That site was created by Taxpayers Protection Alliance which a Koch front group." So what? Ad hominem fallacy?

When the municipal broadbands fail taxpayers are on the hook for million dollars bail outs. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2014/09/30/munic...

I think we could make a map of “private broadband failures” that funneled hundreds of millions of public dollars to private enterprises to bring broadband infrastructure to millions of Americans and was never delivered.
As opposed to what? Billion dollars of taxpayer bail out because government have no incentive and have no idea how to run a commercial enterprise efficiently. If a private company fails on its obligation you can sue. If public company fail not only can't you sure but you have to pay more taxes to bail it out. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2014/09/30/munic...
You forgot to say "that's socialism"!11!