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I don't believe that is true.
Government and business have been kept seperate for very good reasons. It's far too easy for a government to abuse the competition via legal control. (No, those telephone poles are off limits to *you*, but not the city.)

Secondly, the school here has not invested in the R&D to make this possible while the communications companies certainly have. If all cities/schools did something like this, who would ever invest so much as a dollar to move the technology ahead?

Then of course we get to the security (big brother is watching) questions. Say your local city does something like this and good old Betty down the street works for the city. Do you really think she is going to tell police officer Joe Brown she won't allow him a "peek" here and there if asked?

No, our forefathers understood that something like this is over ripe for abuse and wisely put laws in place to prevent it. After all, we don't allow the phone company to write the laws for our cities, why would we allow the city to be a phone company?
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I don't see the problem...  BitTwiddler | 03/01/04
I Do  rlodge@... | 03/01/04
are you kidding  JWatson77 | 03/01/04
Re: are you kidding  rlodge@... | 03/01/04
The problem . . .  bjornafreeman@... | 03/01/04
Good post, and good points.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Indeed..... but  DarbyOhara | 03/02/04
The wave of the future of Networking  DragonBRockin | 03/01/04
My only concern  madrush8 | 03/01/04
I don't see the problem either  JWatson77 | 03/01/04
The only problem I see  Chad_z | 03/01/04
Free Enterprise at its best.  mstump | 03/01/04
Really, the schools getting the best deal for taxpayers.  DonnieBoy | 03/01/04
I don't believe that is true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Illegal Search and Seizure  Bit Bucketteer | 03/01/04
It happens everyday.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Think you'll ever get it right bitty?  NoB$ | 03/01/04
bitty, wrong, again, as usual  NoB$ | 03/01/04
Amazing  ParadigmOdyssey | 03/01/04
Utilities are utilities  specialk_z | 03/01/04
Exactly!  George Mitchell | 03/01/04
BIG difference.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Utility Definition  Letophoro | 03/01/04
bitty in the wrong thread  NoB$ | 03/01/04
Home Depot Network rant  AppealsIT | 03/01/04
(NT) Are you sure you don't mean "Home Despot?"  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/01/04
The one concern  madrush8 | 03/01/04
Valid concern  AppealsIT | 03/01/04
In that case...  madrush8 | 03/01/04
Pork  AppealsIT | 03/01/04
Benefits aren't always easy to see but easy to abuse.  Bit Bucketteer | 03/02/04
See water/sewer bill (NT)  specialk_z | 03/01/04
Poor example.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
Not at All  Letophoro | 03/01/04
Your city needs to be sued.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
bitty's a poor example  NoB$ | 03/01/04
Corporate Government?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
I don't think I believe bitty. Does anyone else?  NoB$ | 03/01/04
Public vs. Private  Bit Bucketteer | 03/02/04
Telco's are hypocrites  George Mitchell | 03/01/04
Loose translation.  Jack-Booted EULA | 03/01/04
Communities finally doing as I had encouraged  jfalknor | 03/01/04
Communities are being sued for doing it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/01/04
bit blight gets more pathetic  NoB$ | 03/01/04
The Progress and Freedom Foundation Study has been REBUTTED  ssnelgrove | 03/01/04
Thoughtful Ideas but ...  CLB_z | 03/01/04
Reverse (On-shore) OUTSOURCING?  kd5auq | 03/01/04

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