[sllug-members]: [Fwd: [UTPolitech] Competition and Privatization Subcommittee Hearing September 26th, 9:00 AM on muni fiber]

[Scott K]

Why is it the state's business to keep local communities from participating
in a successful state venture? If they're really concerned about the
financial well being of the communities, maybe they should ask for pledges
of adoption from homes and businesses so the network build out can focus on
areas with the highest demand.

I for one, am in the housing market, and I'm only looking at UTOPIA areas
(Midvale, Murray) to start with. I suppose such a statement doesn't sell
well enough to this committee, so I won't take the afternoon off to head up
the hill, but when my only choice is Comcast and it is buggy and unreliable
(monthly outages), I'd say there is no competition at all.

Why the legislature needs to protect monopolies like Comcast from
competition with local companies (not the state government) is beyond me.
This is definitely an infrastructure rather than a competition issue, and
Comcast might as well be the only old bridge over the Missouri. Rather than
playing right into the hands of out of state big businesses at the state
level, force Comcast to go town to town in their FUD war.

Scott K.
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