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

[Clint Savage]

On 9/21/07, Scott K <zspecialk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Scott, I am doing exactly the same.  I want *only* to use UTOPIA.

> 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.

Exactly, I totally agree.

So I am curious, the schedule still says Sept 26, did the time just
change?  I always thought it was next Wednesday.  Now its at 1pm is
all, even more convenient for me actually. :)

Cheers,

Clint