Comments on: Major Private Tech Company Now Supports NC Municipal Broadband

By: 2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3

2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:49:36 +0000

[...] pretty much happening at the exact same time. One of those stories was the increase in support for municipal broadband by major tech companies. Project Greenlight, the municipal broadband company that could in the US scored an uprising that [...]

By: Major Opposition Mounts By Eve of Municiple Broadband Vote

Major Opposition Mounts By Eve of Municiple Broadband Vote — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:11:00 +0000

[...] started getting push polls over the phone by the ISPs. More recently, a major tech company threw their support to the opposition of the bills – the so-called “level the playing field” [...]

By: mountain_rage

mountain_rage — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:58:20 +0000

1cooldude, it depends where you live. In my area you have a choice between MTS and Shaw, don’t think we even have Bell service in Manitoba.

By: 1cooldude

1cooldude — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:11:22 +0000

Since Canadian development is about 5 years behind those in US, I can only hope that these changers will be forthcoming soon. Currently we are at the mercy of ma Bell and Rogers which both suck. Bell’s service is pure crap and the prices are just too high for amount of bandwidth they offer. I’ve got my fingers crossed that this will change soon.

By: Mels_Smileys45

Mels_Smileys45 — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:28:34 +0000

About three years ago my local utilities company had to lobby to use tax money to get into the internet and cable game. It was a fight but turned out to be a good venture. They offer great packages at cheap prices. For a long while we had the fastest public internet service in the U.S. Three years ago we already had 10M up and down but the other ISP’s like charter threw fits about it. No matter. Competition is good but I think people should be able to get dial up speeds for free only for EMail. I think Email is becoming just as important as having a residential mail box.

By: Peter Pratt

Peter Pratt — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:46:57 +0000

‘nice update on the NC situation. We’ve been following the NC “anti-muni net” legislation on wwwStimulatingBroadband.com