I just moved to a small town. A regional city has rolled out municipal fiber and the towns around it have the opportunity to hook into that city’s municipal fiber network if we rollout the infrastructure.
Comcast is spending money through fake grassroots groups to try to get people to vote NO.
I’m trying to convince my fellow citizens to vote YES. The town would take out a loan to rollout the infrastructure, monthly fees would go to pay off that loan and presumably pay the city for the fiber connection as well.
Honestly, the details don’t interest me as much as just having a better service and having an option other than Comcast. I figured that “locally owned and operated” would be a slam dunk with xenophobic Republicans, but they seem to be convinced by Comcast’s lobbying on the issue and are going to vote NO because taxes might go up (if people don’t switch to the service). Has anyone had success with convincing people of the value of municipal fiber?
Your goal and your question aren’t about fiber, they are about local politics.
Look at how successful campaigns have gone in the past, look at failed campaigns. Find other locals that also want this and share the work. Get together and plan.
I believe in Colorado that Longmont and Fort Collins have had successful muni-fiber votes and are currently operating. They may provide examples of shiny, happy customers.
Yep. Came here to mention Fort Collins and Longmont succeeded despite a Comcast campaign. It can be done; study them.
Here’s a short piece found after a brief search:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/comcast-led-campaign-ad-tried-232700937.html
I can vouch for Longmont municipal fiber. Blazing fast, and the price is locked in at $50 per month for life. We’ve never had an outage. There are absolutely no downsides, it has even forced Comcast to improve their own infrastructure and pricing in the area to compete.
Hello fellow Longmonster! Nextlight is life!
