Voters say “yes” to city-run broadband in Colorado
Good idea at this stage - but it would also be very dangerous.<p>In Canada, in my youth - the entire telelphone network was socialized - it was a byzantine mess.<p><i>You had to buy your telephone from the government</i> (i.e. Bell, state owned).<p>In Saskatchewan, it&#x27;s still the same.<p>Imagine if the networks were run like the DMV.<p>Even worse - with massive, bloated government subsidies and &#x27;guaranteed revenue stream&#x27; through taxation - they can make it impossible to compete.<p>Pay workers way above market wages (the &#x27;change collectors&#x27; on the Toronto Subway often earn more than $100K a year, even though the jobs should not even exist anymore).<p>So it&#x27;s probably a good idea right now maybe to force some innovation in the sector ...<p>But is there any evidence that American wireless carriers are operating in an oligarchic manner?<p>Here in Canada - we pay through the roof for wireless service due to very powerfully entrenched entities - we envy the US rates, which are relatively competitive.<p>Anyhow - it&#x27;s maybe a good move but it needs to be watched both for successful opportunities (if it works well it could be a shake up), but also for creeping and bloated bureaucracy.