Re: (PM) Government Competition

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:27:12 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 sysop@carolina.net wrote:

> This is a bit off topic but I knew someone on here would know the
> answer. I just received info that one of the cities we have an office
> and a pop in is about to start selling internet access and I was
> wondering if a government agency like that could compete against local
> businesses? Those are my tax dollars!!!

We're in the same boat. The local utility company (government run) is an
ISP. Everyone wants to be an ISP these days. IMO, it's about as fair as
the telco being an ISP...maybe even less fair. Legal is a totally
different question though.

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