(PM) Government Competition (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:47:04 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time sysop@carolina.net shaped the electrons to say...
>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!!!

Other cities have done it. So far it has been successful. You can try
to challenge it in the courts of course.

It is also something several colleges are getting into, and most of them
get some money from the city/state/feds. Even some state colleges are
getting into the game.

-MZ

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