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.
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I don’t have an answer, but wanted to point out: a fake grassroots effort is called astroturfing (due to it being fake grass)
See, this will make me remember that now, because you’ve made sense of it. Thanks!
I’ve only just learned that from another Lemmy poster recently, and had the same reaction, so now you too are cursed with the etymological knowledge and must share it far and wide.
Haha, I will when I run into an opportunity!
It should be mandatory to reveal in the title which country the article refers to. In this case: [Third World - US]
Our president is a Russian asset. That makes us a second world country. The more you learn!
