In contrast to the recent Winston-Salem Journal editorial on public broadband, the Jacksonville Daily News says cities should stay out of broadband:
Cities shouldn’t be getting into the Internet and cable-TV business. A proposal being pushed in the state Senate to require municipalities to get voter approval if they borrow money to pay for broadband infrastructure doesn’t seem like an unreasonable demand.
…..Cities take a big risk if they must borrow money to pay to run fiber-optic cable lines. If cities decide to take those risks, the people of those cities, who will eventually pay the bills, should at least be asked whether or not such risk is worth it.
Via Commander Hood down at Squall Lines.
