Let’s review —- the City of Greensboro gears up to land Google; I took my shots, at the very least providing an interesting article on Google’s ulterior motive to prod others into paying for infrastructure to run their applications; and –ta-da —- the local paper of record produces an editorial suggesting that Greensboro go into the broadband biz, holding two municipal broadband services up as examples.
Looks like Google’s plan is working perfectly.
You can probably imagine that Michael Sanera’s 2009 JLF report pretty much certifies Wilson’s Greenlight network a money loser, reasoning that the $28 million debt will have a longer life than the technology itself.
Even if new companies are attracted to Greensboro, city officials would certainly throw in more economic incentives, unable to resist hitting up the taxpayer yet again.
