[1st-mile-nm] Portland Is Again Blazing Trails for Open Internet Access | WIRED

[Christopher Mitchell]

I think it is important to set some facts straight that were either
confused or misstated in that article. Portland has been slowing down the
efforts for publicly owned networks in that area. The progress has been
made by local grassroots folks and county commissioners in Multnomah
County. Portland was embarrassed into putting a trivial amount into the
study that other cities in the county (far smaller than Portland) have
contributed to.

For a sense of the real dynamic there, the grassroots group is on Twitter -
https://twitter.com/PublicNetPDX?lang=en

Large cities have been largely unable to make decisions that haven't been
corrupted by the interests of the big cable and telephone companies or the
personal ambitions of city councilmembers and mayors. History should have
prepared us for that obvious eventuality, but it has been painful watching
each time for me.

Christopher Mitchell
Director, Community Broadband Networks
Institute for Local Self-Reliance

MuniNetworks.org <http://www.muninetworks.org/>
@communitynets
612-545-5185


On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:07 AM Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:

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