<div dir="auto">Hard not to see this as a simple reinforcement for the power and benefit of (targeted) socialism.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's clearly a community good. Kids can do their homework without driving to some fast food restyparking lot. It's not creating some new silicon valley (5g claims might be suspect...) Equivalent value is not being provided by incumbent "competitive" private companies.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, in particular cases (eg, common, commodity infrastructure), socialism creates superior outcomes. Eh?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 4:33 PM David Breecker [dba] <<a href="mailto:david@breeckerassociates.com">david@breeckerassociates.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">FYI, headline links to article:<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Smart Cities Dive <<a href="mailto:newsletter@divenewsletter.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">newsletter@divenewsletter.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Aug. 21 - Chattanooga, TN takes on digital divide | Uber, Lyft to stay in CA</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">August 21, 2020 at 9:53:26 AM MDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">David Breecker <<a href="mailto:david@breeckerassociates.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">david@breeckerassociates.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:newsletter@divenewsletter.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">newsletter@divenewsletter.com</a><br></span></div><br><div><h3 style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:0.4px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:15px;font-weight:700"><a href="https://link.smartcitiesdive.com/click/21274772.31805/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc21hcnRjaXRpZXNkaXZlLmNvbS9uZXdzL2hhbWlsdG9uLWNvdW50eS10bi1kaWdpdGFsLWRpdmlkZS1zdHVkZW50cy1yZW1vdGUtbGVhcm5pbmcvNTgzODM0Lw/5d3893df2c885e77d40a9bd4Be25e6345" style="text-decoration:none;font-size:22px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:33.60000228881836px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Chattanooga, TN takes 'systemic' approach to bridging digital divide</a></h3><table style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0.4000000059604645px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;border-spacing:0px;padding:0px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0px"><td height="5" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:5px;line-height:5px"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0.4px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;padding:0px">The public-private partnership between the Hamilton County, TN school district and telecom provider EPB will provide free high-speed internet to 28,000 students learning at home. </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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