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The New Orleans network was bought? I can't confirm; in fact, the following widely cited article says just the opposite. DanConnolly (talk) 16:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Cleanup: The current articel is tinged with ad-like wordings, but not strongly enough to warrant a ((NPOV)) tag. 68.39.174.238 21:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
The cons section discusses market distortions by government intervening in the marketplace. This is true, but it works both ways. The pros section needs to cover the fact that broadband service is essentially a natural monopoly and a public utility and therefore it makes sense to have tight government regulation or public ownership. Essentially, I'm concerned that the article currently is slightly biased against municipal broadband (although the criticisms certainly should not be removed because they are valid, just the pros section needs to be beefed up).
99.175.87.54 (talk) 09:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
How can we have an article about Municipal broadband and not include Wireless Minneapolis? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.17.68.195 (talk) 00:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
This article is current in the list of backlogged articles needing copy editing from back in December, 2007. I'm new to the whole copy edit task so please bear with me and keep me honest. If I get something wrong please just let me know. Thanks. --GoRight (talk) 01:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
To do (feel free to add to this list):
--GoRight (talk) 01:54, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Possible sources:
The Cons section does not provide any references and just poses a barrage of leading questions. If there is going to be a cons section it should be thoroughly researched and cited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.24.92.108 (talk) 05:14, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
I second this motion. There are no citations in the "Disadvantages" section of this article. The language currently used in this section is also very opinionated and highly charged. Some additional discussion of "Municipal Network economics" and the "Implications of classifying/regulating broadband as a utility" might help sort out the issues related to this dispute.
There might also be some discussion of the multi-state lobby group called ALEC. Their members include most of the incumbent telecommunications players and they are the group responsible for drafting much of the state-level legislative initiatives aimed at prohibiting municipalities from building out their own networks. A number of documents from ALEC leaked online, exposing their efforts to stop municipal broadband. JFN (talk) 23:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
There is no discussion of the ISP fights against muni broadband. For example the fights they had in longmont colorado to overcome legal restrictions against broadband and the cable company lobbying against it: http://gigaom.com/2011/10/19/what-a-fight-for-broadband-tells-us-about-democracy/
128.97.68.15 (talk) 00:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
Most of the controversies section is uncited and seems dubious. I nominated the article for a POV check. "Technical issues" with muni broadband? 128.97.68.15 (talk) 01:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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I was unaware of this article. I moved content from an old version of Multichannel television in the United States to Fiber to the premises in the United States. This content might fit here. I'm not sure just where to put it.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 14:29, 22 March 2018 (UTC)