No. 108 Municipal Broadband: Optimistic Plan, Disappointing Reality - by Steven Titch - Policy Studies
No. 108 Municipal Broadband: Optimistic Plan, Disappointing Reality
A Study of the BVU OptiNet and Lafayette Utilities System Plan
Written By: Steven Titch
Published In: Policy Studies > 2005
Publication date:
06/20/2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
This paper compares the financial performance of a municipal fiber-to-the-home system in Bristol, Virginia with projections made by the same consultant for a proposed fiber-to-the-home system in Lafayette, Louisiana. The author finds the Bristol system is losing money because its operating budget is growing at an unexpected rate. He also finds that the proposed Lafayette system fails to reflect these higher real-world expenses, and consequently budgets too little.
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