The Township of South Dundas invested $750,000 CAD in 2000 to build a fibre optic network. The goal of this investment was to provide broadband connectivity to South Dundas and promote local economic development. To conduct an economic impact study of the South Dundas fibre network, SNG collected data from the network subscribers, identified the direct effects to those organizations, and assessed those impacts on the local economy
Category: Community Broadband
John Kelly responds to Progress & Freedom Foundation’s 2001 “study”
The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) believes that ownership of telecommunications services in not a legitimate role for local government. In its report, Does Government belong in the Telecommunications Business?, it says “there is strong evidence that government operated telecommunications enterprises have performedmpoorly in the past” and that they “will not achieve [the] desired goals of lower costs and more rapid deployment of efficient telecommunications systems.” This is because, it says, “government entities are not well suited to compete in the dynamic world of telecommunications.” PFF claims that the lower prices charged by government utilities are primarily the result of “extensive subsidies that burden taxpayers and distort the marketplace.”
Bristol Virginia Utilities Telecommunications Service Litigation
FTTH Handbook (2011)
The FTTH Handbook was the first major publication produced by the FTTH Council Europe. Originally issued in 2007, its purpose was to provide an impartial source of information about the options available for deployment of optical fibre cable. The scope of the book was later expanded to include the technical options for lighting up the fibre, including both passive optical network and Active Ethernet systems, and the customer premises equipment.