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HB 366 passed
MS House approved bill allowing electric co-ops to provide internet service. Pretty big deal, since the infrastructure in MS is, of course, near dead last in the entire nation. It was passed 115-3. I'm not sure who the three idiots are that voted against it, but they need to be shown the door ASAP whoever their worthless asses are. Only someone that was bought and paid for by Comcast or AT&T would have voted against this bill!!!
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The 3 that voted against it are:
- Joel Bomgar (R - Madison)
- Dana Criswell (R - DeSoto)
- Ashley Henley (R - DeSoto)
You have to love those GOP assholes and the assholette. I really hate the 2 party system.
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Criswell is my rep so I emailed him asking the reason why he voted against it.
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Sooper_Rebel wrote:
Criswell is my rep so I emailed him asking the reason why he voted against it.
Did he even bother to respond? Anyone that would vote against it has to be on the take from Comcast or AT&T - there is zero other possible explanation. I just sent individuals to each of them asking "why" they would vote against it. I bet none of them bother to respond.
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He responded:
I posted this explanation on my website this morning, www.DanaCriswellforMississippi.com. I post regular updates on votes on my site.
Yesterday the Mississippi House voted on the Rural Broadband Enabling Act. On the surface this sounds like a great idea because who could be against folks in rural Mississippi getting high speed internet. But as always, government is not as it appears and there is more happening behind the scenes.
I voted NO because everyone involved in this discussion, from the top of government to the local electric cooperatives have admitted that this bill will do little to nothing to help anyone in rural MS get internet. I also believe this is the open door to get government involved in broadband by slowing giving the Public Service Commission oversight of broadband suppliers.
I do not vote for legislation that is designed to fool the people into thinking government has solved a problem when it does nothing, so I voted NO on this bill. The stated purpose of this bill was to give legislators "cover" so they could tell "their folks" they had done something to solve the broadband problem. When in reality everyone knows this bill will not solve any problem, and I believe has the potential to create bigger government in the future.
My parents live in rural Tippah county and I own land there I one day hope to live on, so I would love to solve this problem. But I promise you, like always, government involvement will not solve this issue.
Only 2 electric co-ops have indicated this is something they will even consider. Providing high speed internet to the guy at the end of the road in rural Mississippi is too expensive for AT&T or Comcast and it’s too expensive for the electric co-ops..
Thanks for contacting me,
Dana
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I can actually agree with that point. these power companies are not going to provide internet, they will simply rent out use of their poles to other companies that will provide internet.
The simple reality is this, running fiber (which is ignorantly expensive) to 50 homes in a small area is expensive enough. running fiber to a few house down a 2 mile stretch is just not feasible to recoop costs or justify the expense.
I was looking to buy a house right next to a major subdivision but it was on the back side. I am best friends with the VP of residential service for the cable/internet provider here and when I asked him how much it would cost me to get cable run, it was going to cost over $8k. because even though there was a relatively close locations for me to tap into, it would take a few repeaters and 1 additional power source to get me service.
i guess the issue is that things like internet has become an entitlement. When you get enough people screaming for it, it becomes politicized talking point. The moment it becomes political, i question the outcome of what turns into groupthink.
The 3 guys that voted against, I have no idea their background. But one thing I have learned over time, is that in many cases, people who vote for principle are in the minority. So because I don't know much about the bill and what is going on specifically, I do know that providing these services are extremely expensive and providing service to the rural areas are subsidized by the suburban rate payers. And that government will always put their sticky hands in anything that becomes an emotional battle cry.
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After the explanation, I agree with his point, kind of. I'm all for limited government. Where he loses me is that this bill actually takes away some government restrictions while adding oversight. I'm for taking away both.
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Why would it be fiber? It would be cable internet. This has worked in other states - I see no reason it wouldn't work in this state.
In today's age, internet is a must have - all the way from paying bills to working for a living (I'm a software developer that works 100% from home - my team is in Cincinnati).
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Honestly, we should have fiber laid under the whole state. Companies require it. Finer is the only way to deliver high speeds in a cost effective manner. The state needs to clear right of way hurdles for any provider to allow this.
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Honestly, we should have fiber laid under the whole state. Companies require it. Finer is the only way to deliver high speeds in a cost effective manner. The state needs to clear right of way hurdles for any provider to allow this.
Fiber is gonna be way too expensive. I think Space X's satellite venture, Starlink, is gonna be a game changer. The biggest think with them is the fact that all of those sats will be in LEO, which means you're looking at just 25mms latency - which means no "delays" like you see with current satellite internet offerings. Space X is gonna use the money off of this service to help cover their cost for their plans to put an establishment on Mars. That means they'll have competitive prices, very fast internet, without data caps, in order to get subscribers around the world.
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