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A Fiber To The Home Network would be a good thing.
An Argument for an optical fiber network in Lafayette.
Lafayette will one day have a fiber optic network to the home. That is good; we will surely want one. However, any local fiber optic network will be a natural monopoly. Since there will be only one, the only real question is which of the possible alternatives Lafayette will choose. Will we have a private fiber optic network owned by either BellSouth or Cox in some indefinite future, or will we soon have a public one built by LUS? Deciding which provider we'd prefer means deciding who we want controlling our future infrastructure.
The public's interest in this boils down to deciding who to trust to be responsive to local needs and concerns: LUS, Cox, or BellSouth.
In fact, many people want one now. They want the cost savings. They want the great new services that can be provided only over fiber. They want to continue Lafayette’s tradition of forward-looking self reliance into this new century. And they want the freedom to dream about what new things might be created if the current limits were lifted.
Many want this not just for themselves but for their neighbors as well. They'd prefer that whoever provides it make it equally available to all—and at an affordable price.
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