A response to Dan Carson's op-ed opposing a city-owned broadband network
June 02, 2019
There are significant economic reasons to have a municipal fiber project
Published by Matt Williams in the Davis Enterprise, reprinted with permission of the author
I respectfully disagree with Dan Carson.
As a member of the BATF I would like to share with the public the following list of reasons that explain why BATF came to the official conclusion in writing that “the emotion and passion around the concept of a municipal fiber project could not be any more intensified."
BATF officially chose not to include the detailed list in the current recommendation memo because the focus of the memo was limited to the two additional tasks Council gave the BATF in 2018. These reasons cover what was learned during the whole BATF duration from 2016 to 2019. It is important to note that there are some BATF members who might not personally agree with some of the listed reasons; however ALL of the reasons were actively discussed by the BATF.
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