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Lessig's Take on Fiber
posted by mpawlo on Thursday December 04, @10:53AM
from the anything-but-socialism dept.
News In his latest Wired column, Professor Lawrence Lessig argues that municipalities might just be the best owners of advanced fiber networks. Lessig states:

'To many, this just looks like more socialism from Vermont. Why should government be in the business of providing high-speed networks? Isn't that what free markets are for? Haven't we all learned that the market is more efficient at supplying goods and services? Do we really need to rediscover the failings of Karl Marx at 100 megabits per second?'



'The answer, as Cornell economist Alan McAdams argues, has nothing to do with Karl Marx and everything to do with basic economics. '

Read more in Wired.

Read Greplaw's interview with Professor Lessig.

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