Schaffer is a firm advocate for communities taking ownership – literal ownership – of their broadband network: bringing “a high-quality, universal service” to everyone – “not for profit, but for service.”
There’s a cost to that, of course, but the community then can make decisions about how to lower that cost, she said. “When you take the profit margin out of it, it allows you to serve more people” at a reasonable price.
https://dailyyonder.com/a-rural-calling-peggy-schaffer/2023/10/25/
Or whether communities are willing bear any cost whatsoever that would incur bond debt and new taxes to service it. It's a hard sell for many with ongoing concerns over public and personal finances, an aging population and resistance to new taxes for infrastructure. That's why private ownership along with its attendant problems of limited access and affordability will remain predominant in the United States.
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