> no expertise

We can hire people who have it

> No infrastructure

That’s the problem we’re trying to solve

> No economies of scale

Scale is relative. City wide fiber is a plenty large scale to see benefits. It’s not like you and I are running fiber down the cloths line out back.

Also, the point isn’t to make money, although some models show that we can undercut Comcast and still make a profit.

You can't negotiate with a monopoly

That was actually considered the worst case scenario if we had absolutely no existing fiber, conduit, or telephone poles. We have all of those things, so the true cost won't be known until the feasibility study is completed, which will hopefully be by the end of the year.

Ok, so one, nearly everything you said is incorrect. Two, there are reasons other than cost to switch form a monopoly running on last century’s coax network.

See them all here

https://upgradecambridge.org/executive-summary

Mine were flowing just fine

Cambridge water is hard and corrosive

This is so disappointing. Fresh Pond water is literally highway runoff

I don’t believe so.

Allow taller buildings to be made

Just deleted a "survey/study" post cause it wasn't pre-approved, and it wasn't from the community.

They asked and it looked reasonable. And they’re from the community. As long as too many surveys don’t come in too often, it’s fine. If that changes, we will stop approving them

I was told by city staff. I wish I had a link to share.

last year

> according to pre-pandemic traffic counts from the City of Cambridge data, nearly half of the people traveling on Hampshire Street during rush hours are riding bikes, one-third are riding in cars, and the remainder are transit riders.

That’s insane.

A junkie stabbed an employee with a needle

A junkie stabbed an employee with a needle

This survey has been preapproved by the mod team.

I believe those restrictions are also lifted

I used to play tenis somewhat regularly with my boyfriend until I ruptured my Achilles’ tendon running for a bus

Good thing #1 doesn't apply to house sales :-D

Even if Q1 applied to house sales, it still wouldn't apply to you cause the diff in value isn't high enough

They’re not legal in the state