Local Cost Of Services
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How about the high cost of services here in Perry. I have to pay $49.99 for DSL yet some places pay $19 for the same level. Monticello made it a public utility. Cable as well is high here and it only gets worse.
How about the high cost of services here in Perry. I have to pay $49.99 for DSL yet some places pay $19 for the same level. Monticello made it a public utility. Cable as well is high here and it only gets worse.
Well, in part you can thank our local elected offcials. I think that franchise agreements are negotiated by the city and county with such groups as comcast, fairpoint and others. The city is sparing with progress energy over such poor customer service issues. I think the city should give comcast an ultimatum to improve customer service and if they do not go into the cable business like Quitman, Georgia did.
With all of the clunkers here as well, the city should establish an inspection service like the State of Florida used to have and make cars pass an inspection. This would also clear up the obnoxious muffler problem we have in our communty with the young turks racing around town.
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One issue is that when a municipality goes into direct competition against companies such as Comcast/Progress Enery etc not only do they have huge up front costs to build the network or grid they lose the tax collected by these utilities and passed on to the city. The City of Quincy is trying it with internet and they are finding out there are huge expenses in maintenance. Someone has to operate it daily and it is costly.
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If we're comparing local rates to those of other counties, we need to be sure we're comparing apples to apples. Living in a rural area, we can't expect to get certain services for the same price as more populated area where economies of scale are greater.
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I have been furious about the rip off by cable and satellite companies that goes without investigation. When cable was first sold to our communities, it was going to be a small monthly charge ($10 or $12 as I recall) and NO COMMERCIALS. Why has the Federal Communications Commission done squat about this shell game? I will bet any candidate for the U.S. Senate or Congress could be elected on that platform alone---make cable TV a public utility regulated by each state.
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Unfortunately, the problem is not unique to Taylor County. Small communities everywhere face this problem. Less competition, smaller market, and the cost of delivery can be higher.
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You are correct Robert. Head End costs for CATV service are in excess of $1 Million dollars. You can spread that over 100,000 customers or 10,000.
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Fenholloway River Basin – City of Perry, Taylor County
The City of Perry is located in the Fenholloway River Basin. The District and City have
been coordinating with Buckeye Cellulose to implement a reclaimed water project to
offset groundwater withdrawals.
The project component entails installing a transmission pipeline. Approximately 1.0 mgd
of groundwater would be offset with a future offset of up to 2.5 mgd. Estimated project
cost is $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. Funding is not being proposed for fiscal year 2010.
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Tax dollars at for Buckeye http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wff/cwsrf/docs/glist_06.pdf
1118 700.70 PERRY 570070 COLLECTION, TREATMENT & REUSE FACILITIES
$9,073,311 AWARDED $ 680,705 85 % $ 7,017,575
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http://www.truthout.org/1214092
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