The Reason Foundation was busy this week. In addition to its critique of government broadband initiatives,¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ćthe¬¨‚Ćfoundation¬¨‚Ćissued a scathing analysis of iProvo, claiming that Utah’s government-run broadband network lost more than $5 million through 2005 and is expected to lose another $2 million this year due to subscriber counts falling short of its target.The Reason Foundation was busy this week. In addition to its critique of government broadband initiatives,¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ćthe¬¨‚Ćfoundation¬¨‚Ćissued a scathing analysis of iProvo, claiming that Utah’s government-run broadband network lost more than $5 million through 2005 and is expected to lose another $2 million this year due to subscriber counts falling short of its target.
According to a report in the Utah Daily-Herald, Provo Energy Director Kevin Garlick attacked the study as biased and full of errors.
BroadbandReports.com also attacked the report, saying:
“… these aren’t objective scientists and researchers as much as they are ideological crusaders and public relations gurus who tinker with statistics until they support their corporate donors’ economic positions (less government oversight, privatization, deregulation). Assuming it’s true that Reason’s primary goal is to eliminate municipal broadband and not to objectively study it–what good is their analysis in the realm of economic science?”
Steven Titch, author of the¬¨‚ĆReason Foundation’s iProvo analysis, in 2005 wrote the Heartland Institute’s anti-muni attack,Why Muni Wi-Fi is a False Hope. That¬¨‚Ćreport was sponsored by the New Millennium Research Council, sock-puppet research arm of a Washington lobbying firm that represented Ameritech, Bell South, Comcast, Pacific Bell, Qwest, SBC Communications, Sprint, U.S. West, Verizon and Verizon Wireless.¬¨‚Ć — Carol Ellison
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