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    Default Town is using a tax funded sign to advertise a private company, is this legal?

    Our small community is using town own signs (size of sheet of plywood, with the inter-changeable letters, often used along highways) to advertise for a internet company that wants to sign up new users.

    This seems wrong to me. I don't want the internet service, why am I indirectly paying for these signs to advertise the service?

    Can anyone point to legislation that would indicate this is not allowed?
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    I imagine they are paying the city to advertise. Not the other way around.

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    The town (Redwood Meadows) is proponent of having this new company be new tv and internet service provider. They require 60% of houses to signup ahead of time for the company to be viable. If they get the 60%, they will enter p2p deal and force all residents to switch to new provider. I'm happy with current provider and don't want to switch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cidley69 View Post
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    The town (Redwood Meadows) is proponent of having this new company be new tv and internet service provider. They require 60% of houses to signup ahead of time for the company to be viable. If they get the 60%, they will enter p2p deal and force all residents to switch to new provider. I'm happy with current provider and don't want to switch.
    They're using the website your community pays for to advertise as well!

    http://www.redwoodmeadows.ab.ca/mage...uestions-faqs/

    So basically, you're happy with what you have and don't want better internet because it costs $35/month (even if you don't want it) and $75/month for the service? This feels like not an advertisement, but a partnership with your town to deliver internet to people that can't get it as long as the majority of towns people want it. Not sure of the demographics, but 60% people paying $35/month regardless seems like an uphill battle for them.
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    Read the FAQ, no answers whether or not they allow porn on their services, that would make me hesitant. I know some of these smaller provider have very strict restrictions on that stuff.

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    The part I have issue with is them using a tax funded sign to advertise a private company to me. Seems this should not be allowed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cidley69 View Post
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    The part I have issue with is them using a tax funded sign to advertise a private company to me. Seems this should not be allowed.
    If the town is working with the provider, then what's the issue?

    They very clearly are, btw. Unbunch your panties mate. Life's too short to give this much of a fuck over something so small.

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    Don't fret about the tens of dollars that may have been spent on your sign.
    1- You live in Redwood Meadows. Chief and Council get what they want.
    2- Sounds better than the other bedroom communities contributing 100's of thousands to form some community group to explore the possibility of getting gigabit blah, blah, blah.

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    Is redwood meadows even considered a proper town?

    The leased lands + band oversight makes me wonder about the operating authority(?) Thats probably a way tangental topic...

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    It's more of a condo situation than a town, since the whole thing is leased land and not owned by the occupants. I'm pretty sure a condo board could advertise for whomever they wanted, and possibly even force you to use thier choice of internet provider too.
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