the anti muni broadband bill

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Seriously how can anyone support this. For those that don't know what it is i will explain. It's a bill being pushed primarily by at&t that will make it impossible for local governments to provide broadband to areas where big companies have no intention of ever installing service. In short if your like me and live in the sticks the big teleco companies are never going to offer broadband but guess what they are hell bent to make sure nobody else does either.

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sure hope this never comes to va but it looks like it is just bout to become law in north carolina

North Carolina lawmakers finalize anti-municipal broadband bill - FierceTelecom

Good old corporate protectionism at it's finest if you ask me.

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on top of all this the big telecos are also trying to buy up all the white noise spectrum so small isps can't use it to provide wireless BB in rural areas. Not only do that not want to provide internet to last mile they don't want anyone else to either. Why i don't know but they are doing everything they can to stop others from providing it