[ NNSquad ] How big telecom smothers city-run broadband

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

How big telecom smothers city-run broadband

(Ars): http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/how-big-telecom-smothers-city-run-broadband/

    "Tullahoma is just one battlefront in a nationwide war that the
     telecommunications giants are fighting against the spread of municipal
     broadband networks. For more than a decade, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner
     Cable Inc., and CenturyLink Inc. have spent millions of dollars to
     lobby state legislatures, influence state elections, and buy research
     to try to stop the spread of public Internet services that often offer
     faster speeds at cheaper rates.  The companies have succeeded in
     getting laws passed in 20 states that ban or restrict municipalities
     from offering Internet to residents.  Now the fight has gone national.
     The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, DC, is
     considering requests from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North
     Carolina, to pre-empt state laws that block municipalities from
     building or expanding broadband networks, hindering economic growth,
     the cities argue."

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