[ NNSquad ] AT&T: We Deserve Tax Breaks, Municipal Broadband Doesn't

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

AT&T: We Deserve Tax Breaks, Municipal Broadband Doesn't

(Vice Motherboard): http://motherboard.vice.com/read/att-we-deserve-tax-breaks-municipal-broadband-doesnt

    AT&T says that private broadband providers should have a "right of
    first refusal" to develop a solution to "address the government's
    broadband deployment requirements." Additionally, community broadband
    networks should not be granted "preferential access to rights-of-way
    or preferential rates for such access," nor should such networks "be
    allowed to enter or enforce exclusive arrangements that prohibit
    commercial competitors from offering services."  Finally, community
    broadband networks should not receive any preferential tax treatment,
    according to AT&T. Instead, private broadband companies like AT&T
    should receive any tax incentives or exemptions in order "to induce
    them to expand broadband deployment to unserved areas."

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