Re:The War on Upstart Fiber Internet Providers
by jnathsf on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:04PM
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FYI SF has legislation in place that allows tenants in multi-units to choose any ISP provider (1). This was part of a broader effort to deploy internet as a utility that I was fortunate to have been a part of (2). Unfortunately the Mayor passed away and we lost political sponsorship (and of course the constant and expected lobbying from incumbents didn't help)(3)
(1) https://medium.com/@MarkFarrellSF/supervisor-farrell-to-intr...
(2) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/07/12/america...
(3) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190401/08232241919/telec...