Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility

Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by BooneJS on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @05:11PM (#27440856)

It’s actually illegal to drill a well in a municipality that provides water service. You’d have to move to a rural area.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by ngngngng on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:12PM (#27442291)

Even if you do move to alternatives to public utilities, many areas will not allow you to disconnect from them and have a required minimum bill.

For example, If I got many solar panels and backup batteries to power my house, I would still be required to pay $5 a month to the local electric company and would not be allowed to disconnect from them.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by anticensor on Friday June 11, 2021 @03:48AM (#27470448)

> If I got many solar panels and backup batteries to power my house, I would still be required to pay $5 a month to the local electric company and would not be allowed to disconnect from them.

That may be true for water and gas, but is usually false for electricity.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by bliteben on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:52PM (#27442588)

My neighbor gets city water and has a well for grey water. I live in Washington. Today you learned.

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by splitstud on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @07:51PM (#27442579)

This is nowhere near universally true

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Re:Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a... by Biganon on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @02:28AM (#27444871)

People need to stop acting like the law is the same everywhere. "X is illegal, period" is probably only true for murder and theft, and even then, with a lot of regional variations.

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