The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service

Posted by sgrossman on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @12:37AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/the-case-for-publicly-owned-internet-service-commentary-by-susan-crawford.html

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Re:The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service by kunle on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @02:48AM (#3593509)

some solid points here. hard to think how the state legislatures justify preventing local and municipal gov'ts from supplying internet connectivity to their communities.

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Re:The Case for Publicly Owned Internet Service by pasbesoin on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @01:08PM (#3595319)

One of the reasons I outright hate AT&T (née SBC). They refuse to provide service, then lobby and sue to prevent municipalities from doing it themselves.

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