Telephone. Bigbrother. Blog Archive » “The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal.” — AKA Where’s the 45MB/s I Already Paid for! A bill that would reduce state prohibitions on muni broadband deployments has moved out of committee and is headed for a vote by the U.S.
SenateA bill that would reduce state prohibitions on muni broadband deployments has moved out of committee and is headed for a vote by the U.S. Senate. The Community Broadband Act of 2007, which has broad bi-partisan support, aims to promote universal and affordable broadband access in the U.S. by prohibiting state legislatures from denying local governments the right to offer broadband municipal services to their citizens. Even as it assures local governments the right to deploy municipal broadband projects, it also protects private providers by forbidding munis from using governmental authority to discriminate against private competition. Hopefully, theCommunity Broadband Act will be passed and will become law.