Broadband Future

Tech.gov: Broadband Service From Your City - Yahoo! News: "Last December, I wrote about a growing movement by state governments to stop cities and counties from offering their residents cheap or free Wi-Fi access--often at the behest of large telecom and cable providers. The problem has grown to include any type of broadband service, or even cable service: There are already 14 states with laws on the books limiting municipal broadband services.
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Late this spring and this summer, the federal government got into the act with two opposing bills--one that would prohibit state and local governments from offering broadband, communications, or cable services, and the other that would encourage it, under certain conditions."