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Supreme Court Rules Against Community Telcos

Posted by michael on from the one-phone-company-to-rule-them-all dept.

acherrington writes "Today the Supreme Court ruled against a group of Missouri communities offering telecom services where it is prohibited by Missouri law. At least eight other states -- Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia -- have similar laws. Today's ruling will most likely result in more lobbying by the Baby Bells at the state level to stop community-sponsored telecoms who are fed up with poor service and monopolies."

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  1. Re:This is bullshit!!! by Trigun · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Heh, Free and Bush in the same sentence on Slashdot. Man that's funny.

    It all comes down to the adage, "if you can't innovate, legislate!"