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Supreme Court Rules Against Community Telcos
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."
Ah, an anti-Bush pro-democratic posting that has absolutely nothing to do with anything. How predictable. Gotta love you party-line political types.
/. headline and summary are completely incorrect, making your post even more irrelevant.
RTFA. You'll see that the
As has been stated repeatedly in the comments, the ruling was about -government- getting into the telecom business. Take a deep breath, and go find something else to turn into a political debate.
+5 Insightful, really!
It's totally incorrect!
The ruling doesn't prevent any "innovative salt of the earth small businesses and entreprenuers" from entering the telecom business. In fact, it actually helps them, because it keeps local governments OUT of the telecom business. The title of the article is misleading, making it sound like small, friendly neighborhood telecom coops are prohibited. The only thing that's prohibited from getting into the telecom business is local government(s).
Of course, I'm guessing you didn't read the article and instead took the opportunity to Bush-bash.
because of course everything else involving the government runs so smoothly, cheaply, and efficiently. What the hell planet do you live on...im thinking it sounds nice!
. I love the sound of burning women and screaming rubber....
well what the hell does G.W. have to do with it? it was a 1996 law (clinton)and the case has been agued for several years before it came to the supream court
ohh well as off topic as it is, i seem to find humor in your anti bush wackos when you tryu to blame every one bush. thanks for giving me a laugh today.
Aww, poor you. Can't get cable modem access at more than 1Mb upstream. Forgive me if I don't sympathize.
They don't do it because there's no money in it.
If the government does it, it means that they'll force people who don't use the service to pay for it. BTW, it's called taxation. If you don't pay, they put you in jail. If you resist, they shoot you.
Call me crazy, but I don't want a telco around with the power to shoot me if I choose not to use their service, and then have the audacity to not pay them for a service I don't use.