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Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-than-one-equals-a-trend dept.

Ant writes "Broadband Reports says that 14 and possibly more states that have or will pass(ed) bills banning community-run broadband. Free Pass shows a map breakdown of the states while Tallahassee.com takes a look at a newly proposed bill in Florida, backed by Sprint, BellSouth, Verizon, and Comcast, designed to bog down the muni-development process."

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  1. Yes, I made it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YAFP.

    -DT

  2. English? by Gil-galad55 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Broadband Reports says that 14 and possibly more states that have or will pass(ed) bills banning community-run broadband.

    Does this sentence--and I use the word loosely--even parse in the Queen's English?

    --

    To follow knowledge like a sinking star, / Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. ("Ulysses", Tennyson)

  3. Re:bad grammar bad story selection bad /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you're a hypocrite?

  4. Re:Like I have always known... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    damn 's' key....