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Anti-Muni Broadband Bills Country Wide
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."
The reason businesses can do things the way that they do is because there are no constitutional protections for the people against large businesses because the constitution was designed to protect the people against the government. If you really want a solution there should be several privacy amendments. You can find the exact same problem with private investigators or that whole national ID system.
p.s. I am really annoyed by Wuropean attitudes. I can give you an example. There is an Italian guy I know that is happy to knock anything American on the grounds that it's well. American - from the US - the country of guns and cowboys. Yet he works for anAmerican company and has done for many years. He really is a infuriating. I also know many other people like this. They are just the most ignorant people. Sometimes I wish Michael Moore never wrote so many books or created so many documentaries. (Ignorant) people then make the tragic mistake of assuming that things would be better under Kerry or Gore for exmaple. Both of those muppetsw are also corrupt. Most people in Europe are happy to tell Americans who to vote for even though they never even heard of Ralph Nader for example. They have no idea how it really is. I'm tired of hiding behind my satiracal comments all the time...but actually that's what I'm goona continue to do..
Come to Yurp, my Yankee friends, land with valleys of golden flowers and blue lakes, and great pron!!
Fuck Yurp