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FCC Member Copps In Favor of Municipal WiFi
Cryofan writes "Michael Copps, one of the five members of the FCC, spoke on the recent controversy over legislation to outlaw municipal WiFi: "I think we do a grave injustice in trying to hobble municipalities. That's an entrepreneurial approach, that's an innovative approach. Why don't we encourage that instead of having bills introduced--'Oh, you can't do this because it's interfering with somebody's idea of the functioning of the marketplace...a municipality is a democratically run institution. They can make their own decisions. They don't need the Bells. They don't need the Administration, and they don't need me telling them what kind of decision they should be making.'"
Slashbots love to hate the government, and rail about its continuing intrusion into our privacy, our data, our bodies. Expansion of government powers is usually booed here.
But hey, now that they're offering Wi-Fi (paid from our tax dollars) and stifling industry that can do it better than cheaper, we're all for it. Hooray!
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