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Texas Wireless Ban Has Failed

Posted by Zonk on from the one-state-with-market-opportunities dept.

chip rosenthal writes "The effort to ban municipal networks in Texas has failed. Texas House Bill 789 originally had provisions to ban muni wireless networks. The Senate passed a significantly rewritten version, without a ban. A conference committee failed to reach agreement, so the bill died when the Texas legislature adjourned this weekend."

6 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Thank GOD. by stubear · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Public wireless is like roads and street lights."

    Apparently you do not drive in New England. If the condition of the roads is any indication of the conditon of municipal wirelsss here than I'd rathe rpay Verizon or Comcast for the service thanks. Unfortunately I wouldn't get the money back from the taxes they've taken out for the service.

  2. Re:HAH! by raeler · · Score: 2, Funny

    The latest horror classic, LAN of the Living Dead

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  3. Re:Thank GOD. by EugeneK · · Score: 5, Funny

    I so agree with you! We need to get rid of public water, libraries and fire departments. They are thoroughly squashing bottled water, bookstores, and security firms. The founding fathers intended the government to take care of a very limited set of duties, such as bombing Iraq, - not setting up wireless networks. Look in the Constitution - the word "wireless" does not appear ONCE.

  4. Nick of Time by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    It looks like the telco cartel bribing^Wlobbying the Texas Senate ran out of minutes, and got disconnected before closing the deal.

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  5. Re:Thank GOD. by EugeneK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe because the Constitution's authors didn't have computers or wireless networks?


    Wrong again, Mr. America Hater - the founders knew that our nation was blessed among the nations and would invent wireless networks, among many other marvels, and they wiseless refused to mention them in the Constitution. This is why we know they did not intend the government to be involved in regulating or owning them.
  6. It's un-American by rscrawford · · Score: 2, Funny

    Free wireless access is absolutely un-American and the bill in question is absolutely on the right track. What good is information, after all, if someone isn't profiting from access to it? Might as well let people borrow newly published books for free from a public institution, or get their education for free! What are these liberals thinking?

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