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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."

2 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: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.