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Telco Appeals Minnesota City's Fiber-Optic Win
tsa writes "In a predictable move, TDS Telecom has filed an appeal after its complaint against Monticello, Minnesota's new fiber network was tossed by a county judge in early October. As you may remember, the city decided to build its own fiber-optic network after the telco made it clear they wouldn't build it because it wouldn't be economically feasible for them. TDS Telecom then changed its mind and sued the city for unfair competition."
No, it isn't fair for a city to do that. Otherwise the city could use the exclusion of future contracts as a reason to force someone or some company into not suing when they had a right to.
You yourself can follow that line of reasoning but lets say you provided the city with IT support at one of their buildings. Now lets say that a city vehicle was being operated by a city employee while under the influence of alcohol and the city hosted the party that served him, and that vehicle crashed through your house. should you have to worry anout losing your job or contract with the city to sue from compensation when the insurance company only wants to pay enough to tear the house down but not rebuild it to the size and quality is was before the accident?
How about a more close example. Suppose the city illegally charged you for expenses it incured when it changed the plans of a project you were working on. Should you be barred from future city contracts if you sue to streighten that out and recieve the full compensation due to you?