Georgia Bill Would Prohibit Subsidies For Municpal Broadband

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @06:42AM from the just-watch-some-tee-vee dept.

McGruber writes "The Associated Press has the news that Georgia State Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers is sponsoring a bill that 'would prevent public broadband providers from paying for communication networks with tax or government revenue.' Senator Rogers claims that 'The private sector is handling this exceptionally well.' Local government officials disagree. Georgia Municipal Association spokeswoman Amy Henderson says 'When cities were getting involved in broadband, it was because private industry would not come there. Without that technology, they were economically disadvantaged. We feel like it is an option cities should have.'"

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Re:It ends up being a boon doggle by GrumpySteen · 2012-01-24 07:14 · Score: 1, Flamebait

So, let's see if I've got this straight...
Because a city you lived in screwed up their municipal internet project and provided "crap service", you'd rather have a law that would prevent even that so that everyone would have been left with no broadband service at all?
Are you Amish?