Two Cities Ask the FCC To Preempt State Laws Banning Municipal Fiber Internet

Posted by samzenpus on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:06AM from the fighting-the-man dept.

Jason Koebler writes Two cities—Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina—have officially asked the federal government to help them bypass state laws banning them from expanding their community owned, gigabit fiber internet connections. In states throughout the country, major cable and telecom companies have battled attempts to create community broadband networks, which they claim put them at a competitive disadvantage. The FCC will decide if its able to circumvent state laws that have been put in place restricting the practice.

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Re:Stop insulting scumbags. by MitchDev · 2014-07-25 00:45 · Score: 0, Flamebait

And republicans are even worse.
You stupid partisan hacks are too blind to see both parties are full of shit and scum.
Re:Vote by sumdumass · 2014-07-25 02:44 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yup.. and those provisions haven't enforced in most of US history.
There are a few states that had constitutions before the US constitution was created. Before the 14th amendment, the majority of the US constitution only applied to the federal government.