AT&T Sues Louisville Over Google Fiber (wdrb.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Louisville was one of the cities identified in 2015 as a potential Google fiber location? Since then, Louisville has completed the pre-work Google requires and, most recently, unamiously passed an ordinance to remove legacy bureaucratic speed bumps to installing fiber on existing utility poles. This applies to any telco wanting to add infrastructure, so that's good, right? Well, not according to AT&T. They are suing the city to block this ordinance and prohibit the city from using its infrastructure as it sees fit to provide better broadband to its citizens.

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Ridiculous Jurisdiction Overreach By Louisville

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is Louisville City Council legislating about the poles?

That is a job of the Warsaw government!

Re:Does AT&T own the poles in question or not?

[halivar]

THus why in most states you need to be certified to do any sort of pole work.

We better head over to the gentlemen's club and make sure the dancers are properly credentialed.