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Category Archives: Broadband
New US Senate Bill could Protect NC Broadband
The wonderful website MuniWireless reports about a US Senate Bill called the Community Broadband Act of 2007. The bill, the Community Broadband Act of 2007, protects consumers on two fronts: It prohibits states from adopting legislation, like the bill pending … Continue reading
Join NC Public Broadband List
Not long after I learned about HB1587, the bad NC House bill, I started a Google Group called NC Public Broadband. Its a email list with the goal of keeping people in the loop about what’s going on in the … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, North Carolina, hb1587
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Town of Chapel Hill supports G.A.T.E.
G.A.T.E. Greater Access to Technology for Everyone I’m really happy to see the Town of Chapel Hill promoting their opposition to HB1587. They stood up to a really bad bill in the NC House of Representatives. The Town of Chapel … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Chapel Hill, Technology, hb1587
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City of Greensboro Opposes HB1587
Last night the Greensboro City council passed a resolution opposing HB1587. That brings the count of communities opposing HB1587 to seven nine. The others are the City of Wilson, City of Fayetteville, City of Rocky Mount, Town of Carrboro, Town … Continue reading
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Google and Intel letters about HB1587
Check out these two letters. One from Google’s State Policy Council John Burchett [PDF] and one from Intel’s Director of Communications policy Peter K. Pitch [PDF]. Both are to Speaker of the House Joe Hackney, Gov. Easley, and other Committee … Continue reading
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Why Muni Networks get Built
Local governments don’t spend millions of dollars and go through great hassle to create telecommunications monopolies. Most often they get into the business of providing infrastructure because the private sector won’t do it or can not do it at a … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Government, Local, hb1587
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