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   from the do-not-pass-go,-do-not-collect-$200 dept   
      
   Tue, Feb 16th 2021 6:41am - Karl Bode   
      
   We've talked for years about how telecom monopolies like Comcast and   
   AT&T have ghost written laws in more than twenty states, banning or   
   hamstringing towns and cities looking to build their own broadband   
   networks. We've also noted with COVID clearly illustrating how   
   broadband is essential for education, opportunity, employment, and   
   healthcare, such restrictions are looking dumber than ever. Voters   
   should have every right to make local infrastructure decisions for   
   themselves, and if big ISPs and armchair free market policy wonks   
   don't want that to happen, incumbent ISPs should provide faster,   
   cheaper, better service.   
      
   https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210209/06513446212/state-law   
   -restricting-community-broadband-are-hurting-us-communities-duri   
   g-pandemic.shtml   
      
   ***** Moderator's Note *****   
      
   Hmmm. Seems familiar, but it was dated today. Go figure.   
      
   Bill Horne   
   Moderator   
      
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