From: wb8foz@panix.com   
      
   Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature is on the verge of imposing a   
   state law to dramatically restrict the rights of cities and towns to   
   build and operate municipal broadband networks.   
      
   The Ohio Senate on June 9 approved a budget bill that contains an   
   anti-municipal broadband amendment. It's not a done deal yet, and   
   advocates for public networks are urging the legislature to strip the   
   amendment from the final budget. The budget bill is expected to be   
   hammered out within the next two weeks.   
      
   If passed, the proposed law could kill existing broadband services and   
   prevent new ones from being deployed. There are reportedly 30 or more   
   municipal broadband providers in Ohio that "would not be allowed to   
   operate so long as there is a private-sector company operating in the   
   area, as there are in most, if not all of the cities."   
      
   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/ohio-republicans-clo   
   e-to-imposing-near-total-ban-on-municipal-broadband/   
      
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