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Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Brkdncr to c/technology
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With Minnesota repeal, number of states restricting public broadband falls to 16.

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[–] psmgx 55 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck the LEC system, let anyone have a crack at it

[–] Brkdncr 34 points 5 months ago

I’ve always thought that local gov should be able to provide a baseline level of access to the internet, with commercial vendors bringing services and value above that baseline. Sadly our elected representatives were convinced otherwise. I’m glad to see movement in the right direction though.