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Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by kinther to c/technology
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[–] hansl 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Municipal broadband is not a small company though. It’s a cooperative owned by residents.

And in many states it’s actually illegal. Which makes no sense.

[–] WarlordSdocy 1 points 10 months ago

Probably companies like Comcast making sure there isn't anything to disrupt their monopolies. Another reason to break them up so they can't have that much power.