Telcos vs munipal wireless: the case of Florida

Always-On Panopticon...or Cooperation Amplifier

Posted by Bryan

As American telephone companies lobby states for the right to block municipal WiFi, consider the case of Florida.

The broadband legislation wouldn't precisely outlaw
city-owned networks. Rather they would give private
companies the right of first refusal, make cities wait
months or years while the companies made up their
minds, mandate studies, hearings and taxes, bar city
networks from going outside their municipal borders
and keep them from adding new customers. All adding up
to a death sentence.

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