<div>There is a thread about this on Hacker News (pretty influential, employees from Google, Oracle, etc often show up), inspired by the recent Ars Technica story.</div><div><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2387361">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2387361</a></div>
<div><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/cable-backed-anti-muni-broadband-bill-advances-in-north-carolina.ars">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/cable-backed-anti-muni-broadband-bill-advances-in-north-carolina.ars</a></div>
<div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Ben West <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:westbywest@gmail.com">westbywest@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">Did anyone happen to see this sad story playing out in NC?<br>
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<a href="http://www.innovationpolicy.org/fat-pipe-dreams-in-north-carolina" target="_blank">http://www.innovationpolicy.org/fat-pipe-dreams-in-north-carolina</a><br>
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"There’s a big fight going on in North Carolina over rural broadband.<br>
Representative Avila and Senator Apodaca have introduced bills that<br>
would place some fairly light restrictions on the business practices<br>
of municipal (government owned and operated) broadband networks that<br>
have drawn the ire of network equipment vendors and out-of-state muni<br>
broadband activists.<br>
<br>
Charges and counter-charges are flying fast and furious.<br>
Well-travelled muni broadband consultant Craig Settles says the<br>
authors are in the pockets of Time-Warner Cable, and urges people<br>
around the country to lobby NC legislators to kill the bills"<br>
<br>
--<br>
Ben West<br>
<a href="http://benwest.name" target="_blank">http://benwest.name</a><br>
<a href="mailto:me@benwest.name">me@benwest.name</a><br>
<a href="mailto:westbywest@gmail.com">westbywest@gmail.com</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ben West<br><a href="mailto:westbywest@gmail.com" target="_blank">westbywest@gmail.com</a><br>