[CWN-Summit] "Fat Pipe Dreams in North Carolina"

[Ben West]

And a further update from this week:
http://stopthecap.com/2011/03/14/dollar-a-holler-industry-lobbyist-attacks-north-carolinas-community-networks/

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Ben West <westbywest at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did anyone happen to see this sad story playing out in NC?
>
> http://www.innovationpolicy.org/fat-pipe-dreams-in-north-carolina
>
> "There’s a big fight going on in North Carolina over rural broadband.
> Representative Avila and Senator Apodaca have introduced bills that
> would place some fairly light restrictions on the business practices
> of municipal (government owned and operated) broadband networks that
> have drawn the ire of network equipment vendors and out-of-state muni
> broadband activists.
>
> Charges and counter-charges are flying fast and furious.
> Well-travelled muni broadband consultant Craig Settles says the
> authors are in the pockets of Time-Warner Cable, and urges people
> around the country to lobby NC legislators to kill the bills"
>
> --
> Ben West
> http://benwest.name
> me at benwest.name
> westbywest at gmail.com
>


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