Broadband for Everyone?
2010-05-26 - by
There’s an interesting – and important – vote scheduled in the state Senate Finance Committee today at 1 p.m.
The bill is S1209. The Broadband for Everyone NC coalition – which I’m working with – views this as an industry-sponsored bill that will give control of North Carolina ’s broadband (and economic) future to Time Warner Cable and AT&T.
Click here to see the coalition’s website.
The bill was introduced after the City of Wilson – tired of waiting for the cable guy to provide super-high-speed Internet service – went ahead and provided the service itself.
That’s right, people in Wilson have much faster Internet service than we can get in Raleigh !
So now the empire strikes back.
Shouldn’t the state be promoting advanced broadband rather than shutting down cities that provide it?
Stay tuned.
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Broadband for Everyone?
2010-05-26/
There’s an interesting – and important – vote scheduled in the state Senate Finance Committee today at 1 p.m.
The bill is S1209. The Broadband for Everyone NC coalition – which I’m working with – views this as an industry-sponsored bill that will give control of North Carolina ’s broadband (and economic) future to Time Warner Cable and AT&T.
Click here to see the coalition’s website.
The bill was introduced after the City of Wilson – tired of waiting for the cable guy to provide super-high-speed Internet service – went ahead and provided the service itself.
That’s right, people in Wilson have much faster Internet service than we can get in Raleigh !
So now the empire strikes back.
Shouldn’t the state be promoting advanced broadband rather than shutting down cities that provide it?
Stay tuned.
Posted in Uncategorized