“Broadband death star bill” blown up by municipal Internet advocates
The "Virginia Broadband Deployment Act" that would have made it far more difficult for municipalities to offer Internet service has been dramatically watered down after running into heavy opposition. Instead of preventing cities and towns from offering broadband, a new version of the bill passed by the Virginia House this week merely imposes new record-keeping requirements. The original bill favored by cable lobbyists (and called the "Broadband death star bill" by one opponent) would have prohibited...
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