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Georgia considers bill to curb municipal broadband
Georgia considers bill to curb municipal broadband
January 27, 2012  -  No Comments
Some Georgia lawmakers are taking a page from North Carolina's playbook in order to limit municipal broadband projects in the state. Georgia Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers is sponsoring a bill that he says is designed to keep government from unfairly competing against incumbent broadband providers. The bill makes the same kinds of arguments included by the telecommunications lobby in a previous measure that passed in North Carolina, effectively limiting municipal broadband growth in that state. [...]

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