A bill proposed out of Pennsylvania is out to make sure that the private sector (specifically Tier one Telcos and Cable companies ) would not allow local government to build out a Public WiFi network like the one being built in Babylon Long Island. It's all very dubious and fortunately past attempts to pass such a bill have failed. The interesting part is that often the public sector has no choice in the datalines (backhauls) available, thus the private sector is generally invovled either way. The NTIA is about to give grants to local governments and private entities (as well as non-profits) for broadband projects based on the Obama stimulus plan...Do you think that the telecom and cable incumbents want to see the public sector creating broadband options? Maybe, maybe not.
Steve Amarante
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