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| 26 U.S. states ban or restrict local broadband initiatives |
Broadbandnow, 26 states bans on all local broadband, just broadband run by the local government.
With high fees, slow speed and poor customer service, many communities in America have moved towards community broadband projects to free themselves from the clutches of key telecommunications providers. But this is not an option for everyone, because 26 States either restrict or restrict the community broadband initiatives.
Healthy competition means the cornerstone of the American economy, but the telecommunications industry has not only adopted that mentality, it has clearly gone a step further by lobbying successfully to reduce the competition through sanctions and lump sum sanctions.
According to a new report of comparative site broadbandnow, 26 states have enacted laws that restrict or severely limit community broadband projects.
The state-by-state investigation framework has been outlined in the report to determine the extent to which the lobbying pen has been made to the books of law, and the picture is very foggy. According to the report, "More than $ 92 million spent in 2018 alone to protect business interests at national and state level."
Six states have "direct sales prohibition on municipal broadband" - Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington. For the identified 20 other states, ranges from uc bureaucratic hurdles 'and end prohibition referendum requirements' range from population caps and excessive taxes.
Whatever your view on the ongoing debate surrounding Net Nutrition, great concern for many people is the lack of trust in big telecoms and it is criticized that these companies misuse their monopolistic positions to maximize profits.
Although not all these bad news, because in the report some efforts have been made by the federal and state MPs to keep the telecom markets competitive, such as a bill by Democrats, which aims to kill municipal and community projects The rules have to be restricted. While the 2018 Community Broadband Act was ultimately unsuccessful, it was at least an indication that this is an issue that the Congress is aware of.