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Other than political will - is there anything preventing local municipalities from doing this right now?
by germinalphrase 10y ago
Other than political will - is there anything preventing local municipalities from doing this right now?
- untog 10y agoIIRC some have, much to the ire of local telcos.
- zhengyi13 10y agoLarge incumbents filing strategic anti-competitive lawsuits. "If you can't innovate, litigate!"
- cr0sh 10y agoYeah - all the local muni's (and other local govt) who subscribe to this model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_...
- jellicle 10y agoWhat has happened to many municipalities that tried is that the incumbent telcos went to the state legislature and had laws passed making it illegal for cities to run their own telecom infrastructure. Basically, the political will has to be present at the city AND state level for this to happen. And that turns out to be a small set.
- sfifs 10y agoregulatory capture. The deep pocketed telecos went to state political leaders and had laws passed to prevent/restrict these in many cases