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http://nooga.com/175741/bill-to-increase-high-speed-internet-access-for-rural-residents-heads-to-haslam/ http://nooga.com/175741/bill-to-increase-high-speed-int

http://nooga.com/175741/bill-to-increase-high-speed-internet-access-for-rural-residents-heads-to-haslam/ http://nooga.com/175741/bill-to-increase-high-speed-internet... It was almost unanimous. This coverage talks about it in a totally different way.

strictnein 10y ago
Yeah, I've started to eye Vice articles with more and more suspicion, and this is another example of why. There's a lot more playing out here than implied by the Vice story. The headline is especially egregious and inaccurate.
- dtparr 10y ago
  Yeah, reading the bill (http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0529 http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNu...), it seems pretty apparent that it's actually a step in the right direction, opening things up for co-ops and making money available to anyone willing to build out to under-served areas, not a handout directly to incumbent ISPs. Would I have liked for it to have included the city and municipal entities too, sure, but one thing at a time.