>It's hard to imagine some state law that prohibits a town (or neighborhood for that matter) from building out some kind of internet access. That seems more li

>It's hard to imagine some state law that prohibits a town (or neighborhood for that matter) from building out some kind of internet access. That seems more like a failure of imagination, since ALEC[0] has been writing bills for state legislators to do just that for many years. cf. https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/02/12385/how-alec-helps-big-telecom-change-state-laws-corporate-gain https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/02/12385/how-alec-helps-bi... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_...