By Karl Bode, Nov 20, 2020 | Original Techdirt article here. from the someday-we-might-learn-something dept . . . Since the very beginning of the net neutrality debate, ISPs have repeatedly proclaimed that net neutrality rules (read: stopgap rules crafted in the absence of competition to stop giant monopolies from abusing their power) utterly demolished …
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. . . from the build-it-and-they-will-come dept . . . By Karl Bode Nov 16, 2020 | Original Techdirt article here. We’ve long mentioned how incumbent ISPs like AT&T and Comcast have spent millions of dollars quite literally buying horrible, protectionist laws in around twenty states that either ban or heavily hamstring towns and cities …
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Voters in both cities made it clear they’re fed up with monopolies like Comcast. By Karl Bode, November 9, 2020 | Original Vice.com article here. Voters in both Denver and Chicago have overwhelmingly thrown their support behind local community broadband projects, joining the hundreds of U.S. communities that have embraced home-grown alternatives to entrenched telecom …
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: (original here). Section 1. Title 41, chapter 1, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-194.01, to read: 41-194.01. Violations of state law by counties, cities and towns; attorney general investigation; report; withholding of state shared revenues A. AT THE …
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Aug 25, 2020 Newport Beach sWTF Appeal Read attorney Mark Poallock’s excellent 2020-0825-Newport-Beach-sWTF-Appellate-Brief Link to Aug 25, 2020 — Newport Beach, CA City Council Agenda Link to Aug 25, 2020 — Newport Beach, CA City Staff Packet Newport Beach So-Called "small" Cell Appeal, Aug 25, 2020 Link to General public comment Link to Attorney …
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Bonner County, ID Commissioners Public Meeting – August 14, 2020 Application for Fixed Satellite Service by SpaceX Services, Inc. Updated NEPA Implementing Regulations: → link Applicant SpaceX Services, Inc. 1155 F Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 USA Date Filed 2020-0616 Red Light : N Paper/Electronic: E Environmental Impact: N SES-LIC-20200616-00646 / SESLIC2020061600646 → link 33 …
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Beta users get downloads of 11 to 60Mbps, not the gigabit speeds that SpaceX teased By Jon Brodkin, Aug 14, 2020 | Original ARS Technica article here. A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. Beta users of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite-broadband service are getting download speeds ranging from 11Mbps to 60Mbps, according to tests conducted using Ookla’s …
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Sonoma County Urgency Ordinance Authorizing Enforcement of COVID-19 Health Orders August 6, 2020 10:23 AM | Original Ordiance here. An Urgency Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sonoma, State of California, Authorizing Administrative Enforcement of COVID-19 Virus Related Public Health Orders. Urgency Ordinance: 4/5 Vote The ordinance gives the county the …
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By JOHN HENDEL July 8, 2020 | Original Politico article here. In moving to free up Wi-Fi and bolster superfast service, Pai has alienated some industries, congressional committees and Trump Cabinet leaders. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai takes a drink from a mug during the commission vote on net neutrality in 2017. | AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin …
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PM_NUMBER PM_APPLICATION APPLICATION_DATE FREE_LINE_1 LOCATION PURPOSE W150026 AP150043 01/26/15 AT & T WST SIDE 10′ SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT RD / RT 38 EMERGENCY MAINLINE STRUCTURE REPAIRS; MANHOLE PAVEMENT FAILURE. DAILY LANE CLOSURES, GRADING AND RESTORATION. * PLEASE SEE PERMIT ATTACHMENTS, IN REGARD TO WINTER REGULATIONS OF LANE CLOSURES. W150028 AP150044 01/27/15 AT&T NW CORNER AT …
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