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Cities Should Build Their Own ISPs to Protect Democracy

Rejected submission by Anonymous Coward at 2018-03-30 15:28:56
Techonomics

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbxbkb/aclu-democracy-municipal-broadband [vice.com]

After the Federal Communications Commission killed federal net neutrality protections last fall, local legislators across the country have stated their support for a free and open internet. But while sending letters to congress and the FCC opposing the changes is well and good, the ACLU argues in a new report published Thursday that creating municipally-owned ISPs is the best way to preserve net neutrality.


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