said by Matt:There is a lot of language in that bill that would allow a private communications company to sue the government for tactics they themselves use.
#3 would allow Time Warner to come in, price their service at $9.99/month and then because of that same section, drive the municipality out of business in a few short years. This was most evident with UTOPIA, but has happened in every area a muni operates. Just look at the Time Warner rates you can get in Wilson.
Then #4, #5, #6 do nothing but to make sure the municipality can't price their services any lower than the local private company and on top of that, add the additional expense of ridiculous tracking of every nickle.
It's a BS bill and is meant to make it impossible for a local government to offer a superior service for less money.
Yes. Make no mistake. It is *ALL* about control. Control of the market. Control of the bandwidth. Control of when they upgrade the network to offer better service.
