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IowaCowboy
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join:2010-10-16
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Re: FCC should preempt muni-fiber bans

I wonder if supporters of muni broadband could also file suit.

fg8578
join:2009-04-26
San Antonio, TX

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said by IowaCowboy:

I wonder if supporters of muni broadband could also file suit.

I suppose there is nothing stopping them from doing so. But filing and winning are two different things.

And there is the issue of "standing". The law specifically gives the FCC and the states the right and the authority to remove barriers to broadband investment. Citizens aren't mentioned.

So it isn't clear to me that the law gives citizens the right to sue, but then again, IANAL, so don't take my word for it.