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Submitted: February 20, 2012 - 6:54pm
Originally published: February 20, 2012
Last updated: March 3, 2012 - 12:53am
Originally published: February 20, 2012
Last updated: March 3, 2012 - 12:53am
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GigaOm
Author:
Craig Settles
[Commentary] Regressive, telco industry-influenced state legislators are at it again, trying to kill communities’ right to determine their own broadband futures. Anti-community broadband bills are rearing their ugly heads in several states.
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