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Submitted: February 24, 2006 - 9:19am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 12:58am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 12:58am
First-of-its-kind video franchise legislation written on behalf of the big phone companies made dubious history when the Texas legislature enacted it this year. But before Congress, Indiana and other states consider mimicking this legislation, they should look under the hood.
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