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Re: If Lautenberg supports it, it is a bad bill
Do you think s.1294 is a "bad bill", or just that it won't pass?
s.1294:
A bill to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services.
s.1504:
A bill to establish a market driven telecommunications marketplace, to eliminate government managed competition of existing communication service, and to provide parity between functionally equivalent services. |
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pnh102
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| said by JTRockville  :s.1294: A bill to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services. It is definitely a bad bill, just as bad as the one which would ban local governments from offering Internet service because it attempts to extend federal authority where it does not belong.
There is nothing stopping states from imposing sovereign immunity on local communities which choose to offer Internet service.
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nasadude
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| said by pnh102 :There is nothing stopping states from imposing sovereign immunity on local communities which choose to offer Internet service. But there is: it's called lobbyist contributions. |
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said by pnh102 :said by JTRockville :s.1294: A bill to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services. It is definitely a bad bill, just as bad as the one which would ban local governments from offering Internet service because it attempts to extend federal authority where it does not belong. There is nothing stopping states from imposing sovereign immunity on local communities which choose to offer Internet service. Ouch, pnh102 takes side with the greedy corporations, dares to say it's bad when people get something for less or - OMG! - free, not paying money for the corporations? What a suprise...
Business as usual. Living here for many long years I got used to the stupid idiotic idea of 'free market tops everything', it's been proven absolutely bad in many areas but I'm quite surprised when now a muni-wireless amendment is called bad by armchair economy/legal experts - ROFLMAO. It's sooo obviously a lie... |
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pnh102
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said by nasadude :But there is: it's called lobbyist contributions. Maybe people should then stop electing people which accept those. The lobbyists only contribute because the elected officials accept it.
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pnh102
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said by kamm :Ouch, pnh102 takes side with the greedy corporations, dares to say it's bad when people get something for less or - OMG! - free, not paying money for the corporations? What a suprise... I would never support a corporation that wasn't greedy! And are you really certain this is free service? After all, you were the one who was claiming Gmail wasn't free because it contained ads?
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said by pnh102 :said by nasadude :But there is: it's called lobbyist contributions. Maybe people should then stop electing people which accept those. Well then who would be running the country? If we wait until lobbyists have no power... well, we'll be waiting quite a few generations.
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