PA incumbents get to veto municipal wifi
Posted on:: February 1st, 2005
From an article by Wes Simonds at Wifi Planet:
The terms of the bill essentially give Verizon and other local carriers the right to veto all citywide hotspot plans similar to Philadelphia’s in the state of Pennsylvania beginning Jan. 1, 2006.
As Jock Gill suggests, we could use some model legislation to preempt this type of anti-user, corporate welfare in other states. [Thanks to Dewayne Hendricks for the link.]
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PA incumbents get to veto municipal wifi
David Weinberger passes along an interesting Wi-Fi planet story about our fair city and how others are planning to fol
so they took our money & now are buying their way into law. So much for being a public utility!
doesn’t this go against some PA. utility law?