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As of 2023, 16 states currently have laws that restrict or frustrate the establishment of municipal broadband networks. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In May 2023, Colorado passed a bill to lift a law requiring referendums for municipal broadband networks; the bill received bipartisan support.
Tennessee v. Federal Communications Commission, 832 F.3d 597 (2016), was a ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, [1] holding that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to preempt states from enforcing "anti-expansion" statutes that prohibit local municipal broadband networks from being expanded into nearby communities.
Acquiring municipal broadband for some communities is problematic because the laws of certain states prohibit local municipalities from installing their own broadband networks and private sector companies are unable to provide the electric services needed for broadband. As a result, many rural and remote communities are left with without ...
May 7—New Mexico has been allocated nearly $700 million to connect unconnected or poorly connected areas in the state to broadband, but to make sure the right households are reaping the benefits ...
(The Center Square) — Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday that Louisiana is the first in the nation to receive federal approval for its $1.355 billion Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment plan.
Justice's plan aims to expand broadband service to 200,000 households in the state that currently do not have broadband internet. "There is ... State broadband map shows 200,000 households are ...
On February 26, 2015, the FCC voted on a petition by Chattanooga, Tennessee and Wilson, North Carolina asking for "federal preemption of state laws". States opposed this effort to increase competition. South Carolina had a law which prevented governments from benefiting in ways private sector services could not.
The total cost for municipal broadband in Edison has not been disclosed by township officials. Edison gets $2M grant to kick-start municipal broadband but feasibility questions remain Skip to main ...