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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.
A 2020 article reported that 22 states had substantive legal roadblocks to establishing municipal or government-owned broadband networks. [80] This can be connected to the national dispute over net neutrality , the principle that ISPs should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking ...
Wisconsin gets $221 million in rural broadband grant applications but only $42 million available
This is a list of municipalities with available wired multiple-system ("triple play") broadband providers, often commonly known as cable franchise holders, or fiber to the premises providers. As of 2015 Massachusetts had ten registered providers which served 308 communities (out of 351), with those 308 having at least one franchise provider. [ 1 ]
May 26—CANTON — Following a presentation of a broadband study from John R. McAdoo of MC Fibers, the Canton Broadband Committee recommended to a joint meeting of the village and town boards ...
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the funding amounts under the federal infrastructure law passed by Congress in 2021.
The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is to provide each state with $5 million for planning and $100 million for expansion, with states having a greater need receiving more money. The legislature of each state must approve. [16] Funding is also provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. [7]