Verizon and the other carriers have been blocking municipal telecom
infrastructure build out for years. This is nothing new.
- Dustin -
Rob Kelley wrote:
Some said making all downtown Philly wireless was too ambitious (not
me), but now according to muniwireless.com the Pennsylvania legislature
has passed a law that prohibits its and gives the whole game to players
like Verizon:
As Harold Feld puts it: "It looks like a public subsidy to build
infrastructure, but, thanks to the statute, THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BUY
IT FROM IS VERIZON!"
It's on the governor's desk, awaiting his signature:
http://www.muniwireless.com/archives/000509.html
Rob
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