MUNI WIRELESS - U.S. Representative Pete Sessions of Dallas has just introduced federal legislation to ban municipal broadband networks nationally. HR 2726 (ironically named "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005") would give the local phone company veto power over any municipal projects they don't like. They'll do anything to stifle competition. I guess when the markets just don't work for you, run to the legislature and get your lobbying machine in gear.
I checked Representative Session's bio and it reads in part:[] Congressman Sessions joined Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after graduating from Southwestern University. Over the next 16 years, he served at the internationally renowned Bell Labs in New Jersey and as District Manager for Marketing in Dallas. Thanks to this private sector experience, Congressman Sessions understands the need to fight bureaucracy and to utilize market-driven solutions to effectively solve problems in our communities and in government. []
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