beneficial news : Local internet service provider could get a fair gibe at contend with big telecommunication .
In a 3 - 2 vote , the Federal Communications Commissionjust votedto overrule laws limit municipal broadband growth in two states . Similar laws block cities from build out their own broadband web be in 19 other states , and the FCC just set an significant common law .
This is welcome news , though not all surprising . President Obama lay out his planto helper untie Comcast ’s stranglehold on the state ’s broadbandlast month , and a bragging part of that plan included facilitate cities like Chattanooga , Tennessee maturate their already thriving municipal broadband networks . Chattanooga , the metropolis that gave its citizens gigabit internetbefore Google Fiberwas even a matter , was one of the cities involved in today ’s FCC earshot , along with Wilson , North Carolina . Now those meshing will grow , and hopefully , dozen more will pop up around the country .
Next up , the agency ’s historic voter turnout on net neutrally . you may watch the vote live here .
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