On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:26 PM, April Glaser <april.glaser@riseup.net> wrote:

video:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadband

so President Obama wants the FCC to preempt state laws that restrict
community and municipal "braodband" initiatives. there are 20 states
that do this now; it's mostly the result of ALEC lobbying on behalf of
cable companies to pass a suite of anti-competitive laws back around 2005.

in any event, this is a major signal that the funding environment might
soon open. so it's great we're meeting to soon to chat the present/future.

if anyone wants a bit more context into CA's awkward and weak
restrictions on municipal fiber, prod me to explain !

my best,
april

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