Hillary Clinton says what I have been saying for some time now. Its nice to see that Mrs. Clinton is promoting the idea of municipal networks. The “New York Daily News reports”:1:
bq. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), making an appearance in the South Bronx yesterday, said the borough needs a wireless broadband network.
bq. “We need to expand the technological infrastructure in the Bronx,” Clinton said at a breakfast forum of the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO). “We have to expand broadband access.”
bq. …
bq. “There are many places … that just are not profitable for these companies to serve,” Clinton said.
bq. The answer for places like the South Bronx, Clinton said, is publicly funded high-speed networks, such as the one SoBRO hopes to build.
bq. …
bq. But Clinton warned of attempts by the big telecom companies to push laws banning municipally owned networks, which they see as publicly subsidized competition.
bq. “We can’t let the utilities and telecommunications companies block community-owned networks,” she said.
[1]http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/393430p-333616c.html
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