FTC's Slaughter Offended by State Muni Broadband Bans
State and local laws stopping municipal broadband “are particularly offensive,” FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter tweeted Tuesday night. “What is the public interest rationale for preventing communities from banding together to add a broadband competitor in their markets?” The Democrat…
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also tweeted concurrence with Georgetown Law Institute for Tech Law & Policy Fellow Gigi Sohn’s tweet urging Congress to pre-empt such laws and require dominant ISPs to share networks with competitors. “The lack of meaningful #competition in broadband is a real problem,” Slaughter said.