Thursday, May 7, 2009

North Carolina broadband bill shelved - for now -- State will study bill's impact in more detail... - dslreports.com

May 6, 2009

A bill that would have seriously hampered local community fiber to the home deployments has been sent to a study committee, according to the Greensboro News & Record. The bill, which was heavily lobbied for (and likely co-written) by Time Warner Cable lobbyists, took specific aim at municipal broadband deployments in the State that offer symmetrical fiber at speeds up to 100Mbps. The bill probably won't see serious legislative action for at least a year, according to the News Record...