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On the first day of hearings on Texas House Bill 789 which contains restrictions on municipal broadband, the legislature heard testimony from large corporations. Savemuniwireless.org reports: “On this first day, they chose to hear testimony only from professional lobbyists, mostly the big company telcos.”On the first day of hearings on Texas House Bill 789 which contains restrictions on municipal broadband, the legislature heard testimony from large corporations. Savemuniwireless.org reports: “On this first day, they chose to hear testimony only from…

“You’ll be pleased to know that communism was defeated in Pennsylvania last year. Governor Ed Rendell signed into law a bill prohibiting the Reds in local government from offering free Wi-Fi throughout their municipalities.” So begins Lawrence Lessig’s impassioned plea in Wired for more competition in the market for broadband services which in many cases local government can foster. Lessig “You’ll be pleased to know that communism was defeated in Pennsylvania last year. Governor Ed Rendell signed into law a…

Will the Texas legislature knowingly pass a bill that may harm their constituents’ ongoing participation in the Global Networked Economy, and negatively impact the future competitiveness of every business within the state?Will the Texas legislature knowingly pass a bill that may harm their constituents’ ongoing participation in the Global Networked Economy, and negatively impact the future competitiveness of every business within the state?

That’s the puzzling conclusion regarding the cause and effect of Texas house bill HB789 if passed. The following…

Just as I was reading Verizon’s latest proclamation that “with Wi-Fi, you are limited to one spot” (see Verizon’s latest wireless FUD in Texas), in comes a Skype call from Martyn Levy of RoamAD who tells me that the world’s first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice network has been successfully tested on a US interstate highway – the Canamex Interstate Highway (I-19) from Rio Rico to a point south of Green Valley, Arizona. Wi-VOD deployed it using a Department of Homeland…

Tropos CEO Ron Sege has sent a letter to Phil King, the Texas legislator who proposed restrictions on municipal broadband (in House Bill 789). Ron points out that more than 135 municipalities and service providers use Tropos mesh network equipment worldwide (clearly quite a lot of people think wireless broadband networks are worth deploying) and argues rightly that the restrictions Tropos CEO Ron Sege has sent a letter to Phil King, the Texas legislator who proposed restrictions on municipal broadband…

The hearing on HB 2445, sponsored by Representatives Tom Butler (R-Ontario) and Mike Schaufler (D-Happy Valley), to restrict municipal broadband in Oregon, will be held this Wednesday, February 23th, at 8:30am in the Oregon State Capitol (hearing room #B) in Salem, Oregon. (Source: Dailywireless.org)The hearing on HB 2445, sponsored by Representatives Tom Butler (R-Ontario) and Mike Schaufler (D-Happy Valley), to restrict municipal broadband in Oregon, will be held this Wednesday, February 23th, at 8:30am in the Oregon State Capitol (hearing…