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Please read the article. The bill goes further than simply outlawing municipal broadband. It actually bans municipalities from offering any infrastructure to private entities that want to offer broadband.

(So for example in a city like Seattle where we have tons of dark fiber owned by the government, the city would be prohibited from leasing that fiber out to private enterprise under this bill.)

Though I also disagree with the sentiment of your post, even if the bill were more narrow.



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