Peter Page, Reporter, National Law Journal

Telecoms Sue Over High-Speed Links

July 9, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Telecommunications companies are suing cities around the nation to stop the construction of publicly owned fiber-optic systems to bring high-speed Internet, telephone and cable television to communities far from metropolitan centers. Attorneys for cities say the telecommunications suits, whether brought under state law, the Federal Telecommunications Act or other laws, are veiled attempts to stop construction of competing public systems providing an essential utility in the digital age.

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