Wilson, NC Fights Community Broadband Ban
Carriers try to kill symmetrical FTTH operation
09:24AM Tuesday Apr 21 2009 by Karl Bode
The city of Wilson, North Carolina launched a $28 million municipal broadband operation named
Greenlight last year, offering
symmetrical Internet speeds up to 100Mbps -- far surpassing the best local incumbents Embarq and Time Warner Cable have to offer. Embarq and Time Warner Cable did what any carrier in a government-protected duopoly would do: they began a several year campaign to lobby state legislators to not only pass laws that would effectively cripple or ban such operations, but also
prohibit this community from getting access to broadband stimulus funds. In response, local city officials have launched a
new website and
FAQ arguing against the bills. This
IndyWeek report on the Wilson network is a must read, and notes the city went first to Time Warner and Embarq to build the network, but they refused.
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