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Here's a link to the FCC attempt to preempt the law https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-order-preempting-tn-nc-municipal-broadband-restrictions https://ww
by Deprecate9151 3y ago
Here's a link to the FCC attempt to preempt the law https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-order-preempting-tn-nc-municipal-broadband-restrictions https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-order-preempting-t...
And the appeals decision overturning the preemption https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/15-3291/15-3291-2016-08-10.html https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/15...
TN arguments were never really on why it would work besides claiming it would somehow protect TN residents from "mismanaged" municipal broadband. They mostly focus on how they can do it if they want to, no matter the reason.