[TriLUG] Move over Google: Wilson, NC did it a long, long time ago

[bak via TriLUG]

If you would like to experience head-tilting puzzlement, and then perhaps anger, here’s Fox News’ take on it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/26/fcc-approves-sweeping-internet-regulation-plan-obama-accused-meddling/

I especially liked this from Ajit Pai:

> Further, he pointed to slower Internet speeds in Europe, which largely treats the Internet as a public utility, in warning that the additional regulation will lead to less investment and slower speeds in the U.S. as well. "The Internet is not broken. There is no problem for the government to solve," Pai said. 

—bak


> On Feb 26, 2015, at 14:48, Ric Moore via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> On 02/26/2015 02:24 PM, Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:
>> Wilson's gigabit
> 
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/01/17/377757372/as-cities-push-for-their-own-broadband-cable-firms-say-not-so-fast
> 
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