How big telecom smothers city-run broadband

For more than a decade, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner Cable Inc., and CenturyLink Inc. have spent millions of dollars to lobby state legislatures, influence state elections, and buy research to try to stop the spread of public Internet services that often offer faster speeds at cheaper rates.

by Allan Holmes

Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/08/how-big-telecom-smothers-city-run-broadband/

(Many thanks to Caitlin Copple for sharing this. "I remain hopeful that our telecom friends locally aren’t trying to smother next generation broadband in Missoula, but this article provides good context for what’s happened elsewhere when communities try to improve their economic futures through fiber networks.")