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Should the internet be a public utility? Hundreds of cities are saying yes
November 20, 2019 /
Local governments can push back against the corporate power of ISPs by building their own broadband networks.
States and local governments may be able to mandate their own net neutrality rules.
More than 100 mayors representing both large urban centers such as San Francisco and small cities such as Edmond, Oklahoma, have pledged not to sign contracts with internet service providers that violate net neutrality.
By David Elliot Berman and Victor Pickard
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