Tell HN: NC govenor refuses to veto H.129, municipal Internet over?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2569255It looks like North Carolina is about to pass a bill that will hinder or outright prohibit municipalities from offering their own internet service to residents.
Ratified bill: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H129v6.html
One viewpoint on why this sucks: http://www.muninetworks.org/content/digging-h129-another-bill-nc-limit-local-authority-and-broadband-competition
Is this the beginning of the end of municipal internet service?