Bleeding money, unable to sign up enough subscribers, and incapable of investing in new technology to attract users, Salisbury's beleaguered municipal broadband service is about to be leased to a private firm
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2018 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 8, Salisbury voters overwhelmingly agreed on a resolution to lease the city's Fibrant broadband system to a private company
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 3:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An overwhelming 81 percent of voters in Salisbury on Tuesday said the city should lease its Fibrant broadband service to Hotwire Communications
Published: Sunday, May 13th, 2018 @ 10:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Salisbury residents will vote Tuesday on whether to lease its city-owned broadband system to a private provider. Critics say it could be a case of making the best of a bad situation
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 1:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A North Carolina municipal broadband network has made the Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s “Dirty Dozen” — 12 high-profile taxpayer-funded internet projects that have cost the public more than $2 billion
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2017 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal broadband supporters are gearing up to change a law passed in 2011 that restricts how cities and towns in North Carolina can provide cable and internet services, even though the law recently was upheld by a federal appeals court
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the states of North Carolina and Tennessee a victory on Wednesday when it struck down a Federal Communications Commission rule that pre-empted the states' regulation of municipal broadband service within their borders
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement after a federal appeals court ruling.
Published: Thursday, August 11th, 2016 @ 2:35 am
By: Thom Tillis
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced legislation to prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from overriding state and local municipal broadband laws.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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