Texas Rep. Pete Sessions - a former SBC employee with a financial stake in the company - is trying to pass a law that would ban towns and cities from wiring themselves for broadband. Now Senators John McCain and Frank Lautenberg are set to propose the "Community Broadband Act of 2005" as a polar opposite.
The act doesn't advocate municipal broadband, but it does protect a town or city's right to explore the option.
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