http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0205/DOC-331900A1.pdf
The FCC will consider Open Internet as well as the pre-emption of state laws prohibiting municipal broadband at its February 26, 2015, meeting.
Days after Google announced it’s fiber expansion in North Carolina, AT&T responds.
“Communities across the nation know that access to robust broadband is key to their economic future – and the future of their citizens. Many communities have found that existing private-sector broadband deployment or investment fails to meet their needs. They should be able to make their own decisions about building the networks they need to thrive. After looking carefully at petitions by two community broadband providers asking the FCC to preempt provisions of state laws preventing expansion of their very successful networks, I recommend approval by the Commission so that these two forward-thinking cities can serve the many citizens clamoring for a better broadband future.”
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-331805A1.pdf
http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/
Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham.
As of January 27, Google fiber is coming 18 cities across four new metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham. This is a game changer for North Carolina. This will absolutely increase innovation in the state. Unfortunately, it reinforces the significant advantages the primary urban cities have against rural NC (and by ‘rural’ I’m referring to anything outside the triangle of Raleigh – Winston-Salem – Charlotte). So while we should celebrate this decision. We need to look now to determine how to benefit the rest of the state such that everyone wins.