Colorado Municipalities to Vote on Fiber Network Expansion

摘要

Two Colorado municipalities vote Tuesday whether to expand their fiber networks to reach morernresidents. In 2005, the Legislature adopted Senate Bill 05-152 to limit local governments from providingrnadvanced Internet, telecom and cable-TV services for their communities unless the municipalities can getrnenough votes through a referendum. Centennial and Longmont began ballot initiatives to expand their existingrnfiber networks. Nineteen states have put up barriers to discourage local governments from creatingrnnetworks, Chris Mitchell, telecom director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, told us. “Colorado’srnlaw is not as draconian as Texas or California, but industry is still fighting to limit municipalities.”