Brewed Fresh Daily

Pennsylvania is not the only state trying to restrict cities from rolling out broadband service. A bill to restrict municipalities from providing telecommunications services (whose definition is broad enough to include wired and wireless broadband) has been introduced in Ohio. Ironically, the bill amends an existing Ohio law that is designed to promote competitiveness in the cable and telecommunications market. I expect more states to try to pass similar bills, no doubt at the urging of existing incumbents. But perhaps the incumbents, including the cellular operators should be worried, as many people are predicting that Wi-Fi will suck revenue out of cellular services.