Another meeting, another liveblogging. It looks like this meeting will likely be starting late; Rep. Frank appears to be the only one here so far. Keep obsessively hitting those refresh buttons, folks. 1:46PM The meeting is over. I'll have a summary up later today. 1:45PM The next meeting is tentatively… Continue reading
Just a reminder that the Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee will be meeting this Thursday, October 25, at 9AM to discuss possible legislation in the upcoming session of the legislature. Proposals include creating a standing commission to oversee potential government competition with private entities, up the reporting requirements for local… Continue reading
The Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee to be held on October 15th has been canceled. The meeting for October 25th is still scheduled from 9AM to 3PM. As usual, I'll be in attendance and liveblog the whole thing.
Remember that ban on taxing Internet access? On November 1, it goes bye bye. The Senate has been making slow progress on trying to hammer out an extension of the ban. It's widely believed that they'll do what they did last time: do a temporary extension and leave a future… Continue reading
Sorry about the late entry, folks. Bad traffic and worse parking conspired to make me late today. I’ll be catching up as I can. 5:23PM Meeting is over! 5:21PM They’re planning on meeting on both the 15th and 25th at 9AM for all-day meetings. Mark those dates? 5:17PM I guess… Continue reading
The Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee will be meeting Wednesday, September 26 at 1PM. A discussion on broadband will be held around 2:30PM that will include representatives from UTOPIA and Qwest. Given how stacked the presentation was last time around, it's critically important that as many of us as possible… Continue reading
Now that the broadband portion of the meeting is over, I've got some overall thoughts on the presenters and some events after the close of the meeting.
Thanks to the free WiFi in the committee room, I'll be liveblogging the entire entire meeting. Check back for regular updates! I'll be here at least until noon or the break for lunch, whichever comes first. 12:44PM I got the chance to mention the $200B broadband scandal as a primary… Continue reading
The Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee will be holding a meeting Thursday at 9AM to discuss municipal broadband. It will be held in room W125 in the House building. If you're able to, please show up to that meeting and make your voices heard! There's likely to be a lot… Continue reading
In a pair of decidedly wired pieces of legislation (shocking), Congress has decided to tackle municipal networks and poor stats on national broadband deployment. The Community Broadband Act would overturn state legislation in Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Missouri that prevents cities and counties from getting into the telecommunications game. This… Continue reading