Minn. Supreme Court Upholds City's Right To Build Own Network 252
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BcNexus writes with news from Minnesota that may have significance for cities around the US where municipal networks are either in place or planned: "Here's the latest development in a fight pitting a telecommunication company against government competition. The telco, TDS, took its fight all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court because it thought the city had no right to serve people's internet, voice and television needs with its own network, but has failed."
Also from Minnesota today, BcNexus writes "The State of Minnesota was the first to blink and chose to avoid a court showdown when it dropped its attempt to block online gambling sites."
Re:Minnesota doesn't affect me (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Minnesota doesn't affect me (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't affect me either. I live in Kazakhstan, I don't even HAVE internet.
* Sent from my Blackberry wireless device
Re:TDS tactics work! (Score:4, Funny)
That would be precedents. Very different thing than precedence.
But the question is: If you have both precedents and precedence, in what order should they be considered? And are there any authoritative decisions on this matter which we could look to for guidance?
Given some of the content of the intertubes ... (Score:5, Funny)
We debated this back home in '63, but it was sewers instead of intertubes.
Given much of the content of the intertubes, perhaps it is still the same debate.