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  • kentucky One of the poorest, most desperate regions in Appalachia is experiencing an economic miracle thanks to fiber run by a New Deal-era co-op Cory Doctorow
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  • web theory Traverse City, MI braves the wrath of telcoms lobbyists, pushes ahead with municipal fiber network Cory Doctorow
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  • law Lobbyist for AT&T and Verizon publishes a threat to "aggressively" sue any states that pass net neutrality laws Cory Doctorow
  • happy mutants Washington State lawmaker thinks the courts will uphold state Net Neutrality law because the FCC abdicated its duty Cory Doctorow
  • Democrats Kucinich is running for Ohio Governor, and he's promised to end fossil fuel extraction and sue Big Oil Cory Doctorow
  • videos Cable operator Fidelity Communications admits it that secretly created the fake-grassroots "Stop City-Funded Internet" campaign to kill Missouri municipal net Cory Doctorow
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  • cable company fuckery Charter told a family their new house was ready for internet, then sent them a $16,000 bill to activate it Cory Doctorow
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