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Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

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2025-12-302021-06-17 by Jon Brodkin
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Enlarge / The Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Getty Images | Joseph Sohm reader comments 52 with 47 posters participating Share this story Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature is on the verge of imposing a state law to dramatically restrict the rights of … Read more

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Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit

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2025-12-302021-06-16 by Jon Brodkin
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Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish and equipment in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. reader comments 590 with 236 posters participating Share this story A Starlink beta user in Arizona said he lost Internet service for over seven hours … Read more

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Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition

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2025-12-302021-05-28 by Jon Brodkin
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Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. reader comments 113 with 87 posters participating Share this story It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition … Read more

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Netflix IT exec forced employees to use products from vendors that bribed him

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2025-12-302021-05-05 by Jon Brodkin
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reader comments 92 with 71 posters participating Share this story Netflix’s former vice president of IT operations was convicted of taking bribes from technology vendors in exchange for awarding them contracts with Netflix, the US Department of Justice announced Friday. … Read more

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Victory for municipal broadband as Wash. state lawmakers end restrictions

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2025-12-302021-04-14 by Jon Brodkin
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Enlarge / State Capitol building in Olympia, Washington. reader comments 79 with 60 posters participating, including story author Share this story The Washington state legislature has voted to end limits on municipal broadband, and the bill lifting those restrictions now … Read more

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