FCC breaks state-backed Internet monopolies!

Home rule? You got it!

In a handful of states, the "home rule for me, not for thee" crowd has passed right-wing laws to prohibit cities from establishing their own municipal Internet providers. These laws stifle competition and mollycoddle Internet monopolies.

But the cities fought back. The cities of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, petitioned the FCC for relief from this greed and tyranny.

Today, the FCC voted to overturn the state laws and give power back to the cities by letting them establish their own Internet services. Following this decision, right-wingers whimpered and cried. That's too bad.

The cities. Now more than ever.

(Source: http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/the-future-of-broadband/feds-nullifies-state-laws-on-city-internet-20150226)