[IP] more on Federal Anti-Municipal Wi-Fi Bill Introduced
nothing like conflicts of interest. djf
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Date: June 4, 2005 9:59:15 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Federal Anti-Municipal Wi-Fi Bill Introduced
Professor, please remove my attribution if you decide to post to the
list.
Pete Sessions' wife is also a director at Cingular Wireless, the
collboration between Southwestern Bell Wireless and Bell South Mobility.
David Farber wrote:
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A Texas Congressman has introduced a bill that impose a nationwide
prohibition on municipally-sponsored networks.
Dubbed by the Author, Representative Pet Sessions (R-Texas), the
Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005, the bill prohibits
state and local
governments from providing any telecommunications or information
service
that is "substantially similar" to services provided by private
companies.
...
According to Sessions' on-line biography, he is a former employee of
Southwestern Bell and Bell Labs. The bill will first be considered
by the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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