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Paul Soglin, Scott Resnick square off on municipal broadband Internet access

Quoted: Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications, Professional Development and Applied Studies.

“Orton said he’s not quite as optimistic as Soglin that the FCC will have a ruling within a month — or that the ruling will pre-empt the 19 states’ barriers. If they do, he said, there’s going to be significant pushback, legally and politically, from service providers.”