Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks, up from 20 in 2018 (Karl Bode/Motherboard)

Karl Bode / Motherboard:
Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks, up from 20 in 2018  —  Many of the laws restricting local voters' rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.