WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Chattanooga, Tenn. and Wilson, N.C. want the FCC to help them open a path to running city broadband networks.
Letting a city set up its own broadband network would mean citizens would have an alternative to major Internet providers like Comcast and Time Warner. Places like Tennessee have state rules that prevent them from building such a network in certain geographic areas. Around 20 states have similar rules.