And there's more good news. Minnesota is not on that map, but Minnesota has moved in very good directions re: ISPs. My rural neighbors have community internet, and it's _good_. High quality fiber.

I have centurylink - ok not a community plan, but it competes directly with T-mobile, Xfinity (comcast), and other cell-based providers, and provides an excellent product for much cheaper.

And I know for a fact that colorado has been fighting the good fight. https://communitynets.org/content/colorado-passes-new-broadb...

Centurylink mentioned in the same ballpark as a "community network" is hilarious to me, having grown up in Minnesota.

It's literally the incumbent Bell provider - back in the day being AT&T and then USWest after the antitrust breakup.

Times certainly have changed for someone to even have this thought, much less write it down!

Right - not exactly what we were referring to, but a really good product at a cheap price, nonetheless.

I've been confused by that law, because I'm pretty sure Bemidji has an internet coop (which is quite good, especially for a small town like it).

> Minnesota is not on that map

What are they doing down there? Their governor is literally the Democratic VP nominee.

If I recall the original law in North Carolina to limit community-owned broadband was called "Saving North Carolina Jobs Act" or something similar. It came about as a backlash to powerline broadband. Ironically all the people that seem to be laying fiber are contractors from Florida.