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Senate urged to oppose government broadband

May 18, 2010 4:02PM

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research co-signed a letter with the Citizens Against Government Waste Monday in opposition to the governor’s plan to allow local governments to establish broadband networks. Last year’s Legislators’ Guide to the Issues contained a section explaining why government-owned telecommunications networks were bad for taxpayers and bad for jobs. Read the letter sent to state Senators by clicking here. Read TCPR’s opposition to government-owned broadband here.