The Monopoly Magnate Helps Big Cable to Ban Community Networks in Georgia

We continue tracking the progress of Georgia's HB 282, a bill to limit investment in Internet networks. The bill basically says that if some people in a community have access to 3 Mbps (moderately slow DSL) connections, the community cannot invest in its own advanced networks - even to connect just local businesses that would spur job growth. This bill could be discussed on the Georgia House Floor any day. If it passes there, the Senate will take it up. However, even if we can kill it this year, we can expect to see the big companies raise it again next year. It got us to wondering how anyone could consider this a good idea ... Feel free to share this comic, but link back to this page where possible. This link makes it easy to Share or Like on Facebook. Read all of our coverage of this bill using this tag: HB 282 2013 If you want to stay up to date on these issues more generally, sign up for our one-email-per-week list of recent stories about community owned networks. We previously created a comic about the Comcast astroturf campaign in Longmont, Colorado. Feel free to share this video below with those who may not be aware why some communities have decided to build their own networks.