Aide to Rep. Sessions says H.R. 2726 would allow "Philadelphia plan" municipal Wi-Fi implementations
American Politics Today #37
Washington, D.C.
July 11, 2004
By Marc Strassman
Reporter
Podmedia Reports
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Representative Pete Sessions (R-32nd, Texas), a former long-time employee of telecommunications provider SBC, has introduced
H.R. 2726, a bill designed to prohibit states and cities from getting into the broadband Internet access business.
You can read more about this bill and Representative Sessions' efforts to get it passed by clicking on the title of this June 16, 2005,
Broadband over Power Line World article:
"U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) proposes H.R. 2726, the 'Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005,' while critics attack it."
You can listen to interviews with some of those critics by clicking
here and
here.
On June 21, 2005, Guy Harrison, Chief of Staff in the office of Representative Sessions spoke with
Podmedia Reports about H.R. 2726 and its impact on the provision of municipal broadband services.
Among other things, Mr. Harrison indicated that municipal broadband plans designed along the lines of the deployment model now being implemented in
the City of Philadelphia would be
allowed under the terms of what he expects H.R. 2726 to include.
You can listen to this conversation with Guy Harrison, Chief of Staff to Representative Pete Session, principal author of H.R. 2726, the "Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005," in its entirety, by clicking
here.
