CLIC FOR YOU – A CALL TO ACTION

Statement by CLIC CEO, Joanne Hovis On July 24, 2014, the City of Wilson, NC and the Electric Power Board in Chattanooga, TN petitioned the FCC with requests to remove the legislative barriers to broadband investment and competition in their states. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has courageously gone on the record supporting all options that catalyze broadband competition including removing state ba…

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WILSON & CHATTANOOGA  PETITION FCC CHAIRMAN WHEELER TO PREEMPT STATE BARRIERS TO BROADBAND INVESTMENT AND COMPETITION

Statement by CLIC’s CEO – Joanne Hovis CLIC has learned that the Gigabit cities of Wilson, NC and Chattanooga, TN petitioned the FCC today to remove barriers to broadband investment and competition posed by certain provisions of Tennessee and North Carolina laws. The petitions argue that these laws were sponsored by incumbents to limit the threat of competition and have created unnecessary …

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CLIC TO HOUSE OF REPRSENTATIVES: VOTE FOR LOCAL INTERNET CHOICE, AGAINST THE BLACKBURN AMENDMENT

CLIC learned late yesterday that Rep. Blackburn (R-TN) plans to propose an amendment on July 15 to House Appropriation bill HR 5016, that would preclude the FCC from using any of its funding to preempt state laws that prohibit communities from building broadband systems. In a letter, CLIC’s CEO reminded the House of Representatives how Congress has long recognized that ensuring that all Ameri…

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NLC, NACO & NATOA to FCC Wheeler: We Support Your Efforts to Eliminate Barriers to Municipal Broadband

On Friday, July 3, 2014, the National League of Cities (NLC), the National Association of Counties (NACO) and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) commended FCC Chairman Wheeler’s commitment to local internet choice, and emphasized their support for his efforts to remove barriers to municipal broadband networks: “We write today to support your efforts…

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Senators and Representatives Call on FCC Chairman to Let Communities Decide Their Own Broadband Future

Citing the need to sustain our country’s global economic competitiveness, U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal, and Cory A. Booker, and U.S. Representatives Mike Doyle, Henry A. Waxman and Anna G. Eshoo  called on FCC Chairman Wheeler in a June 27 letter to “progress” on community broadband by unleashing all options that will build a 21st century bro…

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Letter to Chairman Wheeler from Mayor of Wilson, NC Re: Importance of Local Choice

Tom Wheeler Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 June 20, 2014 Dear Chairman Wheeler, I am writing today to thank you for your support of broadband expansion throughout the U.S. and to encourage you to do whatever you must to remove state legislation that has restricted its growth. Let me share our experiences here in Wilson, N…

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Announcing the Coalition for Local Internet Choice

We are proud to announce the Coalition for Local Internet Choice. We are a diverse coalition of public and private entities who seek to protect the rights of local communities to determine their economic futures by having the right and opportunity to choose for themselves the best broadband internet infrastructure for their businesses, institutions and residents. Why Local Internet Choice? …

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