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TX wants to make municipal WiFi illegal

House Bill 789 section 54.202 says:

A municipality or municipally owned utility may not, directly or indirectly, on its own or with another entity, offer to the public:
(1) a service for which a certificate is required;
(2) a service as a network provider; or
(3) any telecommunications or information service, without regard to the technology platform used to provide the service.

That means libraries and other municipal entities can't offer wireless. Check out savemuniwireless.org for details.

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