Responding to Crazy Talk: Arguments Against FCC Restoring Local Authority Community Broadband Bits Episode 120

Published: Oct. 14, 2014, 3:03 p.m.

b'Lisa Gonzalez and I have been wading though all kinds of crazy talk since the cities of Wilson and Chattanooga filed petitions with the FCC to strike down state laws that prevent them from offering Internet access to their neighbors. \\n\\nIn our first episode of Crazy Talk since way back in episode 72, we deal with claims that municipal networks often fail, whether the FCC has authority to restore local authority, and whether the state barriers in question are actually barriers at all.\\n\\nIn this episode, I refer to this article in The Atlantic regarding law schools.\\n\\nRead the transcript here.\\n\\nWe want your feedback and suggestions for the show - please e-mail us or leave a comment below. Also, feel free to suggest other guests, topics, or questions you want us to address.\\n\\nThis show is 16 minutes long and can be played below on this page or via iTunes or via the tool of your choice using this feed. \\n\\nListen to previous episodes here. You can can download this Mp3 file directly from here.\\n\\nFind more episodes in our podcast index.\\n\\nThanks to Jessie Evans for the music, licensed using Creative Commons. The song is "Is it Fire?"'