Record #:

23045

Author(s):

Billman, Jeffrey C.

Abstract:

After the city of Wilson created its own fiber Internet service in 2008, the city sought to expand this service throughout Wilson County. This system threatened large telecoms, like Time Warner Cable, that do not want the competition. The state of North Carolina, however, recently passed laws that require municipal telecoms to pay the same fee as private telecoms, like Suddenlink and Time Warner, effectively making it nearly impossible for other cities to create their own broadband network.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 20, May 2015, p7

Subject(s):

Internet and communities--Wilson; Time Warner Cable