Utah House Public Utilities Committee unanimously passed bill (HB...
Utah House Public Utilities Committee unanimously passed bill (HB-149) that would impose financing restrictions on municipally owned telecom and cable ventures. Bill cleared committee with amendment to require that City of Provo divest its municipal cable company and repay…
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its power fund for costs of system before it could proceed with its plans to become wholesale telecom infrastructure provider. Bill would prohibit municipalities using taxing and eminent domain powers to disadvantage or undercut Internet, phone or cable competitors and would restrict municipal telecom/cable services only to municipal citizens. Some municipalities opposed bill, saying it would deny phone and cable customers price and service benefits from competition, while rural incumbent telco and competitor interests said it would level playing field by ensuring municipalities didn’t take unfair advantage of their governmental authority.