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June 13, 2011 06:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/YyUhzE9DIao/Wisconsin-Public-Internet-Struggles-Against-Telecom-Legislature
Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature
An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Ars Technica:"The University of Wisconsin's Internet technology division and a crucial provider of 'Net access for Wisconsin's educational system are under attack from that state's legislature and from a local telecommunications association. At issue is the WiscNet educational cooperative. The non-profit provides affordable network access to the state's schools and libraries, although its useful days may be numbered unless the picture changes soon. Under a proposed new law, the University of Wisconsin system could be forced to return millions of dollars in federal broadband grants that it has already won, spend far more money on network services, and perhaps even withdraw from the Internet2 project." 
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