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The Community Broadband Act was a bill (proposed law) that was never enacted into legislation by the U.S. Senate,110th Congress〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1853 )〕 The act was intended to promote affordable broadband access by allowing municipal governments to provide telecommunications capability and services. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r110:3:./temp/~r110KTLCzM:e9871: )〕 Supporters of the bill believed it would have encouraged widespread broadband development in the United States by overturning existing state bans on public broadband deployments and eliminating existing barriers to broadband development. Acquiring municipal broadband for some communities is problematic because the laws of certain states prohibit local municipalities from installing their own broadband networks and private sector companies are unable to provide the electric services needed for broadband. As a result, many rural and remote communities are left with without broadband services. Some municipalities may find broadband service, but it may be limited to already available commercial options, which may fall short of community need.〔 ==Bill== Specific provisions of the bill:〔 * Prevent State governments from enforcing or adopting laws that would prohibit municipalities from providing broadband services *Encourage the development of public-private partnerships to spread the use of broadband services *Initiate notice requirements about broadband deployment to ensure the public has adequate information available to evaluate options *Give private providers the opportunity to provide alternative broadband services *Ensure public and private providers of broadband services are treated equally with respect to the laws, guidelines and policies that apply to all providers of broadband services 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Community Broadband Bill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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