The following excerpt is from an article published by TR Daily:
In a statement, Gigi Sohn, executive director of the American Association of Public Broadband, criticized the report, saying it is, among other things, “full of assumptions completely unsupported by real evidence” and “conveniently forgets that big cable and telecom companies have benefited to the tune of tens of billions of dollars from state and federal coffers,” as well as from the use of local rights-of-way.
“Given President-elect Trump’s professed desire to tame big media and promote competition, AAPB urges his administration to decline ITIF’s pleas and allow communities to decide their own broadband futures,” Ms. Sohn said.
Full article here.