<div dir="ltr">Has anyone taken a look at SB53 from a consumer point of view?  To my first, it looks like a deregulate CenturyLink bill - let them regulate themselves and hope for the best. I have yet to see that approach result in more investment or lower prices anywhere. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Christopher Mitchell<br>Director, Community Broadband Networks<br>Institute for Local Self-Reliance<div><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">https://www.muninetworks.org</a><br><div>@communitynets</div><div>612-276-3456 x209</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Richard Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">From the New Mexico First blog.<br>
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Three bills advance the town hall’s call for expanded broadband:<br>
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If passed,SB53: PRC Jurisdiction Over Local Exchanges, updates New Mexico Telecommunications Act to better allow for developing broadband throughout out state.<br>
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If passed, HB60: Broadband Infrastructure Development, amends the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) to allow funds to be used for increasing access to broadband.<br>
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If passed, SB24: Local Gov't Broadband Infrastructure, amends the Infrastructure Development Act to allow for local governments to develop broadband infrastructure.<br>
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