NJ Assembly Panel Clears Muni Broadband Study Bill
A New Jersey Assembly panel cleared a bill to study municipal broadband. A-850 would create a commission to report to the governor on feasibility of community broadband networks. The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee amended the bill Monday to adjust…
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the group’s composition. The New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, which would get a seat on the commission, supported the bill in a Friday letter to the committee shared with us Monday. “Broadband service can no longer be considered a luxury service,” wrote Director Stefanie Brand. The bill goes next to the Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D), the committee said.