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- She says the incident lends weight to arguments that cities and other public agencies should be encouraged to build their own networks and dilute the influence of corporations over the nation’s information infrastructure. “Time Warner’s crash is another argument for why we should be doing everything we can to help municipalities build alterative fiber networks,” she says.
Time Warner Cable's planned merger with Comcast looks like bad news for anyone dependent on networks.
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