TDS has just filed an intention to appeal the recent decision to allow the City of Monticello to move ahead to deploy FTTH. The appeal is not unexpected. They had a month to appeal; that month was up today; they appealed (or filed the intent to appeal) yesterday.
The claim is that the decision to let Monticello deploy fiber “endangers the appropriate relationship between municipalities and private enterprise.”
I read about the move in the Monticello Times. Here’s what I think is the key statement on the case:
TDS argued that Monticello was “stretching” the definition of the state law, Statute No. 475.52, which allows a municipality to issue bonds for the purpose of “providing a public utility or other public convenience.”
So the beat goes on…
[...] what happened today is that the Mayor wrote a response to the TDS lawsuit appeal. It is a strong letter! Here are some excerpts – liste in order but pulled from the letter: We (the [...]
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