Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) is the lead sponsor.
Let him know THIS IS NOT MAGA.
https://long.house.gov/contact/
The bill itself says that "a State or political subdivision thereof may not provide or offer for sale to the public, a telecommunications provider, or to a commercial provider of broadband Internet access service, retail or wholesale broadband Internet access service."
The bill has an exception that would allow existing government networks to continue in cities and towns without substantial broadband competition. States or municipalities that already offer Internet service may continue to do so if "there is no more than one other commercial provider of broadband Internet access that provides competition for that service in a particular area."
https://republicans-energycommerce.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CONNECT-Act.pdf
If section 230 didn't exist you'd be right. But now every dollar that goes to my ISP also helps fund the leftists in Big Tech.
Everything is sucks. But I will agree with you that tech companies are basically a left-wing extension, but they're also a neocon extension. Because they all want the same ends. And I would agree with the assessment that having these type of Technology oligopolies is essentially having a government run it anyway because they work so close together
Yup. Also at least with a local government I could work there and be part of the solution.
And if Big Tech wants to compete... Well... Nothing is stopping them from providing better service and pricing than themselves.