San Francisco Looks to Level the Broadband Playing Field

Route Fifty: Property managers in San Francisco will soon no longer be able to bar certified internet service providers from accessing multi-unit dwellings, effectively allowing tens of thousands of residents to pick their own ISPs for the first time.

While federal law prohibits building management from exclusively offering one ISP to tenants, local providers argue about 500 MuDs, representing 50,000-plus units, deny them the ability to provide service.

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