Article: San Francisco Votes to Support Competition and Consumer Choice in High-Speed Internet Access Over the Cable Network.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999--

Momentum Builds as San Francisco Takes First Step Toward Open Access,

Supports Portland Appeal

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors today unanimously passed a resolution to support open access to the city's high-speed Internet cable network, and agreed to file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Portland, Oregon's battle against AT&T in the federal courts.

The openNET Coalition, a national group of 200 independent Internet Service Providers working for a fair, open and competitive Internet cable network, hailed the city's adoption of an open access policy. The Board of Supervisors ...

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