On 2024-05-24 14:32, Asp, David wrote:
The scary part of this is the "where it cannot agree with the owner
on price, it may acquire an existing plant by condemnation." In
other words, a city can use eminent domain to take a private
company's network. There is, AFAIK, no statutory restrictions
limiting this to cases where the private company is e.g.
abandoning/neglecting traditional telephone service. And with the
unfortunate Kelo v. City of New London SCOTUS decision, cities'
eminent domain power is incredibly broad: they can take private
property and give it to another private entity. Hopefully this is
not abused.
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Richard