To prohibit municipal governments from offering telecommunications, information, or cable services except to remedy market failures by private enterprise to provide such services.
Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any state or local government, or an entity affiliated with either government, from providing any telecommunications, information, or cable service in any geographic area within such government in which a corporation or other private entity not affiliated with such government is offering a substantially similar service.
Exempts from such prohibition any such service already being provided on the date of enactment of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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