Media Contact: 
David Grossman, (202) 418-2100
david.grossman@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN STATEMENT ON
MUNICIPAL BROADBAND COURT DECISION
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WASHINGTON, August 10, 2016 – Commissioner Clyburn issued the following statement today 
on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision reversing the FCC’s 2015 action supporting 
municipal broadband:
“I am extremely disappointed that our long-standing mission to promote the deployment of 
broadband to every American has been dealt a blow by today’s decision. Local governments 
that want to bring connectivity to their communities, particularly when the private sector has 
failed to do so, should be able to ensure that their citizens have access to the enabling 
opportunities broadband brings. State laws like the ones upheld today are part of the reason 
why families on one street may have gigabit service, while those on the other have nothing. It 
is sad that those laws will still stand tall and act as a barrier to digital inclusion and universal 
opportunity for all.”
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Office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn: (202) 418-2100
Twitter: @MClyburnFCC
www.fcc.gov
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).