See Petition of the City of Wilson, North Carolina Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, for Removal of Barriers to Broadband Investment and Competition, WC Docket No. 14-115 (filed July 24, 2014); Petition of the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, Tennessee Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, for Removal of Barriers to Broadband Investment and Competition, WC Docket No. 14-116 (filed July 24, 2014).
On February 5, 2015, USTelecom and NTCA submitted a white paper outlining the legal arguments against preemption of state laws limiting municipal authority to provide broadband services in reference to the above referenced proceeding.