"But by 1994, NSFNET was collapsing under its own weight. Traffic was up more than 1,000-fold, and the invention of the first web browser was about to make things worse. In the Clintonian fervor for privatization, the government decided to address the problem by transferring control of the internet to a handful of telecom companies."
"[Ben] Tarnoff believes that the best way to fix ISPs and tech companies is for them to be publicly or cooperatively owned. This model already works for ISPs — municipally owned broadband networks tend to offer faster, cheaper and more equitable internet access than their corporate alternatives because they don’t need to earn a profit."
One hairy challenge in building #broadband networks that West Springfield MA is now getting a taste of is the anti-competitive behavior of utility pole owners
They often delay the pole attachment and make-ready work required to deploy aerial fiber lines
Officials in Loveland and Timnath, Colo ratify an Inter-Governmental Agreement that will bring ubiquitous, affordable high-speed Internet access to yet another community in the Centennial State
An increasing number of Colorado cities and towns are embracing municipal #broadband after years of frustration with the inadequate, high-priced service from the region’s monopoly incumbents