Longmont, Colorado Wins Right To Use Its Own Broadband

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Longmont, Colorado Wins Right To Use Its Own Broadband

via GamePolitics blogs by james_fudge on 11/4/11

Comcast and CenturyLink have failed to create a repeat of their 2009 victory in the city of Longmont, Colorado. The city wanted to use its own broadband infrastructure instead of relying on ISP's like Comcast and CenturyLink, but state law required that a referendum be passed by the town's citizens in order to use it. In 2009 broadband providers Comcast and CenturyLink spent an obscene amount of money to convince residents of the town that it was a bad idea. The plan worked and citizens rejected it by 56 percent of the vote.

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