Chicago Proposes MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

stumble writes: "This article lacks many details, but the idea is that Chicago wants to bring broadband to the masses and is accepting proposals to design and build a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN): 'The project, called CivicNet, is aimed at bringing a broadband network with integrated data, voice and video capabilities to every nook and cranny of Chicago over the next 10 years.'"

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And of course

[alen]

it will turn out like almost every other government run program. Overbudget, and late. By the time any government program mean to compete with the private sector comes to fruition, the private sector is already hard at work on the next generation version.