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Municipal Broadband Projects Spread Across U.S.

Posted by Zonk on from the competition-is-healthy dept.

Mediacitizen writes "Media rights group Free Press has just unveiled an online broadband map showing the vast extent to which publicly supported 'Community Internet' projects have overtaken towns across the country. Hundreds of communities now have municipal broadband systems on the drawing board, despite aggressive lobbying efforts by big telephone and cable companies to derail these projects. The national map shows Community Internet is spreading like a prairie fire."

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  1. The ISPs say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "They are coming captain!! They are everywhere! We can't stop them!!"
    "Hold your position!! Reinforcement will arrive soon!!"
    "We can't hold the line much long-"NO CARRIER

  2. Re:Community Net II by Zapraki · · Score: 5, Funny
    line-of-sight internet access in rural Saskatchewan
    So... that pretty much encompases the entire province I'd say.