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Community Broadband Media Roundup - August 19
Florida
Gainesville City Commission continues with broadband network analysis, backpedals on plastic bag ban by Ethan Magoc, WUFT
Illinois
Illinois puts $420M toward broadband Internet expansion, GovTech
Iowa
Waterloo takes fresh look at citywide broadband system by Tim Jamison, The Courier
“I think it’s time,” said board member Rich Kurtenbach. “We’ve got communities all around us that have their own utilities when it comes to broadband.”
Michigan
Broadband Internet coming to Deckerville by Eric Levine, Sanilac County News
Minnesota
Rural broadband ‘challenge of our time’ by Thomas Friestad, SouthernMinn
Missouri
Springfield City Utilities partnering with CenturyLink to expand high speed Internet access by Linda Simmons, KY3
"It's going to create all kinds of opportunities for everybody in this community," says Scott Miller, Springfield City Utilities general manager. "And I don't even think we have any idea what this is going to do for us. So we may have to come back here in 10 years and take a look back. But I think this is a difference-maker."
New York
Yates Co. seeks funds for broadband by Gwen Chamberlain, Chronicle Express
Ohio
Cleveland Heights to conduct municipal broadband study by Chris Mosby, Patch
Virginia
Letter: Broadband is a right, not an entitlement, Fauquier Times
Washington
What's new in civic tech: Grants now available through Seattle's Technology Matching Fund by Zach Quaintance, GovTech
Wyoming
Northern Arapaho receive $4 million for broadband as reservation tribes work to expand access to fast Internet by Chris Aadland, Casper Star Tribune
General
Pete Buttigieg echoes Warren with $80B rural broadband plan by Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch
Analysis: Digital divide isn’t just a rural problem by John B. Horrigan, The Daily Yonder
Broadband is too important for this many in the US to be disconnected by Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer, Brookings
5G hype won't close the digital divide by Dhara Singh, CNET
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