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December 7, 2016

WATCHDOG – Taxpayer funded broadband networks have had issues where they’ve been tried

Broadband consultants collect hefty fees as they push taxpayer-supported networks Baltimore mayor-elect Catherine Pugh listed a litany of other municipal broadband failures in a 2013 op-ed in the Baltimore Sun when she served in the state Senate. The Democrat pointed to Provo, Utah, which spent $40 million to build a network it would ultimately sell…