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This island town is building a public broadband network. Is it a model for bridging digital divide?
Public Works Water Maintenance workers Joe Ferris (left) and Nick Hibma install fiber optic equipment for city-owned internet service. (Photos…
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Bernie Sanders promises ‘high-speed internet for all’ through publicly-owned broadband service
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Facebook Photo / Bernie Sanders) Sen. Bernie Sanders rolled out an ambitious plan Friday that would categorize…
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What Biden’s infrastructure plan means for Washington state’s public broadband crusade
President Joe Biden. (Official White House Photo / Adam Schultz) A years-long campaign to turn internet service into a public…
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Washington state governor expected to sign new bill ending prohibition on municipal broadband
Rep. Drew Hansen sponsored Washington’s net neutrality bill in 2017 with support from Gov. Inslee. Now he’s helped get a…
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When it comes to municipal broadband, this Washington state utility was way ahead of the game
(GeekWIre Photo / Kurt Schlosser) It didn’t take a pandemic, work-from-home mandates, or remote learning initiatives for Bob Hunter to…
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How Washington state’s potential federal infrastructure largess could spark a broadband fight
(Bigstock Photo) Rep. Drew Hansen, a longtime advocate for increasing the reach and affordability of broadband in Washington state, found…
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