Council Will Vote On City-Run Beacon Hill Gigabit Broadband Network

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No, no, no, no... NO!That's the position of Mayor Ed Murray on creating not only a citywide fiber municipal broadband network to compete with Comcast and CenturyLink, but also, now, building a $5 million municipal gigabit broadband pilot broadband project on Beacon Hill—essentially, a high-speed city-run network.
The city council is going to vote next month on whether to build one anyway. Council Member Kshama Sawant, with the support of Nick Licata and Bruc