Mayors and city leaders from around the nation are calling for new broadband policies that restore local authority and prevent Big Telecom from hoarding access to the nation’s digital infrastructure.
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An Op-Ed by Executive Director Deb Socia on Next Century Cities’ Emerging Issues Policy Agenda. Communities across the country are often the drivers of innovation when it comes to bringing fast, affordable and competitive broadband to their residents and businesses. By creating innovative partnerships with broadband providers — or by delivering service themselves — they
Next Century Cities details its policy priorities in its 2017 Emerging Issues Policy Agenda. In the group’s recently released 2017 Emerging Issues Policy Agenda, few states have crafted policies to increase investment and improve access to next-generation internet, yet at least 20 limit localities’ ability to build networks with requirements like voter referendums.
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