OR: Gigabit speeds for $60 a month? Lake Oswego moves forward on muni fiber

OregonLive.com: Tired of waiting for Internet companies to bring faster speeds to Lake Oswego, the city is preparing to go it alone.

The city council voted 6-1 last week to pursue a municipally sponsored fiber-optic network, negotiating with a newly formed Lake Oswego company called Symmetrical Networks to provide hyperfast Internet connections of 1 gigabit per second to residents for $60 a month – adjusted for inflation in subsequent years.

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