Chicago, Denver voted to take broadband ‘seriously’ on Tuesday

StateScoop: Voters in several U.S. cities, including Denver and Chicago, this week approved referendums supporting municipal broadband.

The approvals of the referendums, while non-binding, show that a growing number of cities are taking municipally owned internet infrastructure “seriously” in a way they haven’t in the past, said Chris Mitchell, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative at the Institute for Local Self Reliance.

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