Yesterday the City of Monticello voted on whether or not to construct a citywide fiber optic network that would provide Internet, cable and telephone services.
Well the votes are in – and it passed 1,055 to 354. You can learn more (including a very interesting Q & A on marketing against the referendum) on the Monticello Fiber web site.

[...] referendum passed by 74% in September showing that the residents of Monticello were in favor of having telephone, Internet [...]
By: City of Monticello moves forward with city-wide fiber optics « Blandin on Broadband on January 31, 2008
at 11:19 pm
[...] enough to meet with me to discuss what he learned on video. (The super quick version – Monticello passed a referendum last year (74% approval) to build a fiber network. Things were going great – I mean they were [...]
By: Monticello FiberNet update with Christopher Mitchell « Blandin on Broadband on July 25, 2008
at 1:28 pm