Here’s a broadband policy that makes a ton of sense and I suspect won’t cost a tom of money.
Senator Amy Klobuchar other U.S. senators are pushing a bill to require that when any government builds or rebuilds a road with federal money that broadband conduit be installed at the same time.
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Here’s some fun news from my friend Ryan Croke at the Governor’s office in IL.
Ann — Great blog work as always. I like to think that the “highway fiber”
idea began with Pat Quinn’s first major speech as Governor of Illinois.
http://tinyurl.com/kked2y (Search for “broadband”)
It was originally codified as an amendment to House Bill 3654, which did not
pass:
http://tinyurl.com/m2sqqu
Then, it was integrated into the attached broadband components of our
“capital plan implementation bill” (below). This, however, has not yet been
signed into law.
By: Ann Treacy on June 24, 2009
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