The Institute for Local Self-Reliance recently published a report (Localizing the Internet: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem) by Becca Vargo Daggett that “argues that a publicly owned information infrastructure is the key to healthy competition, universal access, and non-discriminatory rates. The paper notes that high speed broadband is becoming ever more widespread. But, it argues, the way in which that broadband is introduced may be as important as whether it is introduced. The executive summary is available online – as is the whole report.