Broadband access in Duluth has been an ongoing headache for many residents and business owners.
Now, city leaders are working on a plan to address the problem.
They are going to pursue Border to Border funding…
“The City of Duluth is looking and proposing to City Council to go and seek some border to border grant funding to do a pilot project of fiber internet access here in Lincoln Park,” Nygren said.
Fiber internet access is faster than what is currently offered in Duluth — cable and satellite.
“Fiber is the difference between using a fire hose to get your internet access versus somebody’s garden hose,” said Nygren.
The plan doesn’t increase taxes.
Funding would come from grants, the community investment trust fund and a few other sources.
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