Cool!
Quote: The effect, like the network itself, is a bit underground. Kline didn’t even know that his household internet came via city-owned infrastructure until he was interviewed for this article. Now that he does, he says that makes his choice even more positive. “As a resident of the city, it makes me happy that I live in a place that they care about moving forward,” he says. “It just shows that West Des Moines is serious about taking care of their residents.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-27/to-span-the-broadband-gap-an-iowa-town-built-its-own-fiber-network
@Gaythia Yes, Longmont's NextLight is wonderful indeed! I was lightly involved with the organizing for it back long ago and my organization has covered it over the years - https://muninetworks.org/tags/longmont
I might be a bit jealous...