We share this report because it corrects a great many misconceptions . . .
ACTUALLY, KANSAS CITY'S RESIDENTS ON THE NICER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE ENJOY EXCEPTIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES!!!
Don't confuse that statement with hateration . . . Actually, free high-speed online access is the standard in quite a few nations across the world and only the US is slow to catch up.
Accordingly . . .
Here's a local peek at tech future . . .
It took $10 million from the city’s hefty gambling tax revenue and eight years of troubleshooting, while dodging a legal challenge from a telecom provider and dodging a state legislature restricting city-run broadband.
North Kansas City is one of few cities in the country that give away high-speed fiber internet service to residents as a basic city service.
The City Council “saw it as a city utility, very similar to water and wastewater,” said Kim Nakahodo, North Kansas City’s deputy city administrator.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Why North Kansas City pays its residents' internet bills, and your city doesn't
North Kansas City built a fiber network almost two decades ago that it now uses to provide its residents with gigabit internet. Here's how it happened and why other cities in the country are, or aren't, trying to do the same.
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