Digital Equity & Municipal Broadband

Upgrade King County

• Public broadband is wildly popular.

• It is incredibly expensive.

• It requires the streets to be torn up to put in fiber.

• No jurisdiction wants to take charge.

• We spoke to city, county, state, and federal electeds.

• We spoke to telecom executives, public utility districts, and most of the Port of Seattle.

• We helped pass the WA State Public Broadband Act.

• We worked alongside Upgrade Seattle.

• We wrote opinion articles.

Our Next Mayor Needs to Be a Municipal Broadband Champion (Feb 8, 2021)

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