The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota is consistently on the prowl to shed light on broadband boondoggles across the region. Earlier this week we talked about how the Willmar broadband plan is destined to fail. Since we were talking broadband this week we thought we’d remind you of a Wall Street Journal editorial from a couple of years ago that highlighted President Biden’s $100 billion broadband …
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Willmar Broadband Plan is Wired to Fail
Here we go again. Several Minnesota communities regrettably have been at the forefront of some of the most prolific municipal broadband failures in the country. As CEO of an organization that tracks wasteful government spending, I had hoped we were done documenting municipal-broadband failures. But sadly, it appears that we’re not: some Willmar city officials seem determined to saddle local …
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