Cash flow and customer shortage was Exhibit A in recent TonkaConnect decision When a local government broadband proposal runs into controversy almost anywhere in Minnesota, proponents inevitably point skeptics to what’s become their go-to success story: FiberNet Monticello. Admirers of that $26 million municipal broadband system that won overwhelming approval in a city referendum …
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Waconia Patriot: FFM cited in story about Orono city council showdown over fiber proposal
Vote our way or be removed! Friday, August 12, 2011 By Eric Serrano, Editor Three Orono councilors told a dissenting colleague to follow along or step down from LMCC committee assignment. Orono city councilors have told a fellow panelist and his resident counterpart that they must cast a vote as the majority directs or face replacement as the city's representatives to the Lake Minnetonka …
KSTP: Push To Bring High-Speed Internet To Lake Minnetonka Area
FFM research was featured in the latest 5 Eyewitness News piece on a potential taxpayer funded fiber project in the Lake Minnetonka area. Tonkaconnect, the up to $81 million project slated for an August 16 vote by the Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission, would build a publicly funded fiber optic network to the area, even though multiple private providers are already in place. From …
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