Cities split over municipal broadband service

May 26, 2009

Internet technology is developing so rapidly that New Albany officials say the broadband system they plan to fire up next month wasn't even invented when they started laying the groundwork for it two years ago. About a decade after Dublin completed its broadband system, another wave of communities is hitting the "on" switch for systems or at least hiring consultants to look at the feasibility.

Partly fueling the interest: $4.7 billion of the federal stimulus package that is earmarked for the technology...