Senators introduce “run the tubes under the highway” bill | Epicenter | Wired.com

National broadband plan? We don’t need no stinking, national broadband plan, two Senators all but announced Monday, introducing a measure that would require states to build tubes for internet fiber optic cables under every bit of highway or rail they build or modify with federal funds.

And that could be a lot of tubes, given the billions flowing to the states for infrastructure projects as a way to stimulate the economy...