New York lobs $210m at telcos to hook up 120k homes, businesses with bumpkin broadband

Funny story – Verizon didn't care until they were told other ISPs might do it

The US state of New York has unveiled a massive new project to provide broadband for virtually all of its residents.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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