Palo Alto, Provo mulling muni overbuilds.(of local cable and phone companies)
Multichannel News, July, 2003 by Haugsted, Linda
Two Western cities--Palo Alto, Calif., and Provo, Utah--are mulling the prospects of a fiber-optic overbuild of local cable and phone companies. Palo Alto has operated a two-year pilot program, offering high-speed data service to 90 local homes. Now, officials for the Bay Area community need to decide whether to move forward with a possible extension, estimated to cost up to $50 million.
A business plan prepared for the city by Uptown Services of Greenwood Village, Colo., gave an indication of the competitive forces a municipal fiber-to-the-home project would have to overcome. Palo Alto is home to Stanford University and many residents "already have either cable-modem service from Comcast Corp., or digital subscriber line service from SBC...
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