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Palo Alto Conducts Fiber-optic Cost-Benefit Analysis

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: California Infrastructure Brief
23 September 2003 - 11:00am

Can and should Palo Alto, CA wire the city with Fiber-optic cable to compete with commercial services?

"A $40 million plan to wire Palo Alto with city-owned fiber-optic cable is on hold while city staffers scramble to put together a rigorous cost-benefit analysis... City officials say the analysis is crucial as they attempt to determine whether Palo Alto can turn a profit by providing high-speed Internet and television service to the town's 60,000 residents."

Full Story: City taking hard look at fiber-optic proposal
Source: San Jose Mercury News, September 21, 2003
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