Access to tax-exempt financing does not begin to explain the sizable rate differences between municipal and private cable providers. It explains only about one percentage point of the 20, 30, or 40 percentage points that private cable rates were above those of municipal systems.
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Muni FTTH Snapshot - Gainesville Regional Utilities, Florida
Publication Date:
April 1, 2009
Publication Title:
Broadband Properties
Another in the series of Municipal FTTH snapshots from Broadband Properties Magazine, Gainesville Regional Utilities network is a utility owned fiber network that is slowly working its way to citywide coverage. They serve the city and surrounding unincorporated areas.
The article covers their biggest challenges - including the importance of educating the population as to why the utility upgraded to fiber-optic connections.


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