SR: Local Broadband Beats State’s
Local school districts are benefiting from a scandal that disconnected the statewide network for broadband. This happenstance should be a giant signal to the Idaho Legislature that state control was a bad idea from the beginning. Lawmakers were forced to approve $3.64 million in emergency funds to keep broadband service in schools when a judge, on Feb. 11, voided a $60 million state contract. At least five North Idaho school districts have turned that money into faster broadband service at a lower price, with deals they’ve cut with Ednetics, a Post Falls business/Spokesman-Review Editorial Board. More here.
Question: It appears that the local solution will bring the Broadband scandal to a happy conclusion. Thoughts?