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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?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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